Reviews by Category: Fiction

Fish in a Tree is a fictional novel written by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. This book is

about a girl named Ally with dyslexia who struggles in school. Her friends, Albert

and Kiesha help her in this situation and succeed with her. Even though her

teachers and others try to help, her mind is different, so her friends help her. She

wished she could be normal and can read like others, and wished she wouldn't

Auggie & Me is a fictional book written by R.J. Palacio. This book is about a

boy named August Pullman (Auggie) who has a craniofacial difference. He has to

go through many difficult situations due to this condition. Charlotte Cody, Julien,

Christopher, Reid, Summer, and Ximena Chin all play important roles throughout

some situations. He wishes to be treated like a normal person, and not get

Wonder is a fictional novel written by R.J. Palacio. This book is about August

Pullman, also known as Auggie who has a facial anomaly. He wishes to be treated

as a normal kid, at his new school. He also hopes he could stop being bullied, and

people would accept him. His sister, his friends, his teacher, and parents try to

help him out of this troublesome situation, while he is getting bullied by Julien

When 16 year old Starr Carters’s friend Kahlil is shot by a police officer everything changes in

her life. Starr struggles as police and other members of her town, Garden Heights, try to get her

to tell the story of what really happened that night. When half the town justifies why Kahlil got

shot and the other half is scared and Starr is under a lot of pressure. I thought this was a

wonderful book that is a must read for everyone. This book has a wonderful message for

everybody. One hundred percent recommend this book.

The House on Mango Street is a fiction novel written by Sandra Cisneros.

This novel is about Esperanza Cordero, who shares her feelings and life with the

readers through vignettes. She talks about her struggles due to the

neighborhood she is from, and the lives of people in that time, and that status.

The neighborhood she lives in is disliked by her and many others, causing her to

feel ashamed of her life. She shares her life with her parents, siblings, and friends

Eleanor & Park is a fiction book written by Rainbow Rowell. This novel is

about Eleanor Douglas and Park Sheridan, who depend on each other, as the

story progresses. Both of them have very different family environments. They meet

at school, and have complicated issues based on love at first sight. Eleanor lives

in a family with an abusive father, while Park’s family is more open. They wish to be

Restart is a fiction book written by Gordon Korman. This novel is about

Chase Ambrose, a school bully, who gets a chance to fix his mistakes. His friends

and family have different opinions on how he should live this new life, but he has

plans of his own. He wishes to figure out how to fit in again, and rectify his

mistakes. He tries really hard, but such circumstances in his life seem to push him

Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio are complete strangers but they both have one thing in

common, they're dying today. In a world where everyone knows when they're going to die.

Rufus and Mateo want to go out with a bang. They can do that by making one last friend in

there final hours. The last friend app will help them do that. They're about to meet up and have “

one last great adventure, to live a lifetime in a single day”.

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen is a graphic novel that will capture the interest of any

reader. Growing up in the 1990s as the son of Vietnamese immigrants living in the Midwest, Tiến’s

life is much different than his mother’s. Besides the everyday language barrier--her first language is

Vietnamese and she’s struggling to learn English, whereas Tiến primarily learned English growing

Verity, by Colleen Hoover, is a suspenseful romance novel and a stand-alone book.