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Ema Doyle

6-9-2023

How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Rating: 9/10

For this book review, I decided to do my review on How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi. It is a nonfiction book in the form of a memoir on the author. It is the kind of book where you grow with the narrator, as he is using his stories and experiences to becoming an antiracist. There is lots of reflection throughout the book, including room for the reader to do the same about their own racial ideas. Kendi discusses all of his experiences and the ways he learned about racism, its history, and ways to combat it. I learned that I can also look into my own life and its patterns and do the same as him. It really made me think about race and society in ways I never have before. He discusses it with lots of unique ideas, perspectives, and resolutions. I would say that some of the things he discusses can be flagged as controversial, but he also mentions that with almost anything race related, it is almost always controversial, which is a very interesting thing to think about. One big thing I took away from the book is his words on the difference between “not racist” and “antiracist”. Initially, they would always seem like the same term, but he breaks it down and explains it and offers a completely different perspective, which I really like. I will say again, a lot of the things he talks about are such new and interesting ideas which I really enjoyed, and made me really glad I read the book. Overall, if you want a deep read, with commentary, valuable information, and a fresh perspective, and are willing to read something less than filtered, I would definitely recommend this memoir. I personally rate it 9/10.

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Rafael Valverde

June 7th

I am not your perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sánchez

Rating 4.5/5

In Erika L. Sánchez's novel, "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter," goes into the complex and often overlooked experiences of second-generation Mexican-American immigrants. Published in 2017, this critically acclaimed coming of age story follows the life of Julia Reyes, a young girl struggling with identity, grief, and societal expectations. Through Julia's vivid narration, Sánchez paints a raw and compelling portrait of a young girl determined to find her own path amidst cultural pressures and personal struggles.

The novel opens with a profound statement that sets the stage for the journey that lies ahead. "I am not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was my sister Olga's role." With these simple yet powerful words, Sánchez immediately fights stereotypical expectations and introduces the reader to Julia's rebellious spirit. The reader is drawn into Julia's world, eager to uncover the reasons behind her assertion and let us explore her identity.

Julia's character is characterized by a profound sense of alienation within both her Mexican heritage and her American surroundings. As she navigates the multifaceted layers of her identity, Julia grapples with conflicting cultural values, societal pressures, and the weight of her family's expectations. Sánchez expertly weaves together themes of generational divides, cultural assimilation, and the pressure to conform, capturing the struggles faced by many second-generation immigrants in the United States.

Through her captivating storytelling, Sánchez explores the intricate dynamics of family relationships and the impact of personal tragedy on individual growth. Julia's journey unfolds against the backdrop of her sister's unexpected death, an event that leaves her family devastated and Julia grappling with unanswered questions. As she embarks on a quest for truth and self-discovery, the reader is immersed in Julia's emotional turmoil, feeling her frustration, anger, and longing for understanding.

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Colin Brennan
June 9th, 2023
Ski Spy School By Stuart Gibbs
Rating: 4.5/5

Sky Spy School is a novel that follows the main charcter Ben. Ben is a Spy who was send on a mission to save America from the richest man in the world, Shang whos always heavly protected. so his job is to attend the same ski school as Jessica Shang, Shangs daugther he needs to befriend her and find out his plans but he starts to catch feelings for his target. The plan starts going worse when Bens best friend from normal school shows up at the same ski reasort on the same weekend. His friend could blow his cover, But also his friend has allways attracted girls and Jessica starts falling for Bens friend, making it even harder to win her over. I really liked this book its really intresting and kinda cheesy. But I do recoment this book and its got tons of other books following the main character and his friends in different situations and plots. Its chill at points and has a lot action at points, great book. 4.5/5

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Erin Cavallucci

May 28, 2023

Forge

By Laurie Halse Anderson

Rating: 4/5

Forge is the story about Curzon Smith, a runaway slave who joined the Patriots during the American Revolution. A second book in a trilogy after the first book Chains, Forge begins after Curzon has been abandoned by Isabel, a fellow slave who has freed him from imprisonment at the end of the last book. In Forge he fights in the war and sees a lot of the fighting and damage/death, he also served a hard winter in Valley Forge. He faces a lot of racism from his fellow soldiers. He gets court-martialed and given back to Bellingham, his former owner, where he finds that Bellingham also has Isabel as his maid. Isabel and Curzon make plans to escape and try to find Isabel's sister Ruth. The French joined the war to help the Americans which helped Curzon and the patriots. Curzon and Isabel tie Bellingham up and escape with the army.

