Book Reviews
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
Reviewed by L. Hanousek, January 2019
Paralyzed Lord Chaol Westfall and his on-again/off-again Captain of the Guard lover, Nesryn Faliq, arrive at a country far from their own, in desperate need of armies to bring back from the superpowered khaganate to save their own continent, and probably the khagan’s own, from the demon armies massing back in...
Read moreThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Reviewed by A. Brickson, December 2018
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is about a young girl named Liesel living in war-ridden Germany. It mainly revolves around her life as a foster child, her family’s struggles through the Holocaust, and how she survived. The Book Thief is an interesting book because it breaks a lot of...
Swing by Kwame Alexander
Reviewed by G. Buss, January 2019
Noah and Walt (aka Swing) have been trying out for the high school baseball team for the last 3 years and in the search for "cool". Walt is on the track to woo girls and gain athletic fame. While Walt's friend Noah is taking advice from Walt's cousin on how to win his friend and long-time crush, Sam. Until he stumbled...
Read moreThe 100 by Kass Morgan
Reviewed by C. Prestidge, December 2018
In the book The 100 by Kass Morgan a dangerous nuclear war has caused humanity to live in spaceships. Many years later, they are now sending down one hundred juvenile delinquents to see if earth is safe to live on. Throughout the book there are different points of views and stories. Clark was arrested...
Read moreThe Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle by L.J. Smith
Reviewed by J. Roelke, December 2018
Elena Gilbert lives in the small town of Fells Church, she lives with her Aunt Judith and sister Margaret. Her parents died a couple of months ago and she was finally starting to be a little happy. Than a new guy comes into town and everything changes. He is mysterious and dark but something about him makes Elena...
Read moreP.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
Reviewed by L. Bauer, December 2018
P.S. I Still Love You is a sequel to the best-selling book To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. With Laura Jean and Peter’s relationship at a strain, they eventually make their way back to each other. Since Margot has left again for school, Laura Jean gets a job volunteering at a retirement home. ...
Read moreEverything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Reviewed by K. Thays, December 2018
In the book Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon, the story revolves around a girl named Madeline. All her life she has been known as the “sick girl” who could never leave her house. When she was a baby, she was diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency, or better known as SCID. She goes through...
Read moreA Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
Reviewed by H. McNicol, December 2018
The mysterious descendant of Sherlock Holmes and the temperamental descendant of Dr. Watson find themselves in the same American boarding school. Jamie Watson has always been curious of Charlotte Holmes. These unlikely friends are brought together as a murder occurs on campus, and they’re the leading suspects....
Read moreTo All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
Reviewed by L. Bauer, December 2018
It all started with a note… or should I say notes. Laura Jean thought that she would live normal junior year of high school, but that is not what actually happened. When Laura Jean takes over the responsibility of being the oldest sister in the house, she has less time to look at the things that are important to...
Read moreThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Reviewed by L. Schwenn, December 2018
Plot:
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is centered around the life of an 8 year old boy named Bruno, during World War 2. After his father, a well-respected Nazi commandant, receives a job working in Poland, Bruno and his family are forced to leave his home in Germany. Once arrived, he meets a...
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