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Tighe Desai
Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
June 12, 2023
Rating: 5/5

Callum, a Nought, and Sephy, a Cross exist in a society where racial segregation and distinction is prominent. Noughts and Crosses is a story about two friends attempting to coexist in a community pitted against their happiness. Although slavery was abolished many years ago, Crosses, (dark-skinned people), are in charge of the Noughts, (light-skinned people). Sephy's parents don't like their friendly relationship, though they continue to find ways to enjoy themselves. Callum and Sephy fight against the world for a friendship, and possibly romantic relationship, that will last forever.
This wonderfully written book by Malorie Blackman is the first of a six part series, telling the story of two brave children, growing up and facing the challenges of a divided society. This book was recommended to me and I've loved every bit of it. It is an exceptionally good story and I highly recommend it for anyone who loves a good historical fiction book with splashes of intriguing dystopia.

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J Ciszek-Restivo
Holding Up The Universe by Jennifer Niven
Rating 5/5

Holding Up The Universe follows 2 main characters. The first is a 17-year-old boy Jack Masselin with a neurological disorder commonly known as 'face-blindness'. Jack hasn't told anybody about his prosopagnosia and tries to play it off every day though he can't recognize anyone's faces. The other main character is 16-year-old Libby Strout. After Libby's mom passed away, she began to eat a lot and eventually gained so much weight that she had to be lifted from her house by a crane after a panic attack. After this incident, Libby was labeled as, 'America's Fattest Teen'. After Libby and Jack meet in school, an unlikely romance is formed as they realize how much they have in common.
Jack and his 2 closest friends have a cruel game called 'Fat Girl Rodeo' where they cling to the back of 'fat girls' and try to hold on as long as they can. After they target one of Libby's friends, she confronts them about it. She becomes the next target and after throwing off one of the boys, she punches him in retaliation. After being ordered to do community service and attend a community circle, Libby finds a letter Jack had slipped into her backpack. In it, he apologizes profusely for the event and opens up about his prosopagnosia. This makes Libby the only person to know about his face blindness. Jack, who begins to develop feelings for Libby, asks her to come along on a trip to a doctor so he can get an official diagnosis. Libby decides to go with him so she can find out if she has the same genetic aneurysm her mother died from. However, she does not follow through with this. She says, "The not knowing is something too." They become even closer over the next few weeks and begin to date. Unfortunately, Jack breaks up with Libby because he says if she does not remain overweight, he doesn't know if he will be able to recognize her anymore. He says he would never be able to see her.
Jack finally decides it is too difficult to keep his prosopagnosia a secret and tells his family and friends. Libby also fully embraces herself and comes to terms with both the loss of her mother and her weight. After Jack chooses to accept this part of him, he realizes he wants to be with Libby. Jack apologizes for his actions, and the two confess their love for each other.
I really enjoyed this book. I think it was nice to see new perspectives because most YA books come from the perspective of a 'perfectly average' kid.  It was quite an emotional book, but I think that is what made me like it so much. I would definitely recommend it to people who like coming-of-age YA books.

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Asa Lundberg
Summer Ball by Mike Lupica
Rating4/5

Summer Ball is about a 13 year old boy who plays basketball. He is a small kid so basketball is hard. Danny is a little nervous to go to camp. It starts off very bad with them messing up what cabin he gets put in. He is also the smallest kid at camp so it was hard to play good. He ended up wanting to go home, but some of his old friends talked with him and supported him to stay. At the camp they played a season of games and Danny's team the Celtics were not doing good. Once the playoffs started they turned it around. They that they had to play good because now it really mattered. They made a run in the playoffs and had championship hopes. But before they could make it to the championship they had to play against the best player in the camp who also happened to bully Danny. I really liked this book, it shows that even when you aren't the biggest fastest or strongest you can still win and that you shouldn't let others ruin your confidence. I would give it a 4/5.

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Maywen MacPhee
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
June 8, 2023
Rating: 5/5

Ready Player One follows Wade Watts as he navigates both the limitless virtual world of the OASIS and the dystopian, collapsing place that is the reality in 2045. Wade spends more time in the OASIS than out trying to hunt down the legendary Halladay's Easter Egg and, like everyone else, has made no progress in the five years since the Hunt started. Of course, that changes when Wade makes a connection between the first clue and an obscure piece of 80s trivia. It's the best thing that's ever happened to him. Or it is until the leader of the Sixers, a virtual army commanded by a colossal cooperation dubbed IOI, calls a meeting with Wade's virtual identity, Parzival, and proceeds to threaten him with information he should not have. Well, things just got a lot more complicated.

Despite having read it many, many times, Ready Player One never fails to grab my attention and hold it done to the last word. The twists always feel like the first time I read them. Adore this book and highly recommend reading it!

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Sabina Halperin
Im Glad my Mom Died By: Jennette McCurdy
June 8th, 2023
Rating: 4.75/5

A memoir following former Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy talks about her abuse at the hands of her mother as well as the abuse that all child stars face. The book starts with a young Jennette talking about life as a Morman with a big family and a mom who is a hoarder. Then moving into her years as a struggling child actress and how her mom taught her unhealthy food habits that track through the rest of her teenage hood. As well as reaching into her adulthood as she gets help for her problems.

I really loved this book while the talk of eating disorders and body shaming where incredibly graphic you can tell that she wrote it to guide more than to scare. I liked the way she talked about her life in a way that was not too self-pitying while still expressing the gravity of the situation she had been placed in.

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Samuel Florez
June 9th, 2023
Apt Pupil by Stephen King
Rating 5/5

Todd Bowden is your average blonde hair, blue eyes middle school boy. He gets good grades, All A's and B's. One day he is at his friend's house looking through his friend's dad's old comic book collection. He comes across a series of articles about World War 2 and is instantly hooked. He reads for hours on end until he has to go home. The very next day he  borrows some of the articles and reads them all. In one of the articles he discovers a person that he recognizes but he cannot figure out from where. He soon realizes that it is his elderly neighbor, Arthur Denker. Arthur is a former Nazi criminal who's real name is Kurt Dussander. Todd instantly becomes obsessed with Dussander's past and blackmails him so he can hear stories about World War 2 and what is was like as a Nazi. Overtime, Todd's good grades begin to become bad because he is always wasting his time at Dussanders house listening to stories. Todd's behavior starts becoming increasingly erratic and he tells Dussander to explain his gruesome stories in the most detail possible. Todd uses the information that Kurt Dussander was a former Nazi so Dussander will keep telling stories.

This book is very interesting. Every page you never know what could happen. You watch Todd grow into a reckless person who is not scared of threats made by Dussander. I loved reading this book because it also taught me about World War 2, a topic I have been interested in for a while.

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Robbie Lambert
The Martian by Andy Weir
June 7th, 2023
Rating 5/5

One minute, astronaut Mark Watney was with his crew, struggling to make it out of a deadly Martian dust storm and back to the ship, currently in orbit over Mars. The next minute, he was gone, blown away, with an antenna sticking out of his gut. The crew knew he'd lost pressure in his suit, and they'd seen his vitals go flat. Still in grave danger, they made a decision, figuring Mark was dead, they took off and headed back to Earth. As it happens, though, due to a bizarre chain of events, Mark is very much alive. He wakes up some time later to find himself stranded on Mars with a limited supply of food and no way to communicate with Earth or his fellow astronauts. Luckily, Mark is a botanist as well as an astronaut. So, armed with a few potatoes, he becomes Mars' first ever farmer. From there, Mark must overcome a series of increasingly intense mental, physical and technical challenges just to stay alive, until finally, he realizes there is just a glimmer of hope that he may actually be rescued. Weir displays an incredible ability to write about highly technical situations without leaving readers far behind. This results in a story that is both understandable and compelling to the average reader. Weir imbues Mark with a sharp sense of humor, which cuts the tension, sometimes a little too much as sometimes I ended up laughing during really tense situations. As for the people in the book, their modern dialogue at times undermines the futuristic setting. In fact, people in the book seem not only to talk the way we do now, they also use the same technology (cellphones, computers with keyboards, ect...). This makes the story feel like it's set in the present, where the only difference is that humans are sending manned flights to Mars. Still, the author’s ingenuity in finding new scrapes to put Mark in, not to mention the ingenuity in finding ways out of said scrapes, is impressive.

