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The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver

The Ghosts We Keep

By Mason Deaver
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Sep 25, 2021

The Ghosts We Keep is a heartbreaking story that contains realistic scenes of death, love, and healing. Liam’s brother, Ethan, was killed in a hit and run. While the family grieves over the death of Ethan, Liam struggles with maintaining relationships with friends and dealing with grief. He seeks comfort in Ethan’s best friend, Marcus, and learns secrets about Ethan that weren’t known when he was alive. Though this book is contains tons of tragedy, it will leave you feeling empowered at the end.

Teen Review
A Night Twice As Long by Andrew Simonet

A Night Twice As Long

By Andrew Simonet
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Sep 24, 2021

Join friends Alex and Anthony in a long journey that forces them to face their feelings. In a small town where basic necessities were taken away, lives Alex and her best friend Anthony. Alex, having her own regrets about family, decides to help Anthony find his mom. As they both walk ten miles to the next town over, they come across some unusual sights. This book is full of raw emotion and friendship, perfect for those who want a glimpse of reality.

Teen Review
Real, Not Perfect by Stephanie Coleman

Real, Not Perfect

By Stephanie Coleman
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Sep 23, 2021

Real, Not Perfect is a book that will definitely stir up feelings of hope and optimism in your soul. Tessa, an only child, seems to have a perfect life. She has good grades, she is adored by her parents, and she is active in her swim team and in church group. But, it all falls apart when she finds out her parents are divorcing, her best friend moves away, and she gets stuck in an unbearable drama class. She soon makes friends in her drama class that help her see the brighter side of life.

Teen Review
The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott

The Lucky List

By Rachael Lippincott
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Sep 22, 2021

Emily, a strong and determined girl, used to be gifted with luck, until her mother died from cancer. Now, three years later, her bad luck doesn’t seem to stop. Until she and her new friend Blake, find a bucket list that had belonged to Emily’s mom. They both decide to go on an emotional adventure filled with love, fear and acceptance hoping to complete the bucket list. Do Emily and Blake complete their mission? Read more to find out!

Teen Review
Breath Like Water by Anna Jarzab

Breath Like Water

By Anna Jarzab
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Shreya A.
Sep 21, 2021

Breath Like Water by Anna Jarzab is a Teen Fiction novel. It is a diverse and heart wrenching book with many ups and downs. Breath Like Water is about a Latino girl named Susanna who lives in Chicago with her friends and family. Susanna loves to swim, that’s her life, swimming and competing, that is until she meets a boy at a swim meet. They become friends and soon something more, until a series of events forces them apart.

Teen Review
Iron Man 3 movie

Iron Man 3

Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Aryan C.
Sep 20, 2021

Iron Man 3 was my favorite Iron Man movie throughout the whole Avengers timeline. In this movie we see Tony Stark instead of Iron Man. After the first Avengers movie when Captain America said, “without that suit who are you” this movie came out with Tony Stark losing everything. I liked this movie because it showed that Tony Stark did not need a suit to save the world but he needed his brain. The main villain in this movie is the Mandurian who destroys every suit Tony Stark owned.

Teen Review
Iron Man movie

Iron Man

Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Aryan C.
Sep 19, 2021

Iron Man, one of the first Marvel Avengers movies, is an amazing, funny, truth-telling movie where Tony Stark, Iron Man, is kidnapped and is injured. He escapes by building a suit and then learns a semi-valuable lesson from his experience. Throughout the movie Tony Stark learns new things and improves himself. My favorite part about this movie is his suit. His suit was not made out of iron but yet he is Iron Man. I recommend this movie to many people who love watching superheroes fail while trying to fly.

Teen Review
Captain Marvel movie

Captain Marvel

Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Aryan C.
Sep 18, 2021

I would recommend Captain Marvel for people who like Marvel movies where a superhero struggles to find himself/herself. In Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers was struggling with her ability to hold her powers in. Over time, throughout the movie, she learned to control her power and met Nick Fury, who became her friend, on Earth.

Teen Review
Ant-Man movie

Ant-Man

Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Aryan C.
Sep 17, 2021

Ant-Man was marvelous. It has action, comedy, soul-searching, and adorable features. From many comics Hank Pym is Ant-Man but in this new Marvel Movie Scott Lang has been chosen by Hank to be Ant-Man. At the beginning of the movie Scott Lang came out of prison for a 5-year sentence for cat burgling. He steals the Ant-Man suit because he wanted money to see his daughter again. This movie is funny and has amazing battle scenes with Yellow-Jacket, the villain.

Teen Review
Captain America The Winter Soldier movie

Captain America The Winter Soldier

Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Aryan C.
Sep 16, 2021

Captain America the Winter Soldier is an amazing movie to watch if you loved the first movie. It displays a new life where Steve Rogers works for Shield and learns that Hydra has been hiding under their noses inside Shield for years. Captain America teams up with Black Widow and the presumed to be dead Nick Fury to stop the Winter Soldier and to take down Hydra. I loved watching this movie because it was different from the first one.

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