The book is really good. When I was reading I could see the similarities between Forge and the first book Chains. Although it was good, I still like Chains better. Forge was a good read and I recommend it if you like stories about slaves escaping.

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Lincoln Norick

Mr.Hill

Book Review

6/9/23

The Hunger Games Book 1 By Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games Book 1 By Suzanne Collins is about a teenage girl named Katniss Everdean. She volunteers for her sister to play in something called The Hunger Games. She ends up competing with a boy named Peta from her district, District 12. The Hunger Games is a battle to the death and only 1 person wins. Each game has its own twist. I would rate this book a 10/10 and would recommend it to anyone who likes adventurous books.

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Junco Dammarell
June 9, 2023
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
Rating: 4.5/5

House of hollow is a fantasy/thriller novel with protagonist Iris Hollow. Ten years ago on new years eve, she and her two older sisters Grey and Vivi went missing. A month later, they showed up naked and the oldest, Grey, was holding a knife in her hand. They go through some supernatural changes and develop the abilities to manipulate others with their touch. Their father, Gabe, was convinced that the girls were not his daughters, and eventually killed himself after being sent to a psych ward. Iris just wants to live a normal life, different from her sisters, Grey, the oldest, is now a famous model and fashion designer, and Vivi, the middle child, is part of a popular rock band. Grey goes missing mysteriously and after recruiting Tyler, Grey's boyfriend, they go out to find her. A man with a bull skull mask chases them throughout the entire story, and eventually it is up to Iris and Tyler to save Grey and Vivi’s lives. During and after rescuing the sisters, you learn some chilling things about their disappearance, and slowly realize something is wrong. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a fantasy novel, it’s suspenseful and has very good descriptive writing. The end shocked me because I didn't even see the plot twist coming.

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Nico Garcia
June 8, 2023
Immune by Philipp Dettmer
Rating: 4/5

Immune is a partially illustrated book describing in detail the functions of the immune system. Immune provides an interesting blend of education and entertainment and teaches about complex topics in an easier and more interesting way. The book uses a variety of metaphors to make the functions of the immune system seem simpler.
I personally really enjoyed this book, however, it may not be for everyone. I rated the book a little lower than I feel it deserves purely because the subject may not interest most people but aside from that it is a well-written and incredibly informative book. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys science and non-fiction.

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Quinn Thompson

Mexican WhiteBoy

Matt De La Pena

Rating 3/5

Mexican White Boy is a book about Danny, (the main character) who is half white and half Mexican, and lives with his sister and his mom in San Diego, California. This book follows the story of Danny going to Mexico to live with his family there over the summer but is disconnected from his family because he doesn't speak Spanish which is a recurring theme in this book. Danny also has other struggles in this book such as him writing to his dad throughout the whole of the book.
The reason I gave this book a low rating is because of the ending. The ending of this book was terrible, it was very rushed and I didn't like how they changed the whole setting of the story. Finally, I would say that if you had nothing else to do then I read this book. Overall this book is ok but there are definitely some parts that the author could have made better.

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Judah Barnett
June 9, 2023
Rating: 4/5
The first spy school book starts with a kid in school who is really good at math. He then gets recruited to a school to become a spy. When he gets to the school he immediately takes a test, but it seems like the school is being attacked. The principle decides that he past the test so he is now in the school. The kids continues to attend the school, but it turns out one of his friends in mole from an evil organization. His job is now to thwart the evil organizations plans so that nothing bad happens.
I think this is a really fun book for people who don't want to read anything serious. I also recommend this book to people who want a series because they other books are also very good.

