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review by Bella Arguello, grade 9 Welcome To Night Vale is a fictional podcast mimicking a small community radio in a fictional town called Night Vale. It mostly revolves around important events such as Eternal Scouts initiations in the parking lot behind the Ralphs, breaking news like Koshek’s new litter […]
Review by John Chon, grade 9 Insignia by S.J. Kincaid Tom is a son of a gambler, with no mother. His often-drunk father rants about the government, which fights wars in space using drones. Tom is recruited by the military at age 14, where he has a computer installed into […]
A music playlist for For the Record by Charlotte Huang. Playlist by Madison Comick, grade 9 The book was really upbeat and the characters were always positive, so these songs came to mind when reading it. Going the Distance- Zipper Club Casual Party- Band of Horses We’re in Trouble- Champanes […]
Review by John Chon, grade 9 Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld In the second installment of Leviathan, an alternate version of WW1 rages on. Deryn, a 15 year old girl disguised as a boy in the British air force on an airship, becomes close friends with Alek, the secret heir to […]
Review by Jacob Chon, grade 9 Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld In an alternate universe, it is 1914. Britain has survived by splicing genes and animals meant for specific tasks, courtesy of Charles Darwin. Germany has endured by inventing and producing mechanical walkers to do their military work. Prince Alek of the […]
July Recap by Madison Comick, grade 9 The Leveller by Julia Durango Phoenix “Nixy” Bauer is the daughter of two employees of the MEEP, a virtual reality game of a future dystopian world. MEEP is played by getting a chip implanted in your brain when you’re thirteen. Nixy is paid to […]
Review by Satya Rajendra, Grade 7 Defender by Graham McNamee Tyne Greer is a six-foot-six giant high school girl that resides in an old apartment building called the Zoo. Her father, Ted Greer, is the superintendent of the building, and she helps him repair things in the building. But one day, when […]
an annotated list by David Gray, teen blogger Board games or tabletop games seemed to have gained popularity over the last few years, especially with hilarious new additions like Exploding Kittens. Board games can be be therapeutic; they help build relationships between friends and acquaintances, diffuse tension and ease social […]
by Jane Lee (grade 11), Teen Advisory Board A selection of fiction books about the worlds of virtual reality, a possibility that is becoming apart of our reality as well. What is virtual reality? Virtual reality is an artificial world created by a computer that is experienced through sensory stimuli. […]
YA Book Club recap by Hadley Willman, grade 11 In June, the YA book club met to discuss Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, a popular novel for teens that was originally marketed towards adults. Ready Player One tells of a world thirty years in the future where everyone in the world […]