Looking for Alaska or Answers?

By Josh B.

     This book is a serious book that deals with some tough issues. It is about a high school student named Miles Halter he moves to a new private school. He meets new friends but the most interesting one is Alaska Young. She's funny, logical, and pretty. Miles and his new friends do a various of illegal and rule breaking on campus.

Stiff Rots

By Kayla L.

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach is a slow-paced narrative non-fiction novel in the point of view of a young woman. Roach has written other books such as Spook: Science Tackles of the Afterlife, and Packing for Mars, both were published many years ago but Stiff is her oldest publication to this date. The specific genre of this novel is Science, covering the certain topic of cadavers, also known as dead people, throughout the story. The book talks about different methods of cadaver usage for biological study purposes in her well-detailed but boring chapters. Mary Roach uses scientific language to talk about her knowledge and experience with the deceased, which most likely confuses many readers who choose to read Stiff.

Fall River Nightmare

By Colby M.

Chris Herren lived a double life. He was a McDonald's All-American who scored over 2,000 points in his high school career at Durfee in Fall River, Massachusetts. After college, he was drafted early in the second round of the NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets and went on to play for his hometown Boston Celtics the following year. That's what the world saw when he knew the truth. Behind the cameras, Chris was out on the streets spending his salary on drugs. He tells his story in the memoir, Basketball Junkie.

After Every War

By. Kaitlyn A.

The fictional novel, After Every War by Twenty-Century Women Poets and translated by Eavan Boland "is a book of translations of women poets living in Europe in the decades before and after the war" (Boland).

Tick Tock

By Matthew R.

The author of the book The Best-Kept Secret, The Story Of The Atomic Bomb is John Francis Purcell. John Purcell has also written From Hand To Ax To Laser: Man's Growing Mastery Of Energy. John Purcell was very into the development of the first american World War atomic weapons. He would look at news about atomic bombs and then do research on them. John Purcell was also a worker for the federal government and was an editor of the LIFE Nature Library.

The Wonders of Insects

By Owen L.

Eighty percent of the world's population eats insects. However, insects are viewed as annoying pests in the US. Daniella Martin tries to change the common perspective of insects by travelling around the world and recording her adventures. From a food cart in San Francisco to frozen insects in Thailand, Daniella Martin shares her private experiences of edible insects with the rest of the world.

a Photo and Two Rings

By: Mitzy D

Eve Keller, a professor at Fordham University, and Millie Werber, a Holocaust survivor, wrote a book called "Two Rings: a story of love and war". This story is based on true events. It explains Millie's experience during the Holocaust.