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Jeyda Tez
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
June 6th, 2023
Rating: 5/5

Melinda is a struggling high school student after the results of a huge lie at a high school party taking place before the year started. Nobody will talk to her, shes alone, scared and without support through the hardships she has had to endure. As the novel progresses, Melinda falls deeper into her depression and becomes even more isolated and alone in her struggles. The only part of her life that she finds comfort in is her art class, a place where she can process her hard emotions. Through an art project, she is able to face the reality of what happened at that high school party. She progresses as a character throughout the story through terrifying encounters and facing her past and healing as a person. In the end, instead of staying in her silence she decides to fight back and speak. I would recommend this book to anyone comfortable with reading about the topic of SA and looking for a meaningful, emotional, and incredibly well written book. Overall I would rate Speak with a 5 out of 5 because it is well written, compelling, and an incredibly meaningful story that left me constantly wanting to read more and more.

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Finn McGarvey
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
May 31, 2023
Rating 4.2/5

Eragon is the first book in a fantasy series called the Inheritance cycle. Eragon, the protagonist, finds a strange rock one day in the woods that will soon change his life forever. The inheritance cycle follows The story of Eragon and his Acquaintances and their adventures throughout the world Eragon and the inheritance cycle aren't for the faint of heart, the books are all very long bring hundreds of pages with some slow moving parts. There is an amazing story and some of the craziest world building I have ever seen in a fantasy novel. I would highly recommend the book series as it shows how the characters overcome adversity and build an amazing story along the way. This is why I rated it a 4.2. The plot and development are all astounding, but the pacing and length make it much harder for readers to pick up as it looks very intimidated.

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Sophia Tursich
It ends with us - Colleen Hoover
May 29, 2023
4/5

This book follows a girl named Lily who begins a relationship with Ryle. At first, Ryle just wants a casual fling but Lily wants a relationship. As the book goes on Ryle changes his mind and opens up to a relationship with Lily. Throughout this time, Lily finds herself revisiting her past with her fathers death and his abusiveness towards her mother. At the beginning, the relationship seems perfect. Butter a while Ryle becomes abusive just like Lily's father. They get married but hone the abusive behavior continues, Lily divorces him.

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Lucia Mascorro
A Loss For Words by Lou Ann Walker
May 30, 2023
Rating- 4/5

A Loss For Words is a biography by Lou Ann Walker and her life growing up as a CODA, child of deaf adult. The book follows Lou Ann's life from as early as she can remember to life a bit after college. When she was younger growing up wasn't easy. Lou Ann loves her parents but they relied on her for a lot like making calls and appointments, it became easier when her 2 other sisters were born and could help do some of those things. A Loss For Words also touches on how knowing ASL and knowing the ins and outs of the Deaf/HOH community shapes her future. I definitely recommend this book if you wanna read a good biography that doesn't feel boring or not fun to read. this book is sad, happy, funny and more all at once.

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Lucy Newell
The stand - Stephen King
May 26, 2023
Rating - 4.5/5

Published by stephen king in 1978, The Stand is an apocalyptic based book taking placed during an extreme pandemic. A very lethal influenza (the flue) is created by the U.S government to be used as a weapon. Security problems cause the virus to accidently be released. A security guard on site was able to escape the facility in time and take his family out of the city just in time. Throughout the book the "super Flue" manages to spread all throughout the whole U.S and going as far as China. To keep everything contained law enforcement  goes as far as to execute anybody who tries to escape the quarantining territories. At the end the book, the "literal hand of god" shows up and creates a nuclear explosion killing the virus and everyone involved in spreading it.

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Milena Larson
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Rating: 4/5

Carrie Soto is Back is about a record breaking tennis player, Carrie Soto, coming back from retirement to reclaim her fame. She is an extremely motivated, stubborn person, and it was inspiring to read about how hard she kept trying. I think it was a very solid story, and had some really great character development throughout the book. It follows Carrie Soto, a thirty-seven year old tennis player, training to try and win back her title of being the best. Along the way, she reconnects with an old friend, grows closer with her dad, and starts learning to become more satisfied with herself rather than the amount of wins she has. I liked how much the book tied Carrie back to her childhood and the messages she got when she was younger.

