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Holes

Holes

By Louis Sachar
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Owen C.
Jul 20, 2023

Stanley, a 14 year old boy was wrongly accused and sent to Camp Green Lake. Camp was not how it was expected to be, Every day he had to do holes six feet deep and six feet wide for no reason. There, he becomes friends with Zero to break the 150 year old curse on his family. 

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Then She Was Gone

Then She Was Gone

By Lisa Jewell
Star Rating
★★

Rated by
Iqra N.
Jul 20, 2023

It’s been ten years since Laurel Mack’s daughter, Ellie, went missing. It has also taken ten years for the police force to find any evidence linked to Ellie’s disappearance which included clothing, a passport, and Ellie’s human remains that had been presumably run over by a car. Laurel decided ten years ago that Ellie had run away even though she had the perfect life. As Laurel forces herself to move on, she meets Floyd, a man she met at a diner who was divorced and had two daughters of his own.

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The Woman in Cabin 10

The Woman in Cabin 10

By Ruth Ware
Star Rating
★★

Rated by
Iqra N.
Jul 20, 2023

The Woman in Cabin 10 features Laura “Lo” Blacklock who has been suffering sleepless nights due to paranoia as a result of a robbery in her house. Laura has also been offered a trip on the Aurora, a luxurious cruise ship that would survey the northern lights, which Laura’s work as a journalist focuses on. She decides to go for hope that a small vacation will soothe her paranoia. On the Aurora, there are other passengers with interests of their own, as well those who may not have right intentions.

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The War that Saved my Life

The War That Saved My Life

By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Mahad Z.
Jul 20, 2023

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley is a heartwarming historical fiction novel set during World War II. The story revolves around ten-year-old Ada Smith, who lives in London with her abusive mother and is confined to their small apartment due to a clubfoot deformity. When the government evacuates children from the city to protect them from bombings, Ada seizes the opportunity to escape her cruel mother and joins her younger brother, Jamie, on a journey to the countryside.

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The Merciless Ones

The Merciless Ones

By Nmina Forna
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Rishi
Jul 20, 2023

Deka, the Nuru, has released the Gilded Ones and is leading conquests to make Otera one again. She wants to reach Hemaira and get all the other alaki while defeating the Jatu to reclaim Otera. However, when they realize that the jatu are now able to become deathshrieks, her plans are changed. Then she decides to go kill the leader of the jatu and gain more order but she soon learns that the Gilded Ones are not the only gods but that there are others, the Merciless Ones, as well.

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The Dark Assassin

The Dark Assassin

By Joseph Delaney
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Mahad Z.
Jul 20, 2023

The Dark Assassin by Joseph Delaney is a captivating fantasy novel that follows the thrilling adventures of Tom Ward, a young Spook's apprentice. In this installment of the "Wardstone Chronicles" series, Tom faces a formidable new enemy as the malevolent assassins of the Fiend make their way into his world.

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The One cover

The One

By Kiera Cass
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
TeenReviewer11
Jul 20, 2023

In The One by Kiera Cass, only four girls remain in The Selection. The competition must soon come to an end, as tensions between Illea and the neighboring rebels intensify. Maxon has a difficult time choosing between two girls, and America must decide whether she wants to really be a princess in the end. 

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She’s Gone by David Bell

She’s Gone

By David Bell
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Likhita A.
Jul 19, 2023

She’s Gone by David Bell is a young-adult mystery thriller novel about Hunter Gifford who wakes up in the hospital and finds out that he and his girlfriend, Chloe, were in a car accident. He soon finds out that Chloe’s blood was found in his car but she’s nowhere to be found. Hunter can’t remember anything about the crash or what happened that day. Back at school, everyone blames him for Chloe’s disappearance and accuses him of murder.

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