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Teen Review

Ready Player One

By Ernest Cline
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Pranjal
Aug 20, 2024

TL;WR  (Too Long; Won’t Read) 

The book’s good, with slight plot holes that aren’t detrimental to the enjoyment of reading it. I would give the novel 5 out of 5 stars. If the synopsis even just slightly interests you, please do give it a read and stick with it for around 10 chapters. 

LONGER REVIEW 

Ready Player One was an absolutely fantastic dystopian Sci-Fi read filled with countless references to old school videogames, movies, books, and media in general. 

Teen Review
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The Lightning Thief

By Rick Riordan
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Fathia R.
Aug 20, 2024

The Lightning Thief is a must-read. It is full of adventure, suspense, and excitement. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is a fantasy book about a teenage boy named Percy Jackson. After Percy Jackson gets thrown out of boarding school for the 6th time, he is sent to Camp Half-Blood where he finds out that he is a demigod. Lately, he has been seeing monsters and other mythical creatures in his life.

Teen Review
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind

By Patrick Rothfuss
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Eli
Aug 20, 2024

Patrick Rothfuss’s book, The Name of the Wind, is a wonderful book that takes you through the path of the maturing Kvothe. Although the book starts slow, the pacing after the first fifty pages is wonderful. The whole setting of the book, and the story within the story makes for an extra layer that is very welcomed. Having Kvothe tell his story of his past, begins a great dynamic of switching between the present time in the inn, and his past story. 

Teen Review
Death's End

Death's End

By Cixin Liu
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Mahad Z.
Aug 20, 2024

Summary: Death's End, the final book in Cixin Liu's Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy, follows humanity's struggle for survival in a universe governed by dark, unpredictable forces. As humanity attempts to negotiate peace with the Trisolarans, they uncover even more terrifying truths about the nature of the universe, where civilizations are constantly at risk of being destroyed by more advanced species.

Teen Review
Stick Dog Craves Candy

Stick Dog Craves Candy

By Tom Watson
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Aug 20, 2024

Stick Dog Craves Candy by Tom Watson, is the seventh book of the Stick Dog book series. The book starts out with Karen, Stripes, Mutt, and Poo-poo getting lost looking for the giant pipe that Stick Dog lived in, even though it wasn’t very hard to find. When they got there, they started discussing finding food again, and Poo-poo tried to scent any food that they could look for. He found nothing, so the dogs decided to venture into a nearby neighborhood up to a house.

Teen Review
Science Comics: Volcanoes

Science Comics: Volcanoes

By Jon Chad
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Aug 20, 2024

Science Comics: Volcanoes is a graphic novel by Jon Chad that explains volcanoes in the fashion of a story. This book is set in the future in which the earth has completely frozen over and there are many groups of people, calling themselves tribes, who have to find random human-made things from long ago to burn up to provide heat and energy. However, a young girl named Aurora thinks there must be a better way to help her tribe.

Teen Review
Stick Dog Slurps Spaghetti

Stick Dog Slurps Spaghetti

By Tom Watson
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Aug 20, 2024

Stick Dog Slurps Spaghetti by Tom Watson, is the sixth book of the Stuck Dog book series. The book starts off with the dogs being hungry again, and Mutt feeling bad about eating rope, even though no one else eats it. They then decide to play tug-of-war, and try to look for a rope. They instead find a carton with noodles in it, and it is delicious. They decide to look for the restaurant listed on the carton to get more. It turns out to be on the top of a steep hill, so each dog thinks of a plan to get to the top.

Teen Review
Dogman: Grime and Punishment

Dogman: Grime and Punishment

By Dav Pilkey
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Aug 20, 2024

Dogman: Grime and Punishment is a graphic novel by Dav Pilkey, the ninth book of the Dogman book series. At the end of the last book, only one tadpole had her powers left and the Fair Fairy lost any leverage. Big Jim fell on Grampa and the fairy and stopped them. Flippy decided to take care of the tadpoles, and Petey was released from jail. Now, in this book, the Mayor visits the police and sees how naughty Dogman is, so he takes his badge away and fires him.

Teen Review
The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Fathia R.
Aug 20, 2024

“This had been a sin of passion, not of principle, nor even purpose.” But in 17th century Boston, Massachusetts, a sin of any type had no excuse, especially not adultery. In The Scarlet Letter, Each chapter reveals something new about the protagonist. To me, the story almost feels like a puzzle. Whoever he is, he is very good at hiding his identity. After so many years, no one has found out yet. It makes sense in the context of how the story is written because Hawthrone uses A LOT of juxtaposition in this book.

Teen Review
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down book cover

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down

By Jeff Kinney
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Nithin
Aug 19, 2024

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down by Jeff Kinney is the eleventh book in the beloved series, and it delves into Greg Heffley’s latest adventures as he grapples with the pressures of growing up and his overactive imagination. This time around, Greg is convinced that his life could be more exciting, and he’s determined to become rich and famous. Inspired by the horror movies he’s been watching, Greg decides to make his own movie, hoping it will be his ticket to fame.

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