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Written by: Walter Dean Myers
Reviewed by: Nathaniel Boland

This is a great book that shows you what it was like in the Vietnam War through the eyes of an American Soldier. This book shows the thoughts and feelings that these soldiers had as they went through the hardships of war.

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Written by Robert Kiyosaki
Reviewed by: Dakotah Sauerwald

Through his experiences with having two dads as a young child, the author points out their opposing perspectives on life. He challenges financial ideology as well as the correlation between education and wealth. As a beginners book for those interested in business, Kiyosaki stresses the importance of financial intelligence.

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Written by Jennifer Echols
Reviewed by: Shelby Vaughn

Every school has a few kids whose main purpose is to be valedictorian and get accepted into the most prestigious schools. This book is in the perspective of a girl in the top of her class who meets a boy that seems to have the opposite work ethic. Over the coarse of senior year, they realize they're not so different.

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Written by Neal Shusterman
Reviewed by: Luke Posey

Unwind is a 2007 science fiction novel by young adult literature author. It takes place in the United States, after a civil war somewhere in the near future. Where trouble kids get unwound. See what happens when one kid goes awol.

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Written Susan E.  Hinton
Reviewed by Steven Raymond

The Outsiders is a novel that takes place in 1965 Tulsa, Oklahoma.  It follows several main characters as they journey together to escape their past.  This novel touches on several subjects such as the power of friendship and brotherhood.

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Ponyboy can count on his brothers. And on his friends. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up "greasers" like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect-until the night someone takes things too far.

Warning: I am about to criticize another classic novel. But before you begin writing your hate mail, at least hear me out.

S. E. Hinton was sixteen when she wrote most of the novel and the quality of writing reflects her inexperience. I mean, sixteen is young no matter how you look at it and most sixteen-year-olds are barely mature enough to shut up and pay attention in school, let alone write a novel. I truly admire her for writing and publishing a novel so young, but The Outsiders is a poorly written novel. Hinton did not have the maturity to write as well as she would have if she wrote it as an adult. If only John Scalzi's advice to teenage writers had been around at the time...

Ponyboy feels like a girl to me. When I say this, I mean I can tell his first person point of view was written by a woman. Some women writers like Mira Grant can change their voices very well (see ), but Hinton could not pull it off. Yes, I know Ponyboy is supposed to be sensitive, but there is a fine line between sensitive and obviously written by a woman.

The plot of The Outsiders isn't bad, but it's not great either. Nowadays it would be considered cliché (the class warfare between the socs and the greasers), but one has to take into account when it was written. In 1967, this wasn't cliché; it was reality. As for the characters...meh. They're not really terrible, but none of them are memorable, despite their weird names. Ponyboy? Sodapop? Give me a break.

I give this book 1/5 stars.

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(Cover picture courtesy of The Oubliette.) Ponyboy can count on his brothers. And on his friends. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up "greasers" like Ponyboy.

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Written by Elizabeth Chandler
Reviewed by Lauren Wasley

This book was a romance novel about a girl named Ivy Lyons and a boy named Tim Caruthers. It is full of secrets, lies, and angels. It is a lengthy but well written book.

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Written Ellen Hopkins
Reviewed by Autumn Harshaw

It was a great book! Enjoyed reading it. The plot was complex yet easy to understand and follow. There was good character development.

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Written by Suzanne Collins, reviewed by Emily Weyenberg

This book was well written and dived into the world of Katniss Everdeen, who was suffering from disassociation and PTSD. The plot was fast but easy to understand, with lots of plot twists. Several characters died.