One of Us Is Back by Karen M. McManus is the third and final installment in the Bayview High YA mystery/thriller trilogy. Following the resolution of the previous book, One of Us Is Back opens with a reunion of all of our favorite characters.
Mall Goth is a Teen fiction graphic novel by Kate Leth. In this book, Liv Holme is a goth girl who loves the mall in her new town. She struggles with problems at home and being herself in her new setting. A teacher at school makes her feel welcome, but she faces some harsh realities. The mall is her escape from her problems. In her new town, Liv finds herself and true friendship.
Daughter of the Deep is a wonderful story that pays homage to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I did not read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea but I know I love the Daughter of the Deep. This story dives into action almost immediately with just the perfect shock. Like falling into water while dipping your toe in. Daughter of the Deep is a wonderful story about a girl thrust into a role after her world falls apart.
I have a confession to make. I first decided to read this because I thought it was going to be a story about the police’s neglect of the missing case of an African American girl and it was so different from that. That would have been wonderful but this was wonderful in a different way. Monday’s Not Coming is the fascinating story of a girl’s life after she loses her best friend, the person closest to her.
Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone is a young adult fiction novel featuring the main character, Samantha McAllister. Samantha “Sam” is part of the popular girls’ group at her high school, dressing in fancy, cute outfits, eating the right types of lunches, and having crushes on the cutest and popular guys in the school. She has to do all this, or else, her “best friends” will turn toxic and exclude her from their group.
Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich focuses on the story of Evan Hansen. Evan is a socially awkward, introverted person. He looks for ways to be in the background, as he uses online media as a way of shielding himself from other people around him. After a classmate of his dies by suicide, the family of the student accidentally believed that Evan was his close friend. He feels responsible for doing something to uplift the family even though he had nothing to do with the classmate.
This is a realistic fiction book by John Green. Looking For Alaska is about a group of teenagers,
Miles, Chip, Lara, Takumi, and Alaska who go to a boarding school called Culver Creek. All of
them hate a group of people at their high school - “the weekday warriors.” Miles, Chip, Lara,
Takumi, and Alaska hate the weekday warriors because they are obnoxious and entitled and
think they are better than everybody because they are rich. The weekday warriors and the
As good as dead is an exceptionally well
written book. From the very first sentence
all the way to the very last page it keeps
you entertained. I loved how the ending of
the book was so subtle yet it gave you enough
information to let you know exactly what
happened. I loved the different perspectives
that we received from this book and it was a
very enjoyable read. The book takes us on a
journey through Pip’s 3rd year in a row
investigating a missing persons’ case but
everything changes when the person missing is
The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett is a story about Hawthorn Creely who has recently found an
obsession with Lizzie Lovetts disappearance, a popular,charming girl that used to go to her
highschool. Hawthorn finds herself fascinated by Lizzie and starts immersing herself in her life.
At first she does it unknowingly by getting a job at the cafe where Lizzie worked, but then she
meets Lorenzo Calvetti, Lizzie's boyfriend. The two of them, driven by wanting to find out what