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M'kayla Kelley
June 8th,2023
Dork diarys: book 1 by Rachel Renée Russell

Rating:5/5

This book is about an 8th grader named Nikki maxwell as she sketches her move to what she calls a snooty new school and how her enthusiasm for drawing and art and a love/hate fascination with the new school’s queen bee, a girl named Mackenzie, who becomes Nikki’s rival in a schoolwide art competition and Mackenzie is mean to nikki a lot and just doesn't like her for some reason. But in the book mainly Nikki writes about friendships, crushes, popularity, and family wihich makes the book interesting and it kind relates to highschool stuff about boys and all the stuff but it is a good book to ready if you like drama type movies this is a good book to read.

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Elise Yilmaz
June 7th, 2023
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Rating: 4/5

Rich and well educated, an unnamed protagonist in 2001 Manhattan works a cushy job at an art gallery and seems to have everything. Yet she tries to sleep through her life using medications prescribed to her by her awful psychologist.
The protagonist has a "best" friend, Reva, whom she has a one sided friendship with. Reva loves our protagonist and showers her with friendship, despite it not being reciprocated. The protagonist constantly ignores and makes rude comments towards Reva.
The protagonist also has a shallow, corporate on-and-off boyfriend.
I really enjoyed this book, I found the depiction of the protagonist's mental health issues to be pretty realistic. It's a super captivating book and it's very hard to put down. It leaves you wanting more but it also has a satisfying ending. However, I the writing style wasn't my favorite and I didn't really like how the protagonist stayed unnamed the whole time. It's a good book overall and a quick read at less than 300 pages.

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Emily Barber
June 7th 2023
4th period
4/5

Looking for Alaska is a written book by John Green about a boy named Miles Halter who moves to a new school in Alabama. He then meets a girl named Alaska Young, who he starts to have feelings for. He becomes more and more interested in her, and takes in interest in her mysterious past. Then unexpectedly she dies in a car accident, but he starts to think that there was a motive to the crash. Throughout the book he tries to find answers to unanswered questions around her.

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Tamia White
June 7, 2023
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Rating : 4.5/5
El Deafo is a graphic novel that follows a young girl named Cece. When she was young, she got sick and it resulted in her being deaf. The books show her life as a deaf person and how she navigates it. The book mostly takes place in her school. She meets a lot of friends some stay others don't, But overall she truly figure out her new way in life. I recommend this book to anybody that's want to know what it's like being deaf or to anybody that's going through something life changing.

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The way I used to be

By amber smith
rating:4/5
Daphne Hayden

This was a very interesting book. It is about a girl that was raped by her brother's best friend freshman year. The book goes through her high school life and how she copes in many unhealthy ways. But be warned this is a very emotional book that makes you feel very emotionally involved. It was a 4/5 only because of how emotionally involved it was.

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Leo Sullivan
6/2/23
Stealheart by Brandon Sanderson
In this world there are people called Epics. unfortunately David's dad died from one. He looks for revenge to kill the person that ruthlessly killed his dad.
The book is really good. This book is packed with action and is kind of violent with killing some kids and stuff, but besides that it's a good book. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes action. I give this book a 9/10

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Octavia Meeks
May 29th, 2023
Summer's Edge by Dana Mele
Rating: 5/5

This story starts by following Chelsea as she reunites with her friends at this lake house almost a year after her best friend, Emily, tragically died. The once inseparable group now has grown distant, but are brought back together by a mysterious invitation in the same house that Emily died in. As tension rises from puzzling coincidences and creepy whispers, more information is revealed about what actually happened to Emily.
This book is very entertaining and will leave you guessing what will happen next. The way Mele writes leaves you on the edge of you seat as well as making you feel like you're putting the puzzle pieces together as the narrator does. As the story unfolds it'll be a struggle to figure out who is trustworthy and who is in the wrong. The shock ending will flip everything you thought was happening upside down and change your opinion on all of the characters. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good mystery and overall rate it 5/5.

