Teen and Staff Reviews

Born a Crime is an autobiography about comedian Trevor Noah and his struggles growing up.

Watch him face traumatic experiences from living during the Apartheid to dealing with his

mother's toxic boyfriend. These all shape him into who he is today but will he learn the meaning

and importance behind them?

Rating: 3

My rating for this book is a 3 because the book only takes place in one setting for the

most part. This makes the book not at all compelling to me personally. It was hard to

focus reading the book as it was not very interesting.

Rating: 3

My rating for this book is a 3 because the book is a bit confusing at times and the

plot is a little blurred at times. The book is okay in my opinion but I think it will be great

for people who like to read about fantasy.

Summary:

This book is about a princess named Soraya. The rest of the world has no idea that

she even exists. She has a poisonous touch that will kill anything that she touches. She

then meets Azad who isn't scared of her; he even looks up to her.

Elf is a classic Christmas comedy about a human baby (Will Ferrell) mistakenly ending up at the

North Pole and growing up amongst the elves. It isn’t until many years later, after not fitting in

with the elves and being named Buddy, that he finds out from Santa that he’s just an ordinary

human. With this news, Buddy travels to New York to search for his real father. But this journey

would not come easy for Buddy as he gets tangled with a raccoon, ran over by a cab, and fired

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is confusing. It starts off great with Grindelwald

making a dramatic escape from prison after infiltrating the American Magical Congress-- but

then proceeds to get foggy when professor Dumbledore is either unwilling or unable to stop

Grindelwald's madness and relies on Newt Scamander to fight him instead. Newt, not being

able to fight Grindelwald effectively, given his field in Magizoology, tries to find the one person

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie. It is one of her novels

featuring detective Hercule Poirot. In the village of King’s Abbot has been rocked by two deaths:

first of Mrs. Ferrars, a widow who overdosed and then Roger Ackroyd, the man she planned to

marry. Poirot comes out of retirement and teams up with local doctor James Sheppard to solve

the case.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a nonfiction novel by Rebecca Skloot. The HeLa cells

were used for many medical advancements, such as the polio vaccine and cancer research, but

the family of the woman who gave those cells didn’t learn the truth of what happened with

herself until many years later. Rebecca Skloot documents the life of Henrietta Lacks, the story

of her cells and the life of the Lacks family after learning the story of Henrietta’s cells.

The Diviners is a historical fiction fantasy novel by Libba Bray. It is the first novel in The Diviners

series. It follows Evie O’Neill, who has recently been sent to New York to live with her uncle.

After her uncle is called to a murder scene, she decides to use a secret ability she possess in

order to solve the case. However, the novel also features Memphis, a young man caught in the

occult world, Theta, a girl fleeing her dark past and Jericho, a man hiding a dark secret.

In A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, the reader follows former college roommates JB,

Malcolm, Willem, and Jude. Though at the beginning of the book broke and young, they each

aspire to greatness, whether that’s as a movie star or a respected lawyer. Hoping their

friendships stay strong, they set off on personal journeys featuring addiction, depression, fame,

success, and jealousy. Though after growing up more, most of the group achieves their goals

Sixteen-year-old Alice is spending a summer in Paris, but it’s not your typical European

vacation. Her grandmother (Chloe), who passed away just recently, left her an apartment there

that no one has used since the time of WW2. Since her grandmother never mentioned her family,

and there’s no outside context about the apartment, Alice is curious to see what she can learn

from investigating the apartment. But, she quickly discovers a shameful secret that is better left