Teen and Staff Reviews

Every one hundred years, an island appears and the six rulers of the different races race

to defeat the curse which has devastated their kingdoms for centuries. It is Wildling ruler Isla’s

first Centennial, as well as the first time she is allowed out of her protective cage by her

guardians who have been training her for this moment her entire life. However, she harbors a

dangerous secret and a plan far from what her advisors have recommended. But surrounded by

The book, The Alchemyst by Michael Scott, follows Nicholas Flamel, and Sophie and Josh

Newman, on their quest to stop the evil Dr.John Dee from stealing the book of Abraham to end

the world. They plan to awaken Sophie and Josh’s magical powers and escape to Paris.

Though it won’t be easy, because John Dee is determined to stop them, as he raises an army

and attacks Nicholas, Sophie and Josh. They are only able to awaken Sophie's powers at the

It’s the 1970s, in a small Ohio town. The Lee family’s daughter, Lydia, is dead.

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson is the third book in the series. The book starts out with Pip

in a very bad place. She still has trauma from Stanley's death in the second book. We find out

that she’s secretly buying sleeping pills from Luke, the drug dealer from the last two books. Pip

is about to head to college but a person keeps threatening her. The threats keep getting worse

Proof that a good series can always take a sharp downhill turn, the Mockingjay book truly

depresses me being the final book of the series. With so much potential lost on this book, it is

hard for me to recommend it. The book might not have been so bad had it been followed up with

the hunger games of the capital’s children, its ending truly sucked. Also, I will never forgive the

author for having killed off the best character in the series, Finnick. I wouldn’t recommend this

The only challenger to the seat of the best book in the series, Catching Fire is another amazing

book by Suzanne Collins in which we get to see Katniss and Peeta thrown back into the arena,

this time with the victors from other districts. Filled with intrigue and suspicion and political

instability, this truly does rival the first book-one of the few books that ever does. You also get to

The Hunger Games starts off the three (four now) book series that took the world by storm as it

beautifully ripped off the classic Battle Royale. In this book, you get to see the United States far

in the future where a small part of the population lives cushioned lives built off the backs of

starving people that might as well be slaves. In this book, you will watch a sixteen yea old girl by

In this final iteration of the twelve books in the Ranger’s Apprentice series, you get yet another

completely different experience as the timeline leaps forward roughly sixteen years. In this book,

you get a nasty shock as a gruesome twist turns Will into a grim, bearded ranger just as Halt had

once been. In this book, you get to see the new princess of Araluen, Maddie, turned from a brat

into the only bright spot Will has left in his life as his heart is blackened by a desire for revenge

In this eleventh iteration of the twelve books in the Ranger’s Apprentice series, you get a

completely different experience as you walk through a variety of short stories ranging back (get

it? Ranging? Hahaha!) to the time period of the third book to after the tenth. If I were to

summarize every story, we would be here for a very long time, so instead, I’ll just give you my

opinion on it. I think the idea behind the book is fun and truly fascinating. I especially enjoyed

High school senior Emoni Santiago is a wonder in the kitchen, crafting magic with flavors

and aromas. She dreams of attending culinary school one day, even if it seems as if there aren’t

many places for her to go in life. With an aging grandmother, an absent father, and the

responsibility of a three-year-old daughter to take care of, Emoni can’t afford to put herself first.

However, when her school announces a new culinary arts class, complete with an