Matched by Ally Condie is like taking a trip to a parallel universe. In a world where every choice is made and even love is controlled, this story tells Cassia’s journey from acceptance to rebellion. My favorite character is Cassia; each day more and more questions go through her head that she hasn’t yet answered. …
The book When I Was Joe by Keren David is about a kid named Joe who witnessed his friend’s murder and is put in a witness protection program. He and his mom had to relocate to London and change their names, hair and even eye color. He was put into school and set back a…
The story Scrawl is about a boy named Tod Munn and his friends who get in trouble for doing something bad. Tod has to do daily detention. He has to write in a journal about what else he has done. Tod has his own guidance counselor named Mrs. Woodrow who has to make sure he…
This book is about a fourteen year old boy who was cursed by his aunt. She had a dream that he would die before he was fully grown. He wakes up on his fourteenth birthday, goes downstairs to eat breakfast and realizes he must die. Pepper thought for so many years how he would die. …
The book Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers is based on a fifteen-year-old kid who gets sent to a half jail for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He will get into fights and get into tough situations where it will determine whether he will go to a real jail or go back…