Teen and Staff Reviews

Esperanza Rising is a historical fiction book written by Pam Munoz Ryan.

This novel is Esperanza, the only daughter of a rich Mexican family. This book

shows the events that happened after her father's murder. Esperanza, her mother,

and their former household servants flee with many issues. The main characters

are Esperanza, her mother, and their servants. Esperanza wants to find a way to

rise above her circumstances, since her mom's life and her own depend on it.

I Am Malala is a biography written by Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai.

This book is about a story a terrorism. This book is about a girl who fights for

girls education oh, and how her family goes through these dangerous situations.

Her family and her fight through the situations to impact the society in a positive

way. The main characters are Malala and her parents. They want equal education

The Diversity of Life is a nonfiction biology book written by Edward O.

Wilson. This book explains world living species and how they become diverse. This

also explains how we impact them as people, and what we can do to prevent this.

These are examined massive species extinction caused by human activities

during the 20th century, and how we can alter them. Edward O. Wilson explains in

this book about the unity and the diversity of species. The author of this book

The BFG is a fantasy fiction book written by Roald Dahl. The BFG stands for

The Big Friendly Giant. He's not an ordinary Giant, as he learns new ways from the

humans and the Giants. He goes through many situations with a human, and he's

learning the differences of both the worlds. The main characters of The BFG, and

his Giants. Sophie and the other orphan children are also an important part of

Wish is a fictional novel written by Barbara O’Connor. This book is about a

girl making the same wish every day since fourth grade. Even though it looks like

situations will not allow her to fulfill her wish, she finds a way. However, she may

realize that she never needed this. The main characters are Charlie Reese,

Wishbone, and Howard. She really wishes for a real family. However, her new family

A Separate Peace is a historical fiction novel written by John Knowles. This

novel is about students attending a school called Devon in New Hampshire in

1942. This book goes over a 16 year old student who grows at the school, through

experiencing many different situations. He tries to make a relationship with his

best friend Finny, and tries to cope with all the situations he goes through with

It’s the late sixties. Daisy Jones is a beautiful precocious girl with parents who barely

care and the most naturally astounding voice possible. Until now, she’s spent her time sleeping

with rock stars, getting high, and writing. The Six is a pretty well-known rock band, with the

handsome Billy Dunne as the lead singer and groupies, roadies, and drugs galore. At least until

Billy’s girlfriend gets pregnant, and he realizes he needs to sober up and get straight for his

This book is about a trans boy trying to prove himself as a boy and be accepted by his family so

that he can become a brujo. Well trying to prove himself he summons the spirit of Julian, a

recently deceased bad boy from his high school, instead of his cousin Miguel who is missing.

Now he has to help Julian make amends with his friends and figure out how he died, try to find

his cousin, and prove himself to his traditional family. This book starts off slowly but then

Red Seas under Red Skies is an unique and amazing fantasy novel by Scott Lynch. It follows

Locke and his best friend Jean as they arrive on the exotic shores of Tal Verrar, where they

must face the dangers of their past, as well as new rivals that wish to stop them at all costs

while they try to pull their most ambitious con yet. However things go wrong as they are

poisoned and the only way to gain the serum is to trick pirates into entering the city. Lock and

The Lies of Locke Lamora is unique and amazing fantasy novel by Scott Lynch. It follows Locke,

a con man, who steals money from the rich with his gang of thieves, the Gentlemen Bastards.

The story has two timelines, one following Locke in the present, and one in the past when Locke

was just a mere boy. As Locke gives his cut to his boss Capa Barsavi while not telling how much

money he really makes as the Thorn of Cammor, Lock’s life turns upside down when a Gray