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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire

By Suzanne Collins
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Nihanth D.
Jun 23, 2022

Catching Fire is the sequel to The Hunger Games and is written by Suzanne Collins. Katniss and Peeta have survived the Hunger Games and arrive to District 12 safely. However, they must now participate in the Victory Tour and travel throughout the districts. While they do so, Katniss and Peeta start to sense a rebellion stirring within the uneasy district people of Panem.

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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

By Suzanne Collins
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Nihanth D.
Jun 23, 2022

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel to The Hunger Games series. Suzanne Collins returns to write the origin story of an 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow, who finds himself shooting for the stars by mentoring a tribute in the 10th annual Hunger Games. However, the odds are against him; the once-magnificent Snow family has fallen on hard times, and Coriolanus has been assigned the humiliating assignment of the girl tribute from District 12.

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Vicious by V.E. Schwab

Vicious

By V.E. Schwab
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Earvin C.
Jun 22, 2022

Vicious by V.E. Schwab is for those who enjoy mystery, suspense, action, and unexpected twists. The main characters, Victor and Eli start off as friends who go to the same college, studying in the scientific field. After Eli discovers a formula for creating Extraordinaries- the story starts flying. The scene changes from their dorms, to jail, to a fancy hotel, to the eerie graveyard with shovels stuck in the soil 6 ft deep.

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Always and Forever Lara Jean by Jenny Han

Always and Forever, Lara Jean

By Jenny Han
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anna S.
Jun 22, 2022

Lara Jean’s story comes to a close with the last book in the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series. Lara Jean is starting her senior year and life is pretty great. Her boyfriend Peter loves her, her dad is dating someone she likes, and in general, everything is pretty good. Lara Jean is planning on going to UVA, until she doesn’t get accepted. What will she do since Peter is going to UVA? What will she tell him? How will he react?

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P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

P.S. I Still Love You

By Jenny Han
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anna S.
Jun 22, 2022

Laura Jean is really in love. It was all an act at first but now her and Peter are a thing. An item. A couple. What does that even mean for Laura Jean and Peter? Laura Jean is falling for Peter when John Ambrose McClaren is back in town for the opening of a neighborhood time capsule. Over the years John has really improved and now Laura Jean is battling her feelings for two boys she has loved before. Which boy will “win”?

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City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

City of Glass

By Cassandra Clare
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Mr. Rahman
Jun 22, 2022

City of Glass is the third installment of Cassandra Clare's series, “The Mortal Instruments.” In this book, Clary travels to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters to help find a cure that will help save her mother. She uncovers new truths about her family that reveal shocking truths about all she’s known.

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American Royals by Katharine McGee

American Royals

By Katharine McGee
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 22, 2022

American Royals by Katharine McGee is young adult fiction. When America won the Revolutionary war, George Washington was offered the crown and he accepted. Now, two and a half centuries later, what if America had a royal family? Princess Beatrice is getting closer to becoming the first queen regnant of America. No one cares about the spare sister unless to bash; Princess Samantha doesn’t care and lives her life the way she wants, except about the one boy she can’t have. Then, there’s the other twin, Prince Jefferson.

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We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han

We’ll Always Have Summer

By Jenny Han
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 22, 2022

We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han is realistic fiction and the third book in the series. Belly and Jeremiah have been inseparable in university for the past two years since Conrad told her to go with Jeremiah. Except, their relationship isn’t so picture-perfect like Belly had imagined. After Jeremiah makes a horrible and irreversible mistake, Belly rethinks her choice. She isn’t sure if she’s still over Conrad and she isn’t sure if she can forgive Jeremiah.

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It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

It’s Not Summer Without You

By Jenny Han
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 22, 2022

It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han is realistic fiction and the second book in the series. Summer at Cousins Beach isn’t the same anymore. With Susannah’s sickness and Conrad’s care gone, nothing is the same. Belly gets a call from Jeremiah saying Conrad was gone. Belly knows exactly what everyone needs: a summer in Cousins like how it used to be, the three of them ending the summers with the way it started.

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The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

The Summer I Turned Pretty

By Jenny Han
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 22, 2022

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han is a realistic fiction. Isabel (Belly) Conklin has spent every summer of her life at Cousins Beach with her mom’s best friend and her two sons, Conrad and Jeremiah. Every summer, she has been in love with Conrad Fisher. But this summer, she’s grown up and this is the summer where everything changes.

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