Teen and Staff Reviews

Taylor Greer has spent her entire life in her small town in rural Kentucky. Wanting

desperately to get out of her repetitive, lonely life, she leaves her mother to make a trek across

the country. As she searches for a place to call home, she comes into possession of a little girl

named Turtle. The two form an unlikely bond as they find themselves in Tucson, Arizona. While

meeting new people, such as single mother Lou Ann and her disaster prone son, Dwayne Ray,

Summary: Amelia Griffin became best friends with Jenna Williams after her father left and her

family fell apart. They bonded over their love of books their favorite ones being a series called

the Orman Chronicles. They are very excited to be able to meet the author at a book festival the

summer before college. However, not everything goes as planned. While Amelia is in the

bathroom, Jenna gets to meet the author, N. E. Endsley, who is having a panic attack. Jenna is

Summary: This book is about a girl who sneaks off to her grandparent's house with a dead

phone for a while. She then realizes that the town has been evacuated and she has been left

behind in a ghost town. Now she has to stay alive surviving off of canned food and her only

company, a dog.

Summary: This book takes place in a world where magic exists. Common magic is available to

anyone who can buy spellrings however, you can only use high magic if your family wins a

tournament that fights to the death. Every 20 years, each of the 7 families names one champion

that will fight for them in that tournament. When someone mysterious writes a book exposing

the tournament, the fight is now public to everyone after being a secret for centuries. Now the

The Ballad of Never After picks up right where the first book, Once Upon a Broken Heart, left off.

Apollo is still under a curse and Evangeline is determined to cure him on her own. However,

after he unexpectedly wakes up, she realizes he is now under two other curses: a curse where

he will continuously hunt her against his will, as well as a curse where he and Evangeline are

Stephanie Garber’s Once Upon a Broken Heart stars Evangeline Fox, a young, optimistic,

hopeless romantic girl with rose gold hair. After learning of her step sister’s engagement to her

first and only love, Evangeline seeks out the assistance of the notorious Prince of Hearts, Jacks,

known for killing people with a single kiss. In exchange for stopping the wedding, she will owe

him three kisses of which he will choose the time, place, and person. After her plans go south,

Secret Service is about a boy named Ben Ripley who is an undercover agent trying to

find out who is trying to assassinate the president. When things take a turn and Ben has to go on

the run, he must rely on his most loyal friends to gather evidence and avoid his enemies. I liked

this book because it had a crazy turn of events and lots of laughs. My favorite part is when Ben

walks in on the president’s daughter while she is going to the bathroom. I would recommend this

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie is a mystery novel. Set in the English

countryside, the case of Emily Inglethorp, the wealthy mistress of Styles Court, is a peculiar one.

At a party with friends and family, Mrs. Inglethorp is found in her bedroom poisoned. The list of

suspects is extensive, but fortunately, it includes the famous Belgian detective we all love. Will

Spy Ski School is about a boy named Ben Ripely that is currently training to be a spy.

One day, he gets activated by the CIA to befriend a girl named Jessica Shang at ski school

whose father is suspected of criminal activity. When things take a turn, Ben must rely on his

friends to save the entire state of Colorado and survive things such as avalanches. I like this

book because it is fun trying to piece together the mystery before the characters figure it out. My

Big Game is about a boy named Teddy Fitzroy who lives at a zoo called FunJungle.

When someone tries to shoot at a special rhino, Teddy and his friend Summer McCracken try to

solve the case. Against the will of FunJungle’s head of Security, they come to a shocking

conclusion. I enjoyed this book because it was exciting, suspenseful, and funny. My favorite part

is when Summer almost falls into a crocodile pit. This book is full of funny comments and