Strings Attached was a really good book about a girl named Kit Corrigan who goes to New York City. Kit is a seventeen year old high school dropout who wants to be a professional dancer. What’s great about this novel is that it jumps back and forth from the present to the past in the…
This book is about a guy named Kidd. Kidd’s best friend and worst enemy as a guy named Devon. Devon is a mean, dangerous and aggressive person. When Kidd meets a beautiful girl on the beach named Olivia, Devon shows up destined to ruin anything that makes Kidd happy, which right now is Olivia. Kidd…
In this book, a girl named Ginny Blackston thought that her biggest adventure of her life was behind her. Last summer, she traveled around Europe, following tasks that her Aunt Peg bid out in a series of letters before she passed away. But then someone stole Ginny’s backpack that had the last little blue envelope…
In this book, a character named Mikey who finds it tough to keep his family afloat. Mikey’s father is no longer with them and his mother is an alcoholic who spends mostly all her time in bed. So Mikey ends up taking care of his two sisters, Holly and Karyn. In the book, Karyn claims…
This book is about three teenagers named Aladi, Khadija and Freya. The lives of these teenagers came together when Freya’s mom, Sandy, makes versions of the burqa for herself and Freya and they go to Battle Hill, the part of London where most Somalis live. Once Sandy sees Khadija, she knows what she wants for…
This book is about a man named Deo who is in jail and loves to play soccer. Deo has a little brother that is everything to him. A man named Salie takes him and a bunch of people and puts them through training for the South Africa Cup. Everyday or so, someone would get kicked…
It all started when 17 year old Griffin decided to steal a car for his criminal of a dad. Little did he know that it held his worst problems, Cheyenne. 16 year old Cheyenne is unnoticed resting in the back seat. When she finds out that she’s been accidentally kidnapped, she knows it’s almost impossible…
Fat Cat is a book about an obese teenage girl named Cat. Cat’s former best friend, Matt McKinney, is now her worst enemy. They are in the same advanced science class that only a few people make. For their science fair project, students must choose a picture at random and do it on that. Cat…
Half Brother, by Kenneth Oppel, is about a boy named Ben who’s brother is a chimpanzee. Hard to believe he considers the chimp, named Zan, to be his brother. