Teenager Autumn navigates her way through high school beside loyal friends and a loving boyfriend. Throughout the book she reflects on her relationship with her former best friend and boy next door Phineas Smith, or Finny as she calls him. Finny and her were closer than siblings, but popularity and unspoken truths pushed them apart. Autumn's realization that she is in love with Finny causes problems as they rekindle their friendship. They are both in loving relationships, but that does not make their love nonexistent.
Stephenie Meyer's Twilight is a captivating romance set in the rainy town of Forks, Washington, where high school junior Bella Swan falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious and strikingly handsome vampire. Bella is drawn to Edward’s otherworldly allure, but their love is complicated by his dangerous nature and the constant threat his world poses to her safety.
Clueless is about a teenage girl named Cher, who is trying to find some form of romance in her high school years. She soon makes friends with a new girl named Tai, who Cher tries to set up with someone to show off her skills. Tai later gets set up with Cher’s ex-stepbrother Josh. As time moves on, we see how she begins to have issues, with friends, Josh, and deciding what she really wants.
Mean Girls is a film about a teenage girl named Cady, who had just moved to America from Africa. She is attending high school for the first time, as she had always been home-schooled before. At the beginning, she meets two true friends, Janice and Damian. These friends help her to understand the groupings that are set up in high school, and they warn her to not go near the “Plastics”, a group of popular girls at the school.
The Breakfast Club is a film about a group of students who all get called into detention. Each one of these students comes from a different background: a popular girl, jock guy, weird girl, rebel guy, and nerdy boy. During these long hours of being stuck in the same classroom together, they begin to find things they have in common, and they start to reveal things about themselves. Throughout this, they are able to all become friends, and understand the point of view of other stereotypes.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is about a teenage boy named Charlie. Charlie is struggling as a freshman in high school, and finds it hard to make friends. He battles difficult mental health conditions, and loneliness as well. His life begins to turn around when he meets two seniors, named Patrick and Sam. They invite Charlie into their friend group, when he begins to learn the reality of what high school is actually like. They help Charlie try to be happier, and battle his past trauma.
Nothing More to Tellis a mystery book by Karen McManus. The book is about how a teacher named Mr. Larkin who was mysteriously killed in the woods. Four years after the event, Brynn, one of Mr. Larkin’s students, decided to investigate the event. After tirelessly finding as much as she can, she stumbles upon the killer, and it’s someone that nobody expects. This is an enjoyable book. I do not like romance and all that stuff, but it is still a 4.2 out of five.
Armada by Ernest Cline is a sci-fi novel that follows Zack Lightman, a teenage gamer who discovers that the video game he excels at, "Armada," is actually a government simulation training players to defend Earth against an impending alien invasion. When the threat becomes real, Zack and other top players are recruited to use their gaming skills in a battle for humanity’s survival.
Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter is a charming young adult romance centered around Liz Buxbaum, a hopeless romantic who views life through the lens of her favorite rom coms. Liz has always dreamed of a grand, movie-worthy love story, especially with her childhood crush, Michael, who has recently moved back to town. To win Michael’s heart, Liz enlists the help of her next-door neighbor, Wes, who she finds annoying but knows is her best shot since he’s friends with Michael.
War and Speech is a realistic fiction book written by Don Zolidis. At the beginning of the book, Sydney Williams has just moved to Eaganville in the middle of the school year. At this school, popularity is lopsided-with the Speech and Debate kids at the top. On the first day, Sydney is lucky enough to make some friends-but that can’t be done without also making enemies as well-the Speech and Debate team.
