Teen and Staff Reviews

This classic was a pretty good read in my opinion. In the book, you are introduced to Gatsby who is the

eccentric man the book is centered around. He is a wealthy man who holds parties often and lives in a

considerably large house. It’s a story about parties, politics, life, romance, and society. The narrator of

this book is a man named Nick Carraway. Nick rents a house right next to Gatsby and becomes

interested and kind of drawn into all the drama that surrounds Gatsby. He learns more about Gatsby’s

If you are looking for a book with an amazing plot and a ton of action, then this is your book. This sci-fi

novel starts abruptly with your main character Thomas awakening in an elevator with more than a

dozen teenage boys looking down on him. He is pulled into a land enclosed by big walls like a sort of

secluded community, which the boys call “The Glade”. He finds out that the boys try to escape the Glade

every day, though they have never been successful in doing so. All the boys lost their memory, just like

This book, though not being one of the best books I have ever read, wasn’t that bad either. It was pretty

good, just not a book that I would reread for fun. It’s about a girl named Lilly Owens who lives with her

father in a racist town. When she and her housemaid, Rosaleen get into a bit of trouble, they go on the

run away from the home Lilly was used to. Lilly uses this opportunity to try and find out more about her

mother, continuing to deny the important information she had about her mother in her mind. She ends

This sequel to The Light at the Bottom of the World definitely didn’t disappoint. In this book, you get

drawn back into the futuristic world of Leyla McQueen. In this book, she is challenged with a lot of

obstacles and decisions that she has to make. She discovers many things about the government, the

reasons why certain events are happening, and who she really is. I read this book in one seating as I

The book The Undead Truth of Us by Britany S. Lewis is a story of a young girl named Zharie.

Zharie’s mother had just turned into a zombie, and had passed away shortly after. We get to see

Zharie’s growth as she finds love, and discovers new things about her mother and her love

interest as well. I would give this book a 3 out of 5 rating. I really enjoyed the detail Lewis put

into the making of Zharie, and her life. She is an extremely unique and interesting character.

This was a thrilling, incredible, sci-fi novel that I thought was like a good mix of “The Hunger Games”,

“1984”, and “Water world”. Our protagonist in this story is Leyla McQueen who is a 16-year-old

“Submersible” racer. In Leyla’s world, the water levels have increased so much that the entire human

population is stuck deep underwater in the bottom of what is now a huge ocean. After her father gets

wrongly arrested for a crime she knows he didn’t do, she is left alone at home as the constant fear of

Lucy, Delia, and Maddie are all embarking on an adventure of a lifetime. They are

going to the valley start summer camp to become a presence in the tech world of

silicon valley. They will be creating an app that they think will change the world. The

girls didn’t like each other at first but they will learn to work together for the greater

good. They create their app but there will be a ton of obstacles and dark secrets will

come out.

Every year in the summer, the wealthy Sinclair family returns to their private island in

Massachusetts. Cady looks forward to reuniting with her family, composed of Mirren, Johnny,

and Gat - the Liars. As Cady experiences hardships and love during summer, her migraines

intensify, until she’s left questioning her own sanity. And her friendships quickly turn destructive

as she edges closer to the truth...

Rin grew up in the village of Tikany, in the south of Nikara. At the age of 14, her foster parents

threaten to marry her off, and she knows she must escape her future. When she attempts and aces

the Keju (the national college entrance exam), being a poor girl from a relatively unknown

province, it shocks everyone. Now, attending Sinegard, the nation's top military school, she

attempts to prove herself amidst discrimination and mistreatment. But, Rin later learns that she

Cassia is a 17 year old who lives in a society where she can’t make any decisions on

her own. She has known how her life will play out since she was a young girl. At 17 she

would be told who she would marry at age 21. Soon after that she will be told what

job she has been selected for. She will die on her 80th birthday. This is how everyone

lives their lives and no one questions it, until there is a mistake. Cassia is matched

with Xander, her friend that lives nearby, which is already happens very little. Cassia