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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

The Outsiders

By S.E. Hinton
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 30, 2022

The Outsiders is a book about a 14 year old boy and his 6 friends. They live in an era where two groups are divided by economic and social status. Ponyboy and his friends fall into the “greasers” side, which is the less rich and more tough side. Ponyboy has two brothers, Soda and Darry, and they all hangout with their other friends, Dally, Johnny & Steve. Ponyboy grows close to Johnny but when he commits a crime, their lives all fall down and a series of events that even leads to death happens after.

Teen Review
A Court of Thorns and Roses Review by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses

By Sarah J. Maas
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Saraphina
Jun 30, 2022

When 19 year old Feyre kills a wolf in the woods she thinks nothing of it until a terrifying creature arrives at her house to demand retribution. Feyre is then taken to the treacherous Fae lands only known about through legends and lore. There, she discovers that her captor isn’t a true beast but an immortal High Lord ruler of one of the Fae realms. As she adjusts to her new home, her feelings for her captor, Tamlin, transform from hostility to fiery passion.

Teen Review
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

It Ends With Us

By Colleen Hoover
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Saraphina
Jun 30, 2022

For Lily Bloom, life hasn’t been easy and she’s had to work hard to start the business she has. But when neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid comes into Lily’s life everything seems too good to be true. Ryle is stubborn and arrogant but also sensitive and sweet. However, Ryle has a “no dating” rule that Lily can’t help but find disturbing. As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan who was her first love and also a connection to her past that she thought she had left behind.

Teen Review
Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver

Vanishing Girls

By Lauren Oliver
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Teen Book Reviewer
Jun 29, 2022

Vanishing Girls, by Lauren Oliver, is about 2 sisters finding their ways into the world. Nic and Dara weren’t the closest of sisters but they looked out for each other. They would play games, have fun talking for hours and hours about anything and everything, doing things sisters do. But then things started to happen. Nic started to grow up trying to be more protective of Dara but that only led to Dara getting hurt. A car accident that left beautiful Dara scarred.

Teen Review
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

By Holly Jackson
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 29, 2022

A Good Girls Guide to Murder is a thriller book that takes place in a town with a creepy history. For her final project, a senior named Pip decides to explore a case that happened five years ago where Sal killed his girlfriend Andie. Throughout the process, Pip discovers much more to the case then how it was described and closed.

Teen Review
The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston

The Princess and the Fangirl

By Ashley Poston
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Kritika S.
Jun 29, 2022

The Princess and the Fangirl was written by Ashley Poston. The genre is YA romance, set at a science fiction convention. The main characters are Jessica Stone and Imogen Lovelace, who look creepily alike. Jessica is a famous actress who started acting when she was 14, and now is working on a beloved series called Starfield as Princess Amara, but it’s well known that she hates being Princess Amara.

Teen Review
The Dare by Hannah Jayne

The Dare

By Hannah Jayne
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Teen Book Reviewer
Jun 28, 2022

The Dare by Hannah Jayne is about a teenager named Brynn that hides a frightening secret. Trying to run away from the past, Brynn and her family move to a city where she can start new. Or so she thought. Brynn and her best friend, Erica were the best of friends. They did everything together, but one night Brynn had a crazy dare. And only one of them came back. After Erica’s death, Brynn has been receiving terrifying messages that make her question if she is dead after all.

Teen Review
Into the Wild by Erin Hunter

Into the Wild

By Erin Hunter
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Sophie G.
Jun 28, 2022

Into the Wild, by Erin Hunter, is about a house cat named Rusty who lives with “Twolegs”, or humans, but longs for something more. One day, Rusty discovers four clans of wild cats, called Thunderclan, Shadowclan, Riverclan, and Windclan. Rusty decides to join them, becoming Firepaw. Along the way, he makes new friends like Greypaw and Spottedleaf.

Teen Review
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Inheritance Games

By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
A_Gascich
Jun 28, 2022

The Inheritance Games is a young adult mystery novel by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. It is the first novel in The Inheritance Games series. It follows Avery Grambs, a high schooler hoping for a better life. She gets her wish when she is left the inheritance of Tobias Hawthorne, a recently deceased billionaire. However, she has never met Tobias Hawthorne and has no idea why she got his fortune.

Teen Review
So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones

So Not Happening

By Jenny B. Jones
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anna S.
Jun 28, 2022

Bella Kirkwood is living the big life in NYC. She shops on her dad's credit card, goes to a school with great friends, and she has a good boyfriend. What more could she ask for? Then life takes a terrible turn. Bella is moving to Truman, Oklahoma, a city of farming, no fashion, and mean step brothers. Bella is having trouble settling into her new school when she joins the school newspaper. Bella’s editor, Luke, gives her some not so appealing articles, until her big break comes.

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