Book Reviews
Legend by Marie Lu
Reviewed by H. Mankowski, May 2018
The dystopian novel Legend by Marie Lu is the first of the Legend trilogy. The author juxtaposes the life of Day, the most wanted criminal, with the government’s prodigy June. The pair have nothing in common and seemingly have no chance of every meeting, but when June’s brother is murdered, Day becoming the...
Read moreWashington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring
Reviewed by H. Mankowski, May 2018
The book Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring by Alexander Rose features the brave men and women behind the scenes of the Revolutionary War. This nonfiction novel begins with the story of Nathaniel Hale, a martyr and patriot of the war for independence. It details spies from the Culper...
Read moreOne of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Reviewed by K. Yanna, April 2018
At Bayview High, Simon Kelleher is notorious for publishing his school mate’s secrets on his self created app, About That. During detention with four of his peers Simon gets an unexpected allergic reaction, and his Epipen is nowhere to be found. Bronwyn who comes from a line of Yale bound relatives, Cooper the all-...
Read morePaper Towns by John Green
Reviewed by K. Yanna, April 2018
Margo Roth Spiegelman. She’s the ‘It’ girl at Quentin’s high school. Quentin liked his routine cookie cutter life and staring at Margo from afar. When Margo breaks into Quentin’s room in the middle of the night with a plan of revenge, Quentin’s life gets turned upside down. The two set out on a night of adventure and...
Read moreA Court of Thrones and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
By L. Hanousek, April 2018
Death by starvation or the death of a faerie - for Feyre, a young human woman struggling to keep her uncaring family alive, the choice is simple. But for her, the slaughter of Andras, one of the fae that Feyre has spent her life terrorized by, comes to avenge the death of his friend. What he finds in that “hovel” is more,...
Read moreEvery Day by David Levithan
Reviewed by M. Zillges, March 2018
A, is a teen who wakes up in a different body everyday. A is not a girl or a boy. When A awakes in a person's body he goes through out the day as if A wasn't there. But when A meets Rhiannon, everything changes. A knew that she was in an unhealthy relationship with Justin, the boy's body that A is in. So A gave...
Read moreThe City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Reviewed by H. Walters, March 2018
In the book The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, Lina lives in a town where everything they eat is in cans, and all around them is complete darkness. There only source of light is lamp posts around the town that turn off every night at a specific time. Slowly it is becoming more obvious that Ember is not...
Read moreMiss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Reviewed by S. Tobin, February 2018
Jacob Portman’s adventures started on a mysterious island in Wales. On the island, there was an abandoned orphanage full of very strange and peculiar photos. Many would have thought they were illusions or maybe even photoshopped, but what if they were real. When Jacob’s grandfather died his last words were, “Go to...
Read moreHollow City by Ransom Riggs
Reviewed by S. Tobin, February 2018
Jacob Portman and the peculiar children continue their adventure in Hollow City. Jacob and his friends have fled the island. They hope to reach London, but there are dangerous and difficult tasks around every corner. It doesn’t stop when they reach London though. In fact, the worst is yet to come. The Peculiars hope...
Read moreLibrary of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Reviewed by S. Tobin, February 2018
In this epic conclusion of the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children trilogy, Jacob discovers a new and very powerful ability. This ability may be the answer to the Peculiar’s situation. Jacob, Emma, and their trusty dog, Addison must travel to Devil’s Acre to save their friends and save their world. Just one problem,...
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