Teen and Staff Reviews

Every Last Word is so touching. It really dives into mental health, and how

even when someone looks completely fine, they might actually be dealing

with something underneath that. Every Last Word shows how OCD can

affect a person’s life, in many ways.

Title: Emergency Contact

Author: Mary H.K. Choi

Genre: Realistic Fiction

“Loving something was traumatizing… Everything precious was also vulnerable” (Choi 381).

I read 1984 for my English class and I have mixed feelings about Orwell's novel. On one

hand, I really appreciate his writing style and I believe the purpose behind the book is

important for everyone to hear. However, it was a very slow start and terribly boring during

part one. And the ending, don't even get me started. I was not happy that Winston finished

the book submitting to everything he had fought against for years. I couldn't make up my

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

Title: Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls

Author: Kaela Rivera

Genre: Fantasy Fiction

Summary: Cece Rios lives with her family in a town that is mostly protected from criaturas.

However, when her sister gets taken by a powerful criatura, she takes it upon herself to get her

back. She becomes a bruja in hopes that she will be able to get her sister back. While becoming

a bruja, she makes some friends on the way.

Title: Battle Dragons

Author: Alex London

Genre: Fantasy Fiction

Title: Any Sign of Life

Author: Rae Carson

Genre: Sci-fic, Fiction

Summary: Paige is a senior in high school who was in a coma for a week. When she wakes up

she realizes that she is the last person left alive in her town. An apocalypse has struck which

means that she needs to go look for survivors. When she finds a couple of other survivors she

realizes this may be a bigger deal than she realizes.