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Zev cohen
4th period
rating: 5/5

Maus. An amazing, but terrifying account of the holocaust from the author's father. Not only do you get the telling of this very upsetting time in history, but you get the human emotions between a father and son. Not a children's book by no means, but definitely something everyone should read. It is eye opening and keeps you turning the pages until you are done.

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Aidan L.
3/5

this is a litRPG about Travis a modern person who was reincarnated as a dungeon core in a fantasy world. He is a more good aligned character that just wants to live. this book is not very violent and is a more comedy and dungeon building focused story.

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January 19th
Leo
4.5/5
Kids are dying and those who survive are cursed and not forgiven. A girl named Ruby is sent to an internment camp where other children who survived the disease are. There, no one's laughing, no one is playing. This is their life now. Will she be able to survive this new and harsh word?

This book is a well written fiction novel with lots of emotion. I would recommend this to anyone who likes action, adventure, or into dark fantasy. The only thing that some readers might not like is that the book is kind of long, but besides that it is a great book and I would recommend it to almost anyone.

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January 19th
Rocket
4/5
This book is about a dog named buck, a big Saint Bernard. He is taken from a comfortable life as a pet and if forced to go into the frontier. It’s also about a man named John Thornton his final owner who rescued him from his abusive owners. This book is violent and sad in some parts but I would recommend this book to people

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The Rangers Apprentice The Sorcerer of the North  

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Judah B.
November 20, 2023
The Rangers Apprentice The Sorcerer of the North By John Flanagan
Rating: 3/5

To understand this book you would have to read the first couple in the series so I am writing for people who have already read up to this part in the series. Will is sent to his first assignment as a new ranger and travels there immediately. He finds a hurt dog on the way and adopts her as his own. Will finds his new home in his fief, but quickly realizes that he was sent to a place that had a pretty bad army. Will spends the next couple of weeks trying to get the army in shape, and the rulers of the fief later realize that he was right after a group of Skadians raid the fief.
Will is then sent into a territory full of sorcery. He is sent in disguise, but what he doesn't realize is that there is someone he knows that is already at the castle he was sent too. Will ends up having a pretty good adventure running through the woods at night trying to find out the mystery of the sorcerer of the north.
Although I don't think this was the best book in the series it was still a very good book. It was pretty cool to see what happened after Will became a fully fledged ranger, instead of the author just ending the series right after the book before this.

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Elise Yilmaz
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Rating: 4.5/5
1/9/2023
Monique Grant is a recently divorced and relatively unknown journalist. Her name is hardly known in the journalistic world which makes it all the more surprising when Evelyn Hugo, a 79-year-old Old Hollywood star specifically requests Monique to interview her for a memoir.

The book flips between Evelyn’s account of her life, divided by the times she was married to each of her seven husbands: Ernie Diaz, Don Adler, Mick Riva, Rex North, Harry Cameron, Max Girard, and Robert Jameison and the reasons she married and divorced them and how they affected her life and career.

I highly recommend this book. It’s very entertaining, especially if you enjoy historical fiction and drama. This format of this book also makes interesting, it switches from the perspective of Monique interviewing Evelyn and also just living her life and the perspective of Evelyn recounting her life.

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The game of Love and Death By Martha Brockenbrough

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Junco Dammarell
Jan 7, 2022
The game of Love and death
Rating: 4.5/5

