Book Reviews
Every 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,...
Read moreWe Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Reviewed by M. Zillges, December 2017
The Sinclair family owns a private island that's on the coast of Massachusetts. The Sinclair's would spend their whole summers there. Their life was ideally perfect even their looks were perfect. Behind every "perfect" family there are always untold secrets. The summer of fifteen, the Liars, Cadence Mirren, Johnny...
Read moreThrone of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Reviewed by E. Mankowski, December 2017
Throne of Glass, by Sarah J. Maas, is guaranteed to leave readers on the edge of their seat every step of the way. The novel depicts the struggle of Celaena Sardothien, an assassin who must compete in a competition riddled with contenders, and tasks, of varying threat levels in order to attain the title of “the...
Read moreThe Fever Code by James Dashner
Reviewed by H. McNicol, December 2017
In this thrilling prologue to The Maze Runner, the reader gets to learn about life before the maze. The story follows Thomas’s entrance to WICKED to when he enters the maze. During this story the reader gets to meet many of the characters that Thomas became friends with in the maze. The gladers backstories are...
Read moreEon by Alison Goodman
L. Hanousek, December 2017
The power of the dragons or the love of her life; which will she choose? Eona, a 16-year-old girl in a male-dominated Chinese world is caught between two genders, two men, two careers, and two entirely different lives as this first book in the Eon duology comes to an exciting climax focused around one girl’s choice; a choice...
Read moreThe Eye of Minds by James Dashner
Reviewed by H. Walters, January 2018
In a place where the fun is real, and the consequences are virtual, Michael and his friends, Bryson and Sarah, must travel into the VirtNet, on orders from the VNS to help find the worst cyber-terrorist they have ever encountered. They must travel deeper into the VirtNet than ever before. Their hacking and gaming...
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