Reviews by Category: Fiction

Teen Review
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary

By Andy Weir
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Ashton F
Jan 22, 2025

Project Hail Mary begins with a guy who wakes up not knowing where he is, how he got there or why he is in the situation he is. Eventually, he comes to find out what his purpose is by relying on his impressive memory. His goal is to save the Earth from a small microbe called Astrophage. Astrophage is a huge problem because as it spreads rapidly the sun starts losing its light. Pressure is on for this sole survivor as he tries to save Earth before its too late. 

Teen Review
Deception on the Set by Franklin Dixon

Deception on the Set

By Franklin Dixon
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Nirvaan Mehta
Jan 22, 2025

Hardy Boys Adventures: Deception on the Set by Franklin Dixon is about 2 detective brothers, Joe and Frank Hardy, who solve and fight crime around their hometown of Bayport. Joe and Frank have been hired to act as extras for a new blockbuster movie. Everything in the movie is going great until someone is found trying to sabotage the production. It's the Hardy Brothers! Or is it someone trying to impersonate them and ruin their reputation? 

Teen Review
The Champions by Kara Thomas

The Champions

By Kara Thomas
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Bridget A
Jan 22, 2025

This mystery book written by Kara Thomas follows the story of Hadley as she works on writing a story for her school newspaper about the school's two time national championship football team. As she works on writing this story, terrible things begin happening to the team. Slowly, she begins to uncover more and more information about the team that the school has covered up for years. As I read this book I found it so exciting. It was full of twists and turns that I never saw coming. It kept me on the edge of my seat from the first chapter and I hoped it would never end.

Teen Review
If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin

If He Had Been With Me

By Laura Nowlin
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Heidi
Jan 21, 2025

If He Had Been with Me was everything and more to me. The story follows Autumn and Finn, childhood best friends who had drifted apart, but remained in each other's lives. The novel explores their unfulfilled love, as they both go through life and relationship struggles. I have read many romance books, but none had me so in love with the characters as this did. This book inspired me to remember that I have to face reality along with the idea of love.

Teen Review
Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

By Sally Rooney
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Cherry Y
Jan 21, 2025

Normal People by Sally Rooney follows the relationship between Connell Waldron and Marianne Sheridan. Spending their youth in a small-town in Ireland, the two find themselves to be polar opposites in high school, Connell, a popular jock, and Marianne a quiet outcast. However, they discover that their interests align perfectly, sparking a relationship. 

Teen Review
The Half King by Melissa Landers

The Half King

By Melissa Landers
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jan 21, 2025

In a world where the first-born child of every noble family is burdened with a horrible curse, the second-born daughter of the Solon family, Cerise Solon, is an acolyte to the court. Like all the second-born children of the realm she is beholden to serve the goddess and become a Seer, only Cerise has no magical gift at all. But the only possible way to end the curse lies in Cerise's hands.

Teen Review
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Z. Ahmed
Jan 21, 2025

The Great Gatsby is a captivating novel exploring love, ambition and the American Dream. The story follows Nick Carraway, a Midwestern bond trader, as he becomes a part of the lavish world of his interesting neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, is hopelessly in love with Daisy Buchanan, a married woman who is also Nick’s cousin. He throws grand, lavish parties in hopes of winning her affection.

Teen Review
Spy School Goes North

Spy School Goes North

By Stuart Gibbs
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Sanay Mishra
Jan 21, 2025

Ben Ripley is dragged into yet another grueling, dangerous mission. This time, he’s headed up to Alaska, where he must work with a group of his closest friends, and fellow CIA agents, to investigate a Russian criminal mastermind. Along his mission, he will meet old enemies, navigate through treacherous landscapes and endure the frigid Alaskan environment. With the stakes higher than ever and everything working against them, Ben and his team must rely on quick thinking, perseverance and sheer determination to terminate the enemy before it’s too late.

Teen Review
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely

All American Boys

By Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Sanay Mishra
Jan 21, 2025

All American Boys - One night. One incident. Two teenage lives forever changed. Rashad, a black teenager, gets brutally beaten by a cop for a crime he never committed. Quinn, a white teenager, watched it all unfold. Now, they’re both stuck in a mental fight. Rashad seeks justice, while Quinn battles his morals and emotions. With the world watching, they must make decisions that no teenager should have to make. Will they stand up, or just be another person lost in the crowd?

Teen Review
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

By J.K. Rowling
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Sanay Mishra
Jan 21, 2025

With the wizarding world now aware of the Dark Lord’s awakening, chaos ensues as Harry and Dumbledore scramble to identify Voldemort’s darkest secret. Guided by the headmaster, Harry dives into the memories of Voldemort’s past, piecing together fragments of a dangerous truth. As trust wavers, a mysterious book claiming to belong to the “Half Blood Prince” offers unforeseen powers - some of which test his greatest friendships and rivalries. In the race against time, Harry knows that the question isn’t just how to fight Voldemort, but whether he can stop him at all… 

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