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Dean Jaurigue
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
may 18th, 2023
rating 4.5/5

scythe is a book about a world where no one can die. there is technology that prevents death, and other serious injuries. thats where scythes come in. they are there to keep the population down. they have to kill using a secret algorithm to find the right type of people. the scythes are treated like royalty, due to everyone fearing them.
scythe faraday takes in 2 apprentices to teach them the ways of the scythe. rowan and Citra are now embarking on what its like to be a scythe, and why it isnt as great as everyone thinks. Citra is accused of murdering scythe faraday, which is the biggest crime you can commit. She uses her new knowledge of fighting and blending in to run away.
I liked this book a lot. I definitely want to read the sequels. i would recommend the book to anyone who likes a book with a bit of mystery, and lots of action.

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Jolee Ray
May 16, 2023
The Glass Scientist by Sabrina Cotugno
Rating: 4.5/5

This webcomic is about Dr. Henry Jekyll and his attempts at making 'mad science' more accepted by humanity while trying to keep his "second half," Hyde, under control.  Wacky hijinks ensue. Though it uses the characters Jekyll and Hyde, it creates a new and interesting story without leaning too hard on the source material. The artwork is amazing, and the characters are all extremely interesting. The story also includes several LGBTQ characters, tying into the themes of identity and self acceptance. Though I personally am not the biggest fan of the romance, it is interesting and ties into Jekyll's internal conflict.
This is a currently unfinished webcomic, but you can read what there is for free at theglassscientists.com. If this sounded interesting to you, I'd say give the first chapter a read. It's really short, and gives you the vibe for what this story's really like.  Overall, fun read. Can't wait to see how the story progresses.

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Ethan Tran
March 5, 2023
The Closest I've Come by Fred Aceves
Rating 4.5/5

A young Latio man, Marcos Rivas who is in his sophmore year of highschool and grows up in a poor neighborhood in Tampa. With this, he has a poor relationship with his mother and has to live with her racist, abusive, and controlling boyfriend, Bryan. Outside of his abusive home life, he wants to find a love interest, items, shoes, but most importantly wants to get out of Maesta, which is his hood. When placed in an after-school program, he meets new people including Zack and Amy. With these friendships and pieces put together, Marcos wonders about his future and what it holds for him. However, he has to fight through racism, problems, and has to learn to stay true to himself. To do this, he needs motivation and courage to not only escape his household, but make it out and prove everyone wrong.
This book is very well written with many deep topics revolving around Marco's life. Not only do I enjoy reading books about people who have to fight through diversity and escape their bad situation, but the book was very enjoyable that you can't stop reading to find out what happens next. I was very interested with the plot line and how Marcos tries to escape his abusive stepdad, but also how he will try to do his best to make it out and escape his hood. The conflicts and sudden twists in the book all play a huge role in the books theme, as well as how the story unfolds. If you are into realistic fiction and books that have people in a bad situation such as being black and having to escape racism, I would definitely read it. It is very engaging and taught me how people have to deal with their poor situation and racism.

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Neal Shusterman
January 9th, 2023
Scythe
Rating 5/5

The only thng that is left totally in human controll is death, the rest is controlled by the thunderhead, a peacefull sentient AI that manages the world. Even though humans have conquered death and created a seemingly perfect world people still have to die. The world can't support the amount of people that will be living there without death; this is the function of the scythes, to kill.
Scythes are treated as gods and feared by everyone. They can demand what every they want and are above the law, they also are forbidden to talk with the thunderhead, and Citra is about to become one.
Citra is your average teenager, going to school, dates and that sort of thing, but who whole life changes when scythe fariday knocks on her door.
I like this book and would reccomend this book. It is very interesting and engageing. It is 433 pages so a littel bit on the longer side but it is a good read.

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Laela Divine
January 5, 2023
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Rating- 5/5

"Born a Crime" follows young comedian and TV personality Trevor Noah as he navigates life as a biracial man. He digs deep into how he, and his family was affected by apartheid and what it was like to immigrate to America. As you read, you get a glimpse into a lot of different genres, including romance, comedy, and action.

