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Toy Story movie

Toy Story

Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Aryan C.
Oct 21, 2021

Toy Story is one of my favorite Disney + Pixar movies because it was made before I was born and because I used to watch this non-stop when I was a baby. In this magical world toys are alive and can talk. The main characters are Woody and Buzz Lightyear. Woody is a cowboy who gets played with a lot by his owner, Andy, but when a new space toy comes out this makes Woody jealous that he is not getting played with anymore. Woody does something terrible to Buzz and then the journey begins from the beginning of the movie to the end.

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Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker movie

The Rise of Skywalker

Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Aryan C.
Oct 21, 2021

The Rise of Skywalker had a tremendous battle with an amazing storyline that made the best conclusion for the Skywalker Saga. For many fans of the Skywalker franchise, it may be sad that it ends with this movie but once you watch it, it will blow your breath away. This movie was the best ending Star Wars could ever do for the Skywalker Saga. I loved this because this played back to Luke Skywalker trying to save Darth Vader.

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You Were Made For Me by Jenna Guillaume

You Were Made For Me

By Jenna Guillaume
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Oct 21, 2021

Katie has always dreamed of finding the perfect boyfriend. But when she wakes up to find a six-foot boy in her bed, she is shocked and amazed and what had happened. She had accidentally created a boy named Guy. When she starts dating Guy, she wonders if he likes her for who she is, or because he was made to love her.

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To Kill a Mockingbird

By Harper Lee
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Oct 19, 2021

Citizens of Maycomb are racists and prejudiced. They judge each other by how they look, speak, or what gender they are. After Atticus Finch is asked to defend Tom Robinson, a colored man who is accused of raping a woman, his children learn true lessons, some being that people in Maycomb side with others over others. Essentially, this story depicts a young girl coming-of-age, who is raised into a society where people are not as innocent compared to others. It is up to her father to teach her real life lessons and behaviors.

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This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone

This Is How You Lose the Time War

By Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Lisa J.
Oct 19, 2021

Red shouldn’t have picked up the letter. Shouldn’t have betrayed her people. Shouldn’t have replied. But she did, and now nothing will ever be the same again. Red is a time traveler working for the Agency, a technotopia, while Blue is an agent for the Garden, a vast, organic entity rooted in nature. As rivals, they travel through strands of alternate realities and dimensions, influencing them to guide the path of the future in an all-encompassing war. They were made to be enemies — so why does it feel so right when they craft the words that bridge the untraversable gap between them?

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To Night Owl From Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan & Meg Wolitzer

To Night Owl From Dogfish

By Holly Goldberg Sloan & Meg Wolitzer
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Shreya A.
Oct 19, 2021

To Night Owl From Dogfish is a family bonding and funny fiction by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer. This book is about Avery and Bett, whose dads want them to be friends because they are dating. The dads send them both to a camp, where they become closer but the dads become more distant. Avery (one of the two girls) sees her mom for the first time in 10 years. Their dads break up, but the girls stay close and trick their dads to enroll them in the same summer camp.

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The Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Lovely and the Lost

By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Shreya A.
Oct 7, 2021

The Lovely and the Lost is a thrilling and adventurous mystery novel by Jennifer Lyne Barnes. This book is about a girl named Kira, her brother Jude, and her best friend Free. Kira is a victim of child abuse and is a forest survivor; she was found by her foster mother, Cady. When her foster grandfather comes to their house and says something about a missing child, her whole family and her friend Free go to Sierra Glades National Park.

Teen Review
The Unteachables by Gordon Korman

The Unteachables

By Gordon Korman
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Shreya A.
Oct 7, 2021

The Unteachables is a hilarious and interesting fiction novel by Gordon Korman. This book is about a group of kids who are disliked by teachers and students. Their teacher doesn't care about teaching anymore, but that changes when the Unteachables jump in the river to save their teacher's life. Soon after, Mr. Kermit realizes how much he loves the kids and how much he loves teaching.

Teen Review
Spells Trouble by P.C. Cast

Spells Trouble

By P.C. Cast
Star Rating
★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Oct 6, 2021

Two twin teenage witches, Mercy and Hunter Goode, are next in line to become protectors of the gate to the underworld. Everything seemed to be going alright, until their mother becomes the first victim of the creatures that lurk in the underworld. Now, they must set all aside and protect the world. Will they succeed in their task? Read more to find out!

Teen Review
Where Secrets Lie by Eva V. Gibson

Where Secrets Lie

By Eva V. Gibson
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Oct 6, 2021

Amy Larsen traditionally spends her summers with her best friend Teddy and her cousin Ben in River Run, located in Kentucky. As tension brews between Teddy and Amy, they are suddenly met with a tragic situation. Teddy’s sister has suddenly disappeared, now all three must depend on each other to solve the case; and save Teddy’s sister.

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