The game of Love and Death takes place in Seattle during the great depression, Love and Death are two gods who like to play games of chance, using humans as the players. They keep playing games because Love has never one, Death always ends up causing tragedy and heartbreak. The gods choose two babies as players, Death chooses Flora Saudade, a poor African american girl, and Love chooses Henry Bishop, a wealthy white boy.  If Flora and Henry fall in love by the time they are 17, Love wins, but if they never fall in love, Death wins and gets to kill Flora. Flora wants to be a pilot, but at night sings at a Jazz bar, which she is very good at doing. Henry was adopted after his parents died by a rich reporter, and him and the mans son, Ethan, are very good friends and go out to write stories for the paper together. This is where Henry sees Flora, as he goes to interview the chief about an airplane at Sand Point. He finds out where she works and goes to watch her every night. Death gets afraid that they might fall in love so sh transforms into a beautiful young girl named Helen to try to win Henry's heart. Love on the other hand, knows that Ethan is in Love with Henry and transforms into a young man called James to win over Ethan's heart so he doesn't interfere in Henry and Flora's love. A lot of tension comes between Henry and Flora because she is scared about dating Henry because they would be a mixed race couple. Even more hardships ensue as liquor inspection officers threaten to shut down Flora's club simply because she is black. Henry and Flora continue to support each other through this though, and become even closer. By the end, Flora and Henry fall in love, and the gods have to realize that they cant control humankind and even though death happens to all of us, love can still win.

I really like this book, there were some parts that made me laugh and some parts that made me really sad. It also explores some deeper subjects and the writing style is beautiful.

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Hope Stanley
January 6, 2023
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Rating: 5/5

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky is a novel following the life of Charlie, a seemingly average quiet guy who writes letters to an anonymous recipient. Through his letters, this book follows Charlie's journey throughout his freshman year of high school and the group of "edgy" seniors he befriends. One of whom, named Sam, he falls in love with only to be constantly turned down until right before she leaves for college. Charlie is also an avid reader and forms a strong connection with his English teacher, Bill, who gives Charlie extra material to broaden his horizons; thus giving Charlie more retrospect throughout the story. As the story goes on we can see Charlie change from a sweet and quiet kid to still kind but sad and self destructive person as he turns to drugs after a fight in his friend group. Though this book isn't based on action, I think what really makes it so powerful is each little scene that builds all the characters. On the outside for example, Charlie's friend Patrick might seem like another goofball but we learn about his secret relationship with the quarterback and his dreams in life, only making us fall in love with him more. Each of the characters has their flaws but through the seemingly simple stories scattered along the pages, we get to learn each of these precious unique people, only to make us find more empathy with the world. I think that a very powerful relationship in this novel is the connection between Charlie and his sister, Candace. Throughout the novel we find their bond grow stronger as Candace deals with an on and off relationship with her abusive boyfriend and only to become pregnant with his child. Charlie, with his heart of gold, takes his sister to go get an abortion and from then on they grew even closer. Something that really stood out to me was how important it was to Charlie to be told he was loved. Charlie (being the INFP he is) would always write in his letters about his gratitude for his friends and put in so much effort for Christmas gifts and stuff, but when the favor was returned he would always cherish it like a rare gem. This brings me to assume he never really got much of this loving affirmation as a kid, which is to be expected as this book was written in the nineties. Charlie fondly notes when his sister hugged him for the first time and how good and loved he felt, which personally makes me sort of sad. Stephen Chbosky really does an excellent job of creating characters to love and connect with despite their slew of "problems. The moral of the story I would say is up to interpretation, though I think The Perks of Being a Wallflower was written for those who don't really about the lives of those who are quiet or "unimportant". It really reflects everyone's uniqueness with the way we find ourselves even loving Bob the stoner. It tells us that a wallflower should not be dismissed.
As for recommendations, I am a big fan of young adult novels like these that include some element of death, illness, or drugs, so if you're also a fan I recommend reading this.

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Hope Stanley
June 8th, 2023
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Rating: 5/5