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Jeyda Tez
January 9th, 2023
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Rating: 5/5

Have you ever wondered what the life of a glamorous Hollywood movie star is really like? If so you should read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This novel set starting in the 1960’s follows the life of Evelyn Hugo from her tough childhood and all the difficult choices she makes as she becomes one of the most famous movie stars in this fictional world. If you want to read a book with romance, drama, and mystery this book is perfect for you.
The story covers all of Evelyn's complicated life as she battles difficulties with her family, her 7 marriages and her sexuality. There are also parts when the storyline dips into present time as a young reporter named Monique is interviewing older Evelyn about her life and her 7 mysterious husbands. Although as the story continues, there seems to be much more about Monique and Eyelyns life than we all first expect. I would recommend this book if you want to relate to the characters in many ways and experience all the twists and turns of Evelyn's seemingly perfect life

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Marius Duda
january 1, 2023
A Maze Of Death by Philip K. Dick
rating 5/5

Tallchief has been working the same job in his small development colony as a marine biologist, though there's no water on the planet, for the past 13 years praying for a change of pace in his dull life. One day his prayers are granted and he and his wife get a galactic transmission to be transferred to planet Delmak-0 to start a new colony along with 12 others. They aren't given any information and are instructed to travel by Noser (a one-way ship). Though Tallchief figures it is worth the risk. He hates all his current colony mates anyways. When They arrive, the colony is in bad shape, they are the second to last ones to arrive. It is only going to get worse. The planet is filled with unknown beauty and terror. This book is great. It contains amazing twists that don't feel forced but shock you. Some of the surreal parts of the book are based on the author's own LSD experience and they are wild. The book is filled with symbology, metaphors, and the exploration of the human mind and instincts. It confused me at some parts but it comes together nicely. great book.

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J Ciszek-Restivo
January 6, 2023
How It Feels To Float by Helena Fox
Rating: 4/5

Elizabeth "Biz" Martin Grey is a junior in high school in Sydney, Australia. She has a tight-knit group of friends, and Biz and her best friend Grace are attached at the hip. Biz's dad passed away when she was six and ever since then, she's seen his ghost almost every night. He speaks to her, but every time she tries to talk back, he disappears in an instant. Biz is really close with her mom and twin younger brothers, but as her junior year unfolds, she becomes more and more distant. After a confusing kiss with Grace where Biz was ultimately rejected, and crashing into a kid's house after drunk driving, Grace and Biz have a falling out and Grace is sent to a boarding school. Biz falls into a deep depression and starts to drink and party more, which is very unlike her. One night at a party on the beach, she gets extremely drunk and is taken advantage of by a classmate. After pushing him off, she runs into the ocean. She's too drunk to comprehend her surroundings and the waves are too big to handle. She begins to drown and accepts her fate, before being pulled out by a new mysterious student. She tries to thank him but he leaves before she can. Throughout the next few months, she watches the new kid, Jasper, from afar at school. She finally is introduced to him officially by her photography teacher. She and Jasper get really close and she opens up to him about everything. One day, she decides to leave home with him and they go on a journey around the country on his motorcycle. The rest of the book follows the two as Biz revisits her father's death location, aiming to grow closer to him even after he's passed.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys an emotional story. The only issue I had with it was that it was a little difficult to keep reading at points in the story. However, I think a lot of people would enjoy this story more than me, and I think it is a great read.

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Sophia Tursich
The virgin suicides by Jeffery Eugenides
Rating 5/5

The Virgin Suicides follows the story of the 5 Lisbon sisters from the perspective of the boys in their neighborhood. The boys had been obsessed with the Lisbon girls and were intrigued by their mysterious lives. The girls were extremely sheltered by their strict religious parents. The story follows 2 main incidents, Cecelia taking her own life near the begining of the story, and the rest following her footsteps at the end. I thought this book was very intresting and it was hard to put down. I give it a 5/5.

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Samuel Florez
January 6th, 2023
The Black and the Blue by Matthew Horrace and Ron Harris
Rating 5/5

The Black and the Blue is a story about how a black cop sees racism. Matthew Horrace retired police officer goes around the country interviewing other black police officers from all over. He listens to their stories and how other police officers dealt with the racism. On numerous occasions he explains how innocent black people were shot and killed at a routine traffic stop for no reason. Between the different officers he interviewed a Sergeant from Seattle stuck out the most to me. She talked about the Heroin problem the city deals with. In the 1990s Seattle Police Department tried a program out where you could turn in any drugs they had with no consequence. It failed. When someone turned in Heroin they were arrested and charged with an illegal drug charge.
Overall I really enjoyed reading this book because it shows the cops side of racism.

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Samuel Calkins
jan 9, 2023
the adventures of huckleberry finn
by mark twain
rating 3/5
Hucklebery Finn even seems to be rather vague yet entertaining and purposeful. I enjoyed the book to the extent that was outside of the over exaggerated remarks and notions of Mark Twain. I proceed by saying the Author's Purpose AKA Mark Twain's writing fitted perfect for its time period for the objection of having a geographical  setting provides a substantial amount of accuracy, and it didn't seem at all to show redundancy on that part. Though Huckleberry Finn was a little drawn out and boring I find it to be a narrative that reached its peak of decency if i had to rate it i would give it a 5/10 but this is out of 5 so i will settle for a 3

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Tighe Desai
January 5, 2023
How You Ruined My Life by
Jeff Strand
Rating 4/5

Rodney Conklin is having a great high school year and only has one semester left. He has a smart, cunning girlfriend and is the lead singer of a punk rock band with his two best friends. Nothing could possibly get in his way of having the perfect high school year. Or so he thought. Out of the blue, Rodney's cousin, Blake, who hasn't seen Rodney for at least 10 years, arrives at his doorstep with the intention to stay. From the minute Blake arrives, he begins to act strangely around Rodney, yet outgoing and friendly around Rodney's friends. Time after time, Blake seemingly attempts to ruin Rodney's days. Rodney's own mother looks past Blake's disruptions and forces Rodney to get along with him. Rodney must be friendly with Blake, keep his band together, and survive the last semester of his high school year.
This book is a fantastic read with many exciting points. It is a fictional novel with surprising twists and turns around every corner. The author, Jeff Strand, tells a wonderful story in a way that I had not read before. The structure of this book is built up in a way that makes it hard to take your eyes from the pages. This hard-to-put-down-read is a great choice for anyone who enjoys a simple, yet complex fictional novel.

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Finn McGarvey

January 1, 2023

Exile’s Honor by Mercedes Lackey.

Rating:4 / 5

Alberich is a young captain in the karsite army. He spent most of his childhood studying and training in the karsite battle schools. However, he had an uncanny ability to sense what was coming; a “sixth sense”. He quickly rose through the ranks becoming one of the youngest captains in history. Karse has always had one enemy more prominent than the others, Valdemar. Valdemar contains witches and white demons. These are people who wield magic, and demons who are pure white on which the witches ride on. On one fateful mission in particular something goes drastically wrong.

Exile’s Honor is a great fantasy novel. However, this book did not meet my expectations and was a very political/personal novel. It took less of an action approach and peeked into the characters’ everyday lives. The plot was amazingly done and the tests were nothing short of amazing. I would recommend this book to people who like knowing the characters more.

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Lucia Mascorro
January 5, 2023
Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
Rating: 4/5

TRIGGER WARNING mention of self harm

Charlie Davis is a shy 17 year old girl struggling with depression. home life isnt great and her friends can't stay sober. Charlie barely goes home and is practically homeless. something big happens that lands charlie in a mental hospital. During her stay she rarely speaks and isnt very social. her body is covered in bandages covering scars and cuts and all her hurt. when Charlie turns 18 shes released, once shes out she struggles to stay clean and not end up where she started

this book is very good however the beginning is slow and the end is super unrealistic and rushed. there is no getting better, recovery is for life. The author's note on this book left me sobbing. i recomend this book to people who have had mental health problems or even just people who wanna read about it. please read the trigger warnings before reading.

