The Selection is the first book in Kiera Cass's young adult dystopian romance series. Set in a future post-apocalyptic America, now called Illéa. The story is about America Singer, a teenage girl from a lower caste who is chosen to compete in a competition to win the heart of Prince Maxon and become the next queen. However, society is rigidly divided into castes, and citizens have little choice in their futures. America is strong-willed, compassionate, and refuses to conform to the expectations placed upon her.
In this book, Harry Potter is visited by a group of wizards and then goes to Sirius Black’s house, which serves as the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. The Order of the Phoenix is a group of wizards led by Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore. Their mission is to prevent Voldemort from rising to power again. However, they must operate secretly to avoid detection by the Ministry of Magic.
There’s Kat Roberts, an aspiring journalist who wants to pinpoint and reveal Meg William’s true colors. Then there’s Meg Williams, a con artist whose unknown motives drive her to sabotage the lives of many men. Through her disguises and facades, she enters people's lives like a dream come true and exits just in time as their lives rapidly deteriorate. Kat is determined to track down Meg, but Meg’s clever plan executions make it difficult.
Six of Crows is essentially a high-speed adventure set in a fantasy world. But there’s much more to the story. Kaz Brekker, notorious for leading dangerous people through dangerous missions, is offered an impossibly large sum of money if he completes an even more impossible heist. In order to do so, he needs a good crew. No, a great crew. A crew that is willing to suffer and put everything on the line. And Kaz finds just that. Inej, Jesper, Wylan, Nina and Matthias hold the perfect skill sets for such an endeavor.
Darius the Great is Not Okay is a young adult novel by Adib Khorram that focuses on Iranian American teen Darius Kellner’s transformative journey to Iran with his family. Darius feels like a social outcast as he battles his crippling depression, lack of Persian culture in his identity, and bullying from classmates like Trent “Fatty” Bolger and Chip Cusumano at school.
In this suspenseful thriller, a girl facing legal repercussions for her role in a cyberbullying-related suicide receives a mysterious phone call from a stranger who claims to be on the verge of suicide himself. The caller, Andrew, tells Victoria that he dialed her number “at random.” Given the popularity of Victoria’s name in local news, however, this seems unlikely. But there is little time for either Victoria or readers to question Andrew’s story within the book’s short time frame.
The Scarlet Veil is a novel written by Shelby Mahurin, which follows the character of Célie Tremblay. Célie has always been known as the obedient good girl in her kingdom. She surprises the entire kingdom when she refuses to follow the tradition of being the first huntswoman with an iron fist. But Célie has been dealing with the nightmares of her own past. Though her friends try to protect her from the trauma and horror from her past, Célie keeps hearing mysterious whispers.
1989 (Taylor’s Version) is a re-recording of Taylor Swift’s 2014 pop album 1989. Taylor released a re-recording of the original due to licensing rights. At the time of the original release 10 years ago, the original 1989 album was a smash hit, with multiple platinum records. On the rerecording, she creates new interpretations of all the tracks, with added beats and lyrics. There are also 5 new “vault tracks” that were originally unreleased.
5 stars- Jurassic Park takes place on a remote jungle island, where genetic engineers have created a dinosaur theme park. However, a catastrophe destroys the park's defense systems, leaving the scientists and tourists trapped on the island filled with dinosaurs fighting for survival.
In the previous book, The Inheritance Games, Avery, and the others discover that Toby Hawthorne, the son of billionaire Tobias Hawthorne, who was presumed to have died in a fire, was actually alive. And not only was he alive, he and Avery were known to have a close relationship, which was playing chess in a park together.
