Fly On the Wall in the Locker Room

By: Alli D.

                The book Fly on the Wall is a book a teenage girl would enjoy. The book is about a girl who attends Manhattan School for art and music. The main character Gretchen is very quiet and isn't the most popular girl in the school and doesn't like socializing, she is very self-conscious about what people think about her. Gretchen has one real friend at her school named Kayla, and it's the only person she tells everything too. She has a crush on a boy named Titus but she doesn't want to tell him.  Gretchen wishes she could be a fly on the wall in the boy's locker room and listen to what the boys have to say when they think that no girls are listening. Gretchen got her wish one day and got to be a fly on the wall in the boy's locker room. She learns a lot about them, things she never would have imagined. Being a fly on the wall gave her a new perspective on life.

Saving Bernie Carbo

By Adam B.

When there is a fork in the road you have two choices, either take the right path or veer to the left. Bernie Carbo and Dr. Peter Hantzis teamed up to portray the life of Bernie Carbo. A struggling ball player who not only had his fair shares of struggles on the field but struggling issues

Is Your Shot Worth A Million Dollars?

By: Jordan D.

"The Million Dollar Shot" is an inspiring story by Dan Gutman about a poor boy named Eddie Ball who lives in Louisiana. His father just recently died and now he lives in a trailer with his mom. He loves basketball and has always had a really good shot. Mostly because he has really good aim. His mom works for a factory called "Finkle Foods". She gets laid off, and now they are in an even worse situation financially than before. There is another girl who lives in the trailer park named Annie. She lives with her dad, and her and Eddie always play together. Not to long after his mom was laid off, a contest was started by the owner of Finkle Foods. Whoever can write the best poem, will get a chance to make a free throw for a million dollars. Eddie writes a poem and shows it to Annie , but she doesn't like it so she writes one for him. He uses it to enter, and he wins. Now he must train, so that he has a perfect foul shot. Annie's dad is an expert at free throws, so he helps Eddie practice and makes him an amazing free throw shooter. Now we just have to see if he can make it in the real thing. Will the pressure get to him, or will he follow through and solve his family's financial issues?

Can You Take The Heat?

By Derek D.

Heat by Mike Lupica is about a 12 year old boy named Michael Arroyo who immigrates to the Bronx of New York City with his 17 year old brother Carlos. While Michael's 17 year old brother pays the bills since his dad died a year ago. He is a little league pitcher who is carrying his team to the championship because he has an amazing throwing arm. Until a kid named Justin starts complaining to the coaches because he thinks Michael isn't age legal due to the heat he packs with every pitch. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem because he could just prove to them that he is 12 by showing his birth certificate. But Michael has no proof of his age because  his certificate is still in Cuba. And if the services find out that Michael is an illegal immigrant, him and his brother will get sent back to Cuba and most likely separated. Michael happens to meet a girl who turns out to be the daughter of a Yankee star named El Grande. Michael opened up to her about his story and she told her father El Grande. He felt sorry for Michael so he contacting his friends in Havana asking if they have any way of finding Michaels information. After some searching, they found Michaels certificate! (You will have to read the book to find out the rest of this heart touching book).

Will You Let it Unwind You?

by Punk

Ever since the war, things have never been the same. Now, instead of sending your misbehaving child off to military school, and spending a great deal of money, you can just unwind them. Unwinding is a totally "natural" process where they take a child apart piece by piece, using 99.95% of your body. The Unwind's parts go to hospitals and are used to save other people's lives. Connor is a rowdy teen who finds out he is going to be unwound, and he won't stand for it. He runs from home and causes a major car crash, saving the lives of Lev and Risa, fellow Unwinds. Lev believes he needs to be unwound, as he is a tithe, and it's his religious duty, but as the story goes on, he realizes that he doesn't even believe in God. A tithe is a child who is given to God in the form of unwinding as a part of the familie's 10% donation. Connor, Risa, and Lev travel together across the country to a safe place until their 18th birthday, the Graveyard. The Graveyard is a place in the desert where the send decommissioned planes to rot away, out of sight. The Graveyard also happens to be a hiding place for unwinds until they turn 18.   

You Have Entered... The Dead Zone

By Justin H.

         Another interesting book by a man who has written many horror stories. This man is Stephen King, with The Dead Zone. In this you follow the extraordinary life of John No-Middle-Name Smith, who is unlucky enough to be a magnet for head injuries. John Smith was an average teacher who lived in New England; up until he got in a car crash and into a coma that lasted more than four years. However, nothing was the same when he awoke, he became a psychic that when touching something he can see its past, present, and the future. There is one thing he can not see or even explain, the dead zone.

Gold Medal Summer

By Summer A.

I'm a girl who loves gymnastics. It's my life. I can relate to the girl who is in this book. A 14 year old girls life isn't easy being a serious gymnast. Johanna known as joey has drama coming back and forth and gymnastics just adds on her plate. A girl that has gymnastics seven days a week for six hours can't fix all the drama in one day.