Divergent is a fantasy book by Veronica Roth. In the book, the city is divided into five factions, each based on a different talent: Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and Erudite. Beatrice Prior must choose which faction she will belong to for the rest of her life. However, during the aptitude test, she is revealed to be "Divergent," meaning she has an aptitude for multiple factions.
The Book Thief is a historical fiction book by Markus Zusak. The book takes place in Germany during WWII and is narrated by Death. After the death of Liesel's brother and being separated from her mother, Liesel is taken in by a foster family just outside of Munich. Using a book she found in the snow, Liesel learns to read and becomes very close with her foster father, Hans. As the war progresses, Liesel's family hides a Jew in their basement, and Liesel will go to extreme lengths to defend him.
This Boy is a roughly written attempt to relate to a teenage audience about sex, teenage life, and addiction. In this book, Paul goes through high school with his faithful friend Roby Smalls and falls in love with a girl, Natalia, while coming through age and suffering through the teenage experience.
Binding 13 by Chloe Walsh is a drama-written romance that almost reminds you of It Ends With Us as the book grapples with hard topics such as abuse. This book is a duel POV about rugby player Johnny Kavanagh and shy new girl Shannon Lynch. Shannon has had to move school her whole life because of how badly her bullies have treated her throughout her life.
King of Greed by Ana Huang is a mediocre at best book written with the Marriage In Crisis Trope. This book is about Dominic and Alessandra Davenport, their marriage is failing due to Dominic’s overworking, on the night of their 10th wedding anniversary when Dominic forgets about their trip, Alessandra gets so fed up with the feeling of being forgotten she asks Dominic for a divorce, but Dominic doesn’t want to let her go.
Pippa Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the two murder cases she solved, by the victims, by the attention her crime podcast garnered, and by the survivors, which is bad enough--but then it starts to feel like someone is watching her.
Frannie Tasker is an adventurous young girl who is stuck living under the gaze of her terrible stepfather. While diving for a shipwreck, she comes across an opportunity to assume a whole new identity under the name of sophisticated lady Emmeline Coates. She knows she can tell no one or it will cost her, but that changes when she meet Asa. Asa teaches her how to truly pass as Emmeline Coates, who becomes her new life for the next few years. While living as Emmeline during a time of war, she steps into risky territory.
The Great Gatsby by F.Scott.Fitzgerald is a novel set in the roaring twenties in Long Island, New York. The narrator, Nick Carraway meets Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire who throws extravagant parties.
The Crucible is a fictional tragedy based on the Salem witch trials which captures the spirit of fear and hysteria perfectly. It is a play written by Arthur Miller during the the tense era of McCarthyism trying to draw a parallel between the anti-communist hunt taking place in America during the time and the witch hunt in Salem, in turn showing the dangers of hysteria.
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, tells us the real story of Christopher McCandless, a 24 year old who abandoned his normal life and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Four months after venturing into the wild, he was found dead.