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Asa Lundberg
January 4,2022
Larry bird by Larry Bird
Rating 4/5

Larry bird takes you through his whole life up to this point. He goes into deep detail about his early life. He talks about where he grew up and about his siblings and family.
He faced issues like not being good enough and pressure from family members. Like when his dad yelled at him for not making the game winning shot. He also lacked role models. He then talks about his NBA and then later his coaching career. He was not the nicest of players in the NBA. He talked a lot of trash. This book is very well written, it uses lots of creative language and goes into deep detail. It doesn't really have a climax but it has a very clear plot and it's around in order of events. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes sports or famous athletes.

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January 2, 2023
Everblaze by Shannon Messanger
Rating: 5/5

Everblaze is the third installment of the Keeper of the Lost Cities series by Shannon Messanger. Everblaze, like the rest of the series, follows Sophie Foster, an elf hidden in the human world for the first twelve years of her life. This book has many a plot twist, none of which disappoint, and I can attest to gasping out loud at a good handful of the revelations made. Starting with a disaster and a devastating mistake as Sophie's powers grow ever stronger, she must accept her friends' choices to put themselves in harm's way to protect her. But when a close friend turns out to not be who they seem, she must risk her life (again!) to save them.

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Milena Larson
January 5, 2023
Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Rating: 4.5/5

The Joy Luck Club follows seven different perspectives from Chinese American families. It is an intricate weaving of points of view from cousins, half siblings, daughters telling the story of their mothers, and memories from the past. Though it was a bit confusing, I felt I could mostly keep up with it. One of the most prominent characters was Jing-Mei. The story joins her a few months after her mother died, where she is forced to replace her mom’s spot in the Joy Luck Club. Her aunts and uncles reveal that before her mom died, she (her mom) had found the two daughters she had unavoidably lost decades ago. Jing-Mei’s aunts give her money to go and visit her half sisters in China.

The rest of the perspectives, in a way, center around this one.

I think this book was very well written, and although it was more complex than I usually read, I felt I could keep up with it pretty well. I also enjoyed the perspective of it being in the past. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is interested in a not thrilling, but still riveting, story.

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Jolee Ray
January 4, 2022
Marcy's Journal: A Guide to Amphibia by Matt Braly
Rating: 5/5

Marcy Wu is a 13 year old girl, who has two very close friends, Anne Boonchuy and Sasha Waybright. In an incident involving a strange music box, she finds herself transported to a strange new land called "Amphibia." This journal is the documentation of her time there. She's quite excited at first, finding it to be like all the fantasy video games she plays. She gets close to the king, and becomes his royal advisor. All the while trying to find her friends, who were nowhere to be found when she landed there despite being right there when she was transported. However, as you read more, there seems to be more to this king, and maybe even Marcy herself...
This book was extremely enjoyable. It is based on the Disney cartoon Amphibia, and expands the world and characters introduced and explored in the show. It uses the journal format perfectly, using fun stickers, drawings, and even things such as burnt pages, tear marks, and other fun environmental things. I loved the insight it provided into Marcy's character. Though it may seem kiddish and cartoony on the outside, it provides a meaningful message that will stay with me for a long time. I recommend it to every fan of the original show. If you were interested in it from the review, I would suggest watching the show first, as some of it might be confusing to a new reader. Overall, very good!

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Sabina Halperin
December 22, 2022
The Picture of Dorian Grey by: Oscar Wilde
Rating: 4.5/5

Dorian Grey is a young man living in London in the 1890s. Dorian is described as very attractive. He is gifted a painting of himself showing him in a beautiful manner by his friend Basil. Basil introduces him to a man named Lord Henry who is very vain and narcissistic. Henry and Dorian become friends. With his influence, Dorian becomes vainer and self-involved. Eventually casting a spell on the picture, that the picture would age for him.

This novel chronicles Dorian's descent into madness. It was very interesting but after the plot twist mid-way through the book got slow until it picked up halfway through. Overall it was a solid read. I would recommend this book to someone who likes fiction.

