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Teen Review
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

The School for Good and Evil

By Soman Chainani
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Leilani G.
May 13, 2024

Have you ever read a fairytale, or remembered a favorite fable from your childhood, and wished for more? More characters, more backstories, and more truth. The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani, tells the story of two girls, Sophie and Agatha, who grow up in a dull, dreary village. Sophie’s greatest desire is to become a princess and escape from her father and his new wife’s family. Agatha lives in a graveyard with only her mother and cat for company.

Teen Review
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

Flipped

By Wendelin Van Draanen
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Allie
Mar 27, 2024

The moment Juli saw Bryce for the first time, she flipped. She fell in love, and she was not subtle about it. Bryce did not feel the same. He would do anything to keep Juli away from him. That is, until Bryce’s grandfather moved in with his family. After seeing how wonderful and kind Juli really is, Bryce flipped too. Will Juli and Bryce finally see each other? Will their middle school romance bud into something more? Read to find out! 

Teen Review
The Maze Runner

The Maze Runner

Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Feb 14, 2024

The Maze Runner film is a movie adaptation of the dystopian novel by James Dashner. The plot of this film follows a boy named Thomas, who finds himself transported to a place called the Glade, a small area surrounded by tall walls and filled with other boys around his age.

Teen Review
Snowpiercer: The Escape

Snowpiercer: The Escape

By Jacques Lob
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jan 23, 2024

“Across the white immensity of an eternal winter, from one end of the frozen planet to the other, there travels a train that never stops.” 

The prequal to the original series, this French graphic novel covers an apocalyptic future where the remainder of the human race lives on a never-ending train to avoid the desolate wasteland outside. 

Teen Review
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

By Philip K. Dick
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Mahad Z.
Jan 3, 2024

Summary: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick is a dystopian science fiction novel set in a post-apocalyptic future where Earth is devastated by nuclear war, and most of the population has emigrated to other planets. The story follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter tasked with "retiring" rogue androids that have escaped to Earth. The novel explores themes of empathy, identity, and the blurred line between humans and artificial beings.

Teen Review
The Giver

The Giver

Star Rating

Rated by
Victoria O.
Mar 24, 2023

The Giver is a science fiction movie based on the book by Lois Lowry. Jonas receives
the Assignment, job, of Receiver of Memory. The old Receiver of Memory, otherwise known as
the Giver, is giving Jonas the memories of the world. The Giver begins by giving Jonas happy
memories. Memories of sledding and sunshine. But, the Giver must also give Jonas the
memories of pain, memories of war, starvation, and death. Jonas knows that there are many

Teen Review
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

The Summer I Turned Pretty

By Jenny Han
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Aug 12, 2022

Another year, another summer at Cousins beach. 15-year-old Belly returns back to the summer

house but with a shocking surprise that people notice her. She has grown up with Jeremiah and

Conrad Fisher but they’ve never seemed to notice her until she turned pretty. She goes

throughout the summer catching feelings for both brothers but who will she choose?

Teen Review
Lion by Saroo Brierley

Lion

By Saroo Brierley
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Anna S.
Jul 11, 2022

Saroo was just a 5 year old little boy when his life was turned upside down. Saroo was running around a train station in India with his older brother Guddu when he got on a train and ended up thousands of miles from home. Frightened and panicked, Saroo ended up in a juvenile detention center. While there, the woman in charge found a home for Saroo in Australia. Saroo starts this journey in Australia and grows up there. Twenty-five years later Saroo seeks out to find where he grew up before he got lost.

Teen Review
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

By Jenny Han
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anna S.
Jun 21, 2022

Before Laura Jean’s mother passed away, she gave her an empty hatbox to put all her secrets in. Laura Jean chose to put letters to the 5 boys she has loved. She never meant for these to be sent, but then all of the sudden the boys she wrote to are showing her the letters. Laura Jean has too much to deal with, with her sister Margot moving away, helping at home, and now sorting out her love life! The question is, what will the boys she wrote to think about the letters? Maybe there will be some relationships starting for the wrong reasons.

Teen Review
The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis

The Queen’s Gambit

By Walter Tevis
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Mariam S.
Mar 8, 2022

The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis is a historical fiction novel written about Beth Harmon, a young orphan with prodigious chess skills. Throughout the course of the story, she grows from that orphan to a young woman with barely any purpose in her life but chess and a crippling aptitude for self-destruction. The audience follows Beth as she matures, both as a person and at chess.

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