Crying in H Mart is a heart breaking memoir written by Michelle Zauner, a musician most notably known for the indie rock band Japanese Breakfast. The memoir follows how in 2014 Michelle's life was put on hold to take care of her mother suffering from stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Before her mother's illness, Michelle and her mother had a terrible relationship. Michelle's desire for freedom and change challenged her mother's rigid and traditional ideals of what family should look like. Michelle consequently went in and out of living at home and staying with friends, doing drugs, and trying to make way in the music scene. As she began to mature so did her relationship with her mother. By the age of 25, after college and the years of distance, Michelle and her mother finally had a good relationship.
This newfound stability could only last for so long. Early 2014, Michelle was living in Philadelphia with her first band "Big Little League", who had put out and album and had plans to tour later in the year; As well as being in a long distance relationship with her boyfriend Peter. On her way to meet up with her friends she received a call from her parents. She knew that her mom had been going through some health issues prior, but it was all minor compared to the reality of her condition. Her mom had stage four pancreatic cancer.
Michelle dropped all her other concerns and immediately booked a flight back to Eugene. She told herself that she was going to be the perfect daughter her mother had, that she was going to take perfect care of her mother and make her as happy as she can be, and then her mother can overcome her illness.
"Crying in H Mart" continues to tell Michelle's story in vivid and graphic detail as she watches her mom slowly fall prey to the cancer. The novel also explores how as her mom slips away she feels her Korean heritage is slipping away too. "Crying in H Mart" is really a truly beautiful and emotional novel and I loved every bit of it. It's incredibly sad (I cried a lot) but captures the misery and tragedy of Michelle's relationship with her mother so beautifully. If you are interested in reading this book, I wouldn't suggest it for those who have trauma surrounding cancer or gore sensitivity. Because of cancer's nature of killing you slowly there are some graphic portions of the book, but it's less disturbing as it is sad.
"Crying in H Mart" by Michelle Zauner is a novel sharing Michelle's relationship with her mom and her Korean heritage as her mother slowly dies of cancer. I would rate it 5/5 stars- it's absolutely incredible and so well crafted. Highly recommend if you can handle the sadness of the book.

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Bridgette Baker
Pegasus: The Flame of Olympus by Kate O'Hearn
Rating: 5/5
1/6/23

Emily Jacobs, a thirteen year-old girl living in an apartment in Manhattan, feels her life changing forever when Pegasus crashes on her roof during a storm. He has been badly wounded from a ruthless war going on in Olympus; vicious, four-armed beasts called Nirads invaded and have left the world in ruins. Emily cares for him with the help of a boy from her school named Joel. After a few days, the Nirads force them to flee from the roof on the back of the stallion and hide in a park close by. The CRU, a mysterious government branch with ill intentions, will stop at nothing to capture the winged horse that was sighted flying down the street in New York City. It is discovered that Pegasus is on a mission that could very well revive Olympus and stop the Nirads from wrecking Earth any further if he succeeds.

Paelen is a thief from Olympus. He ran away when he saw the Nirads could not be defeated, aiming to steal the golden bridle from Pegasus, when they were both struck by lightning and ended up on Earth. Paelen wakes up in a hospital with a multitude of injuries, being questioned by the police and then taken by the CRU when his blood tests are revealed. He is tortured for information but isn't as affected as a human would have been and attempts escape many times. He has a unique ability, the power to stretch his limbs and fit into tight spaces. He decides to help Pegasus with his quest when they finally meet again later on, and develops a lot as a character.

I've been reading this series since elementary school, but I can say with certainty that this book in particular is my favourite. Each character has their own unique, interesting personality and they get along well together. It has simpler wording (meant for ages 8-12) but I have found that even as I get older I don't get tired of it. If you are intrigued by fantasy or a mix of fantasy in the modern world, I would strongly recommend!

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Rafael Valverde
December 27, 2022
The Tennis Parents Bible by Frank Giampaolo
Rating: 4/5

This is another amazing tennis book by Frank Giampaolo that all aspiring tennis players should read. This book goes over lots of content relating to tennis that will allow you to support your child in the best way that fits their needs. Mr. Giampaolo goes and talks to many professional coaches who own their own tennis institutions and gets their opinions on how to deal with and handle young talents. Even if you consider yourself a good tennis parent you should definitely still read this book as it will allow you to go from a good tennis parent to an amazing tennis parent. Even if you are not a parent are just a player you should still read this book, it goes over many strategies that you can only be found out in this book. Some of these things are, the top 7 patterns of play, the best way to deal with a cheater, how to deal with the pressure of play, and how to deal with growing tennis talent and what they need to succeed. Overall this is a great book and really is a must read.

