Teen and Staff Reviews

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie is a mystery novel. 10 strangers are invited to a

once-in-a-lifetime experience on a secluded island owned by a millionaire. Except when the

guests arrive, their unknown host is nowhere to be found. It's just 10 complete strangers left in

the mansion of Soldier Boy Island. Yet they each have one thing in common, a vicious secret

that will ruin their lives. As they explore the island they’re stuck on, it is soon discovered that

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is a SciFi novel. Between life and death, there is a library with

an endless amount of books, full of different lives you might have had instead, all affected by the

choices you’ve made. When you die, you get another chance at life. You can go through any of

the books to teleport into any of the lives you've chosen and either pick a new one to live in for

Everyone knows Daisy Jones and The Six- the greatest band in the 70s. With the beautiful

enigma Daisy Jones and the mysterious heart-throb Billy Dunne and their band-mates, their

glorious life filled with fame, drugs, love, and attention was picture-perfect. Except, the band

broke up in the middle of their glory after just one album and no one knows why. This book tells

the real and ugly truth as to why the greatest band alive broke up and how maybe things aren't

The second series in Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse, Six of Crows is a huge improvement from her

debut works. 

Abriella “Brie” Kincaid is a thief - though by necessity, of course. She steals from the

richest of the rich, counting on a cover of darkness to keep her hidden, but only to barely scrape

together enough money to meet her growing monthly payments to her aunt. It’s the only way

that she and her younger sister can survive in a world full of fae, self-interested nobles and

royalty. She only takes joy in seeing the mage’s apprentice next door: the handsome, kind

Orbiting Jupiter follows Jack, who has gotten a new older foster brother by

the name of Joseph. Jack doesn’t know much about Joseph, except that he doesn’t

like talking or being touched. And that he has a four month old daughter named

Jupiter that he hasn’t seen at all. Jack knows that Joseph is smart, despite most of

his teachers not liking him because of the various forms of rumors involving him

When Agnes Petrella sells her grandmother’s apple peeler online, she is convinced that

no one will buy it. Soon, a woman by the name of Zoe Cross decides to buy the artifact. After a

few messages, Zoe gives money to Agnes for her rent. Agnes, shocked by surprise, will do

anything to pay Zoe back for her kindness. The two start messaging each other in a chat room

and all seems to be going well. However, the two soon begin a controversial relationship, where

Little Fires Everywhere narrates the story of a small nomadic family, Mia Warren and her

daughter, Pearl Warren, who have just moved to Shaker Heights for a permanent home. Mia, an

artist who sees the world in a different light, meets the Richardsons, a rich family who will do

anything to preserve the planned layout of Shaker Heights. However, soon Pearl befriends the

Richardsons, realizing how much of life that she had been missing out on. Mrs Richardson,

Malinda Lo’s Last Night at the Telegraph Club is a touchingly

bittersweet novel about young, forbidden love in the 1950s. Lily Hu is a

Chinese American teenager living in San Francisco in the midst of the Red-

Scare panic of 1954. One day, she starts talking with her classmate, Kath

Miller, and feels a spark of true connection between them. Their

relationship starts to blossom through the course of the novel as they

All of Belly Conklin’s life she’s spent summer at cousins in the summer house. The

Conklin’s family friends the fishers have two boys around belly’s age, Conrad and Jeremiah.

Belly has had the biggest crush on moody Conrad since she was little but both boys only think

of Belly as family. One summer everything changes both boys actually see Belly as a girl and the

whole summer is a rollercoaster of emotions and confusion for Belly.