Teen and Staff Reviews

The Polar Express is a fantastic Christmas movie about a young boy who boards a magical train

headed to the North Pole. On his way, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery on whether he

truly believes in the Christmas spirit or not. The animations in this movie are so crisp and clean

that you almost feel you’re onboard the train with them, and Tom Hanks acting as the train

conductor was phenomenal all the more. Besides a few creepy scenes, this movie is perfect for

The book We Are Not Free is a historical fiction by the Author Traci Chee. In the book, they

provide the perspectives of fourteen different characters - Minnow, Shig, Yum-Yum, Bette,

Frankie, Stan, Aiko, Yuki, Mary, Kiyoshi, Mas, Keiko, Twitchy, and Tommy - who are all

Japanese-American teens affected by the Pearl Harbor incident. All the characters (other than

Kiyoshi) lived a peaceful and carefree life together as friends in Japantown, where they lived

Britta Flannery is a girl in Malam who is disliked for her Shaerdanian origin on her

mother’s side. Her father was a bounty hunter who was recently murdered, so she wants to find

his murderer and avenge him. However, things aren’t so black and white when she finds out that

her best friend, Cohen, wasn’t the one who actually murdered her father, despite the evidence.

So, she sets out to find the real murderer, but realizes dark things about her past and the King of

After the life-changing truth Grace Blakely finds out about her mother’s death in the first

book, all she wants is to be alone and away from everyone else. Most of all, she doesn’t want to

face her loved ones, because she’s afraid that they blame her for everything that’s happened.

However, when Grace’s brother Jamie and his friend Spence come to visit her from West Point,

Jamie decides to help her get back to normal, even if that’s impossible. Spence, on the other

When Grace Blakely was 13 years old, her mom died in front of her eyes, in what Grace

was told to be an accident. However, Grace was there when her mom died, and she knows that

there was a man with a scar at the place of her mom’s death when she died. And now, three

years later, when she’s 16, Grace is sent to live with her grandfather in the Embassy Row in

Adria, a European country. The Embassy Row is a place filled with different ambassadors and

Belly has been dating Jeremiah, the brother of her first love Conrad, for a while now

and after she finds out some of his secrets she is ready to end this relationship. But

then, Jeremiah proposes to her. Belly is very surprised at this big step in their

relationship, especially because she just finished her freshman year of college and is

still 18. Belly’s mom doesn’t approve of her getting married so young and Conrad

might still have feelings for Belly. Belly wants to follow her heart, but where is her

heart leading her?

This summer is different for Belly and the Fisher boys. Susannah, Belly’s mother’s

friend, has recently passed away and summer at the beach wouldn’t be right. Belly is

stuck at home this summer and doing things she doesn't want to do. All she wants is

to be at Cousins beach like every other summer. Belly thinks things can’t get any

worse until Conrad and Jeremiah’s dad tries to sell the summer house. Belly and the

boys will fight for what is rightfully theirs. How will this summer compare to the past

When Starr Carter’s childhood friend is brutally shot by a police officer – which was racially

provoked – her entire world turns upside down. This wasn’t the first time either. Starr slowly

starts to realize the injustice that has been engraved in the black community for years and

decades. The affluent school she and her brothers attend is far from Garden Heights (the perilous,

crime-driven neighborhood she lives in), and there, everybody is white; in fact, Starr describes

Clockwork Princess is the final book to the Infernal Devices. Tessa is

engaged to the declining and loving Jem but is still confused with her

feeling for Will. But as she tries to figure it out, she gets kidnapped by the

evil Mortmain in need of her powers. As Wills sets out to find her, Tessa

figures out the real reason behind why Mortmain needs her. With twists and

turns, this finale will not disappoint readers.

Clockwork Prince is the next novel in the Infernal Devices. Tessa has

finally become comfortable living with the Shadowhunters and is looking for

the Magister’s secrets. Along the way, she find out more about who she is

and what other secret hold. Her shapeshifting powers become more

powerful and she finds out there is a spy among them. Will starts telling

more of his past and Tessa is falling in love with Jem. Will they be able to