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The hate U give
rating: 4/5
Tamia White

It's about a girl named Starr carter she lives in a black neighborhood and goes to a party this one time. The party ends with gunfire and her friend khalil gives her a ride home. On the way home they were pulled over for no reason and he got shot by a police officer because they thought he had a gun. When in reality  it was a brush. The book follows her life after the shooting. How she gets justice for his death and how she makes enemies along the way.

I like the book but i recommand the movie. It shows a better version of this book. But if you like the book then it for you. I feel like the movie for more emotion.

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January 4th
Emily B
'It Ends With Us' by Colleen Hoover is a slow burn love triangle story, following Lily Bloom whom after some unconventional encounters, meets and falls in love with Ryle Kincaid. Not too long later, she runs into Atlas Carrigan, her first love from almost a decade ago. This complicates things for Lily and Ryle, since the jealousy Ryle grows towards Atlas skyrockets and he starts to become abusive towards Lily. Not regularly, but he would have rage fits and abuse Lily.

Hoover makes her readers fall in love with each character. The reader feels all the pain Lily goes through with her manipulative husband (Ryle) since at the start of the book, we're meant to see Ryle as a Saint, and as someone who saved Lily from a dark time. But by the end of the book, Lily realizes that she can't continue the abuse cycle, after getting pregnant herself, and she leaves him.

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Historical Atlas of The Untied States of America

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Historical Atlas of The Untied States of America

Rating: 4/5

Starting in 1450 to present day this book follows the entire history of the United States of America, and its territories.  Contrary to the books name it is not an atlas. 1776 the United States of America declared independence from England. In the early 1770s, colonists thought that England wanted to take away their freedom. The United States of America saw increasing oppression, corruption, and taxation happening in The United States of America.  The American Civil War was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America. A series of events led the south to leave the Union in 1861. The conflict started as a result of the long-term disagreement over slavery. In the end the United States of America won over the Confederate States of America in 1865.

In conclusion, I give this book 4 out of 5, because it was very informative, but it was still a nice book overall.

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January 4, 2023
Solstice by Lorence Alison
Rating 4.5/5

Solsitce is about two friends that go to a concert run by the worlds most famous youtuber. With all the most popular singers and bands coming to play. But little do they know the concert was not quite what they thought it was.
This is a great mystery, action, thriller book. If you like books like that i would definitly recomend it keeps you on your toes and is one of the best books I read last year.

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Lincoln Norick
October 16, 2022
Long Way Down By Jason Reynolds
Rating 4.7/5
Will has always been close with his brother Shawn but after his brother is shot he wants revenge. Will is pretty sure he knows who killed his brother Riggs, he knows Riggs and Shawn are not on the best terms and Riggs might want him dead. Will knows that Shawn kept a gun in their room, so he grabs it and gets on the elevator.
As Will stops on the next floor Shawn's friend Buck gets on who died in a gang initiation. Buck questions what Will is doing knowing he is going to kill Riggs, Buck does not think he has it in him. All the people who get on next say something similar next is his friend Dani who died when they were young, Will’s uncle who died, and Will’s dad who attempted to kill Marks's killer and ended up dying because of that. Then Frick enters Buck’s killer, and lastly, Shawn enters and greets everyone. The whole point of everyone questioning Will was to see if he is ready to join the dead. We never know if he kills Riggs.

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Erin Cavallucci
January, 3, 2023

Mexican Whiteboy
by Matt de La Peña

Rating 3.5/5

Danny Lopez is a teen that was struggling with his Racial identity. His mom is white but his dad is mexican. When he was younger his dad left. So he was raised prodmitly around white people.

During the summer Danny went to stay with his dad's side of the family in national city.

This book is pretty good. It covers a lot of different topics in such a short amount of time. It talks about family, race, relationships and so much more. I liked this book because it was a good read. I would recommend this book to others.

