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Reviews by Bella, teen reviewer The Selection by Kiera Cass The Selection by Kiera Cass is a story about America Singer, a lower class girl living in a fairly young nation, who gets selected to compete for the heart of a prince who isn’t like anything she expected him to […]
by Hadley, teen blogger “Second Chances” featured Brandy Colbert, author of Pointe, Morgan Matson, author of Since You’ve Been Gone, Sarah Tomp, author of My Best Everything, and the panel moderator, Lauren Miller, author of Free to Fall among other well-known novels. The questions varied from asking about life before writing to […]
Reviews by Bella, teen reviewer When a strange device is discovered in the air ducts of a busy suburban mall, the entire complex is suddenly locked down. No one can leave. No one knows what is going on. At first, there’s the novelty of being stuck in a mega mall […]
Review by Hadley, teen reviewer All the Truth That’s in Me by Julie Berry Two best friends end up missing from hometown Roswell Station only days apart from each other. Lottie Pratt winds up a floating corpse in a river. Judith Finch finds herself wandering home two years later. Alive, […]
Review by Hadley, teen reviewer Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira Laurel switches schools after an unfortunate accident leaves her mother across the country and her sister May buried in the ground and the past. She believes that the best way to move on is to start over […]
Review by Hadley, teen reviewer Lessons I Never Learned at Meadowbrook Academy by Liz Maccie Roberta Romano is not as excited as a girl should be when her family gives her the opportunity to take a step up from her two-star public high school to the prestigious Meadowbrook Academy. Despite […]
recap by Madison Comick, Grade 7 On Monday, April 13th, teens gathered in the Studio on 4th at Central Library to paint paper mache boxes shaped like books. The materials we used were hollow-cardboard boxes, acrylic paints, paint brushes, and stencils. With these materials, participants created a simple (or […]
One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 9-12 1st place Land of the Free by Judah Foster, Grade 9 Yesterday my mom threw my baby brother overboard the cargo ship. He flew from her hands like a bundle of trash and sank into the water […]
One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 9-12 2nd place Anyone Can Be Successful by Julia Nail, Grade 9 Kira came to the United States of America because her family was seeking a better life. Her mother stayed at home and took care of the children, […]
One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 9-12 3rd place Coming to America by Elizabeth Nail, Grade 9 Eleanor Beaumont // The First Day of School All through last night, I’d been up planning my outfit and wondering what the first day at my […]