Is It Really a Selection?

By Aijah H.

Recently I read The Selection by Kiera Cass. The Selection is the first book in her Selection series. The main character America Singer is thrown into a world of competition and danger as she and thirty-four other girls enter the Selection. The Selection is a prestigious competition for the Prince of Illéa. Prince Maxon is the heartthrob of Illéa, loved by all. Except for America. In their world, everyone lives in an eight-level caste system. The Royal family is at the top, and the lowest level being workers. America loves her life in the fifth level and wishes to stay with her secret love Aspen. Forced to put her name into the drawing for the Selection, America now has to compete for the Prince's love, but only wants to stay in for the money they pay her poor family. Eventually, a love triangle develops as America realizes Maxon is deeper than she ever thought.

Everything Everything

By Zamari R.

The novel I have reviewed is Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon she is Jamaican, grew up in New York and lives in Los Angeles.  The only other novel she has written is The Sun is also a Star, Both books were best sellers. Everything Everything falls under the genre of Young adult fiction.

Was The Girl Stolen?

By K J R.

The book I read was called Girl Stolen and it was written by April Henry. April has recently wrote a second book for Girl Stolen, called: Count All Her Bones, she has also written other books. The genre of the book Girl Stolen is young adult fiction, so I definitely wouldn't recommend this to children. The book Girl Stolen is about a girl named Cheyenne Wilder who is sixteen years old and is blind. She basically gets kidnapped, but she wasn't supposed to be, you see, it was a mistake, the man who "kidnapped" her wasn't trying to get her, he only wanted the car.

The True Story of a Douchebag

By Isabelle S.

The burn journals is actually a true story written by Brent Runyon. Brent was just a kid when this all happened, so the book makes it sound like a teenage boy is actually telling the story, which is kind of aggravating because teenage boys are so annoying and like to complain a lot about how their life is no fair.I thought at first this was going to be a good read because it was based of a true event, but I guess I was wrong. 

Loser book report

By Harrison D.

The book loser is a story of a boy named Donald Zinkoff, He is often called names like loser by his classmates for his Clumsiness, and his lack of athletic and school performance. The book shows him in his elementary and middle school years. He was usually referred to as just Zinkoff rather than his full name. He wasn't good at school and had little to no friends but he loved school and refused to miss a day. When Zinkoff enters the 3rd grade he has to have surgery to fix an upside down valve in his stomach causing him to vomit often. He had to miss the first few weeks of his 3rd grade year recovering from the surgery. During this Period he decided to try and conquer his fears of the "Furnace Monster" as he called it. As the weeks go on Zinkoff slowly makes his way to the bottom of the stairs and conquers his fear of the "Furnace Monster."

When Cheer Fades Away

By Amber L.

  I picked the book," Exit, Pursued by Bear," about cheerleading because I love cheer and I do it as a sport for high school. This book is about a girl that has been a flyer. She has also been a captain for her cheer team. This is her last year as being a captain for her team, she's a senior. She has been such a great help, everything she has got done for her team is fading away from her.

One Crazy Summer

By Rubiel O.

Rita William-Garcia's historic fiction, One Crazy Summer, is about three sisters who are on the search to look for their mother who abandoned them. Most of the story takes places in Oakland, California in the late 60's. All summer they were in California with Cecile which is their crazy mother, and they face tasks they don't usually face in Brooklyn, New York.

To The book I read this month

By Jaime K.

The book "To all the boys I've loved before" by Jenny Han is a story that follows Lara Jean as she goes through her junior year of high school. The story begins as Lara Jean's sister Margot is leaving for college in Scotland. Since their mother died long ago Margot always had a sort of mother role that Lara Jean now must take on for their youngest sister Kitty. Through all of this some trouble arise is Lara's life. When she develops a crush on a boy, she writes a letter to him to cope and get her feelings in order. She has written 5. Her troubles begin when she finds out that these letters have been sent out to all the people she wrote them for.

Brooklyn and Nico

By August R.

Lisa Schroeder wrote this book in an interesting format to tell a story. This story was told in poems between two teenagers who lost the same person but had different relationships with him, through the loss of this boy they become closer. The story also deals with paranormal activities and mental illnesses that come from losing this person.

The Long Road Ahead

By Tyler M.