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Lucy newell
January 3, 2023
If You Tell by Gregg Olsen
Rating 4/5

After more than 10 years, when sisters, Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek think of their mother it brings back memories of pain and hurt. The story starts with describing the mother's childhood and how the troublesome child she was ruined people's lives, the inconvenience of her having 3 children all from different marriages. The actions this psychopathic mother takes on her children will forever impair them. some decisions resulting in murder. Her being the mother has yet to come to terms with the reality that being a parent is a lot of responsibility. wanting to "live her life" without a care in the world she drags herself and he family in and out of jail.

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January 3, 2023

Holes by Louis Sachar
rating: 5/5

young Stanley Yelnats is wrongfully convicted of stealing a pair of tennis shoes. now, he must face the punishment of going to a summer camp, camp green lake, for a few weeks. camp green lake is a juvenile correction camp, in the middle of a dried up lake, no longer holding any water. while at the camp, he makes some friends, which he learns he must be friendly with them if he wants to survive. after living many rough days at the camp, him and zero, his bunk mate plan to escape. they live off of wild food and a hidden stash of peaches until they decide to return. while digging one night, Stanley and Zero find hidden treasure, and realize this could be there way to escape camp green lake. I would suggest this book to anyone, but especially people who like books about adventure.

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Ethan Tran

December 13, 2022

Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

Rating 4/5

Jay Reguero is in his last semester of his senior year in high school planning to just play video games and is doing whatever he wants before going to the University of Michigan. However he soon finds out that his close cousin, Jun is tragically murdered as being a part of President Duterte's drug war. Since Jun lived in the Philippines and no one in his family wants to talk about the incident that occurred, Jay takes initiative and matter into his own heads, flying to the Philippines to discovered the true reasoning behind his cousins death. Hoping to find an answer, conflicts and events that lead to Jun's death forces Jay to reckon the true dark reasoning of why his cousin was murdered. He has to face the truth and realize the part he played in it, along with his other family members.
This book is a well written fiction/mystery and being one of my first mysteries, I was severely interested and focused on reading the book with the events that occurred in the book. The plot has an interesting sequence of events that unfold throughout the book that both shocked and wowed me when reading it. There are a lot of twists and unsettling turns throughout the book, with conflicts that played a huge role in this book's theme and story. If you are into mystery and realistic fiction I would definitely recommend this book definitely, and not only was it an interesting book, it taught me a few lessons and real world conflicts that happening outside of the U.S. and places such as the Philippines.

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Student Model Review

January 2, 2022
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Rating: 5/5

Ryland Grace finds himself the sole survivor of the Hail Mary voyage, a last ditch effort to save humanity. There is one problem, the mission required him to be put in a coma, and he woke up with no memories of where he is or why. As his memories return he has to navigate a new solar system in an attempt to find a solution to earths problem. Ryland is faced with difficult situations one after another. He is left to face each obstacle completely alone. Or so he thought.
This is a well written Sci-Fiction book similar to another of Andy Weir's books, The Martian. With much higher stakes, this book exceeded my expectations and is (in my opinion) a far better book than The Martian. It's hard to put down once you've started reading it, and does a good job balancing real science with sci-fiction. Not only did I enjoy the book immensely, but it taught me a few things about the real world and how it works. It is perfect for anyone who enjoys science and reading.

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Student Model
May 26, 2022
Lies Like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
Rating: 4.5/5

Mo, Luke, Violet, Drummer, and Hannah have been best friends their entire lives. Everyone around town knows them as the "monsters," a nickname they gained after they all played the wild things in a performance of Where the Wild Things Are when they were little kids. The monsters spend every summer together, swimming, watching movies, going on adventures, and doing everything else their hearts desire. On a hot, dry, summer afternoon during their last summer before college, the monsters visited the Gap Lake, the deepest swimming hole in the mountains, just as they'd done many times before. All was well until Luke decided to light a pipe he'd brought along and Hannah violently hit it from his hands. The pipe hit the ground of the forest which was currently at extreme risk of wildfire. Next thing they knew, the monsters were the culprits of one of the largest and most damaging wildfires. When questioned by the police they did what they thought was their only choice: lie. Suddenly the monsters are rapped in too many lies to juggle and it's not long before one of them cracks. And when one monster cracks - they bring the rest down with them.

I loved this book and would highly recommend it. The plot is full of unexpected twists and secrets you would never expect. It is extremely engaging and hard to put down!