Book Reviews
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Reviewed by R. Yelk, October 2019
13 year old Anna Fitzgerald has only one purpose in life. To donate whatever her older sister, Kate, needs. Kate is dying from acute leukemia and becomes in desperate need of a kidney. But Anna is tired of always giving Kate a part of her and having no one think of her own health. Since she doesn’t want to give up her...
Read moreThe Selection by Kiera Cass
Reviewed by H. Walters, September 2019
In the book The Selection by Kiera Cass, America, the main character, becomes part of a group of girls who compete to win over the Prince of Illea and become queen. America joins the selection to keep her mother happy, but struggles with her new found love for the prince and her first love. The book is...
Read moreTo All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
Reviewed by S. Tobin, September 2019
Lara Jean never intended for her love letters to get out, but somehow they did. Not only did the most popular guy in the school get a letter, Peter Kavinsky, but also her sister’s ex-boyfriend, Josh. In order to preserve her friendship with Josh, Lara Jean comes up with a brilliant solution, or what seemed like...
Read moreFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Reviewed by E. Mankowski, September 2019
First published in 1953, Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, is a dystopian novel featuring a world where books are illegal, and firemen are charged with burning any books that are found. Fahrenheit 451, depicting a world where books are banned, met the same fate in 1967 when it became...
Read moreThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Reviewed by E. Mankowski, September 2019
The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is an iconic piece of historical fiction that was published in 1925. The novel, narrated by a young Nick Carraway living life to the fullest in 1922 Long Island, depicts his interactions and adventures with Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is seen as having...
Read moreP.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
Reviewed by C. Prestidge, August 2019
P.S. I Still Love You is a sequel to the book To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Laura Jean got a job at a retirement home and is busy taking over Margot’s spot in the household. Laura Jean and Peter get back together but Peter’s ex Genevieve is making their relationship difficult. So when Laura...
Read moreCoraline by Neil Gaiman
Reviewed by B. Wentz, August 2019
Coraline is a fantasy book with twists and turns throughout it. The beginning seemed ordinary but the climax was hit in the middle of the book where she lost her parents. She has to find them on the other side of the door, which is a parallel universe where cats can talk, Humans have buttons for eyes, and...
Read moreIf I Stay by Gayle Forman
Reviewed by L. Schwenn, August 2019
Plot
If I Stay is the heart wrenching story of a 17 year old girl named Mia Hall, and the events that lead up to the decision that will change her life forever.
Like most teenage girls, Mia thought her biggest decision would be to choose between her music career, and her boyfriend. But after...
The Assassin Game by Kirsty McKay
Reviewed by W. Erickson, July 2019
Main character Cate attends an isolated boarding school on an island where the internet is very difficult to access and there isn’t much to do around the area. So, among the students at the school there is a tradition, a game called Killer is a tradition only few are selected to play. Members who are chose to play...
Read moreBelly Up by Stuart Gibbs
Reviewed by D. Elsing, July 2019
The story Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs is the first book in the FunJungle series. The story picks up in the middle of the zoo the FunJungle where we meet the main character Theodore (Teddy) Fitzroy causing trouble by giving monkeys water balloons. Teddy is a strong headed, twelve year old who suspects that when...
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