Washington is a black man in 1874 fighting in the 10th cavalry. He and and other black men from the 10th cavalry are hoping on a train to fight in another battle. Wolf, a Cheyenne warrior go to fight for the other side.

Wonder

By Aaliyah O.

Having a facial deformity is hard. Especially when your Auggie. A ten year old boy with a facial deformity that has made making new friends difficult for him. Auggie has been homeschooled since 5th grade. But all of a sudden his parents decide it's time for him to go to actual school. So they sign him up to go to Beecher Prep. A private middle school. The story tells about Auggie's journey in a school with new surroundings and people. Its interesting to read about because most of us are lucky enough to not have to go through getting looks and mean comments in our everyday life. But auggie has a good way of coping with it and it shows that in this book.

The Midnighter Series Strikes Again

By Nathan T.

The Midnighters: Blue Noon by Scott Westerfeld is the third book in the Midnighters series. This book is about a new phenomenon about the bluetime, which is not in the lore. When our protagonists are trying to solve this Rex is trying to deal with his hybrid self. It all starts when the bluetime emerged in the morning, 14 hours before midnight. Usually the blue time, an extra hour in the day where only monsters and our heros lurk, is only supposed to come at midnight. Also, the rips or untimely bluetime are shorter than the one at midnight, and there are random. However they are not not predictable.

They Don't Know The Truth

By Mackenzie B.

If I Lie, by Corrine Jackson, is a realistic fiction book. Jackson has written a total of four books including, If I Lie, Touched, Pushed, and Ignited. If I Lie is a book about Sophie Quinn, or just Quinn to most, a teenage girl who lives in the small little town of Sweethaven, North Carolina. Everyone thinks she cheated on her boyfriend of two years….but did she really or is that just what they think?

Truly, Madly, Creepy

Truly, Madly, Creepy

By Ryan M

The book I curiously found in the library is called Truly, Madly, Deadly. It is written by Hannah Jayne, she is know for writing mysterious fiction like this one. Some of her other books are called See Jane Run, The Dare, Twisted, and The Escape.

The Gruesome Diezmo

By Ishan K.

The Diezmo is a realistic fiction narrative by Rick Bass that follows Sam Houston, who impulsively decides to join the Texas Militia searching for glory, through the doomed Mier Expedition of 1842.

Original Fake: completely original

By Christopher O.

You know when you see a movie that you don't know whether your going to like. You find it's interesting from the preview to the sneak peaks but you can't decide what it's about. You've never seen a movie quite like this before and you don't know whether it'll do bad or not. It goes in to bizzare concepts that sometimes you relate to and sometimes you don't. And when you finish watching it, you don't know exactly what it was trying to say, but that it does it well. Your glad that you saw a good movie with good acting and directing, but it's the story you could take or leave.

She Can See it in Your Eyes

By Sarah W.

When Rachel Ward wrote an award-winning short story, she did not expect it to turn into her award winning book, "Numbers." The brilliant story about a girl haunted by numbers, and a trouble maker trying to find a friend, is new to the world of literature. The trilogy, which includes The Chaos and Infinity has already sold more than half a million copies.

Twins Related to Fairy Tales?

By D.L. Buddhineni

Chris Colfer is a number one New York Times bestselling author and Golden Globe -winning actor. He has been acting for most of his life, and is best known as Kurt Hummel on the famous FOX television series ‘’Glee”. His books include the first six novels in the “Land of Stories’’ series. He has also written “Struck by Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal’’ which is a novelization based on the script he wrote for the film ‘’Struck By Lightning’’. This talented person also co - produced and starred in that movie. As you can see, Colfer has done a lot in his lifetime. But his writing career all started with ‘’The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell.’’ which is the first book in the “Land of Stories Series.’’

Is Blood Thick?

By Nolan L.

The book Blood is Thicker is just one out of the several novels in the series Bluford High. The main character in this story is a young boy named Hakeem Randall. He is stuck in a bad part of his life right now and doesn't know what to do anymore. What's happening in his life gets worse and worse  

Surviving the Wrath of the Red Planet

By: Aiden D.

Entertainment Weekly said " this book is riveting… Cast Away meets Apollo 13." They described The Martian absolutely perfectly. It was so much fun to read and was really exciting. Andy Weir wrote this book to show the challenges of a man who had been stuck on Mars and what he was forced to do with no one else by his side. It was suspenseful and overall, a terrific book.