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12/31/2022

The Epic Of Gilgamesh, translated by Nancy Sandars

Rating: 4.5/5

Gilgamesh is the tyrannical leader of Uruk, two-thirds god and one-third human he remains unchallenged until, eventually tired of the rule of Gilgamesh, the people of Uruk pray to the gods and ask them to make an equal to Gilgamesh. Hearing this plea, the gods would make Enkidu, who would eventually meet Gilgamesh and challenge him to combat, their battle would end with a victorious Gilgamesh instead offering friendship to Enkidu, this friendship would become a deep comradery between the two and Enkidu would persuade Gilgamesh to become a less tyrannical leader. Eventually, Gilgamesh would become bored with his life as king of Uruk and decide to go on great adventures with Enkidu, though these eventually lead to Enkidu being cursed to death and Gilgamesh in his grief seeking the secret to immortality.

The epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest piece of literature that we know of, but it still holds up as a great story. The translation I read likely isn't the most accurate but it is more clear of a story as it bridges gaps where parts of the original story are missing. Overall it's a good read and a compelling story, It's a surprisingly short story so it may be good for people who don't have a lot of free time, and I would recommend it for most people who enjoy history or even just fantasy.

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Octavia Meeks
December 19, 2022
Gemina: The Illuminae files_02 by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Rating: 4/5

Hanna Donnelly is the daughter of Commander Charles aboard spaceship Heimdall. She gives out an appearance of being a spoiled rich girl, but when things start to go wrong, she is pushed to her limits. She also thought her life was boring, but nothing is boring about what happens next. Aboard the ship they are raising a parasitic linguastata called lamina which are apex-level predators known for their hostile temperaments and being aggressive over their territory. But on the night where they are supposed to hatch, their space ship gets invaded and a group of people take control over it. As they fight for their lives and others, they sometimes will fail to see the most important details standing in front of them.
With many twists and turns, Gemina is a very good and intriguing second book to the Illuminae Files series. It also has an interesting format in comparison to other books, that combines things like art and surveillance footage to tell a story. Although this format can get confusing and is sometimes hard to follow, it adds another layer to the story and even makes it easier to understand the characters more. I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes a lot of plot twists and high risk scenes.

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January 4, 2023
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Rating:4/5
by Simon Ilsley

The Hunger Games is a popular book by Suzanne Collin, published in 2008. The story is set in a place called Panem, which was created after a war destroyed most of North America. The Capitol, Rocky Mountains, is the center of the nation's government and holds great power and money. The Hunger Games are a yearly event in which one boy and one girl from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are chosen by random to participate in a competition in which only one person can survive. The story is about the journey of Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old girl who volunteers to take her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games. Along with Peeta Mellark, the boy chosen from her district, Katniss has to fight for her life in a tournament.

This is a good book, and I'd recommend it.
It's interesting, and a good book for anyone who loves lots of action.

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January 23rd, 2022
Zev C.
The boxer by Reinhard Kleist
Rating 4.5/5

Poland, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Harry Haft is sent to Auschwitz. When he is forced to fight against other inmates for the amusement of the SS officers, Haft shows extraordinary strength and courage, and a determination to survive. As the Soviet Army advances in April 1945, he makes a daring escape from the Nazis. After negotiating the turmoil of postwar Poland, Haft immigrates to the United States and establishes himself as a professional prizefighter, remaining undefeated until he faces heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano in 1949. But there is another side to the stone faced boxer. Hes struggling to escape the memories of the fiancée he left behind in Poland.
I found this graphic novel to be very powerful and captivating, as it is also based on a true story. Not only is the writing fantastic but on every page the story comes to life with the amazing art. I would highly recommend this book!

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Aidan L
November 27, 2022
Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl
Rating 3/5

Mary Maloney waits for her husband to come home, and when he finally does he denies her making any supper for him, he then proceeds to tell her that he is filing for a divorce and doesn't want her to make a scene about it, she then proceeds to kill him with a frozen leg of lamb. The rest of the story is just her trying to hide(?) the fact that she killed him.

This story while worth the read is just not the type of story that I like to read. The reasons being that it was too short and it didn't any litRPG/gameLit/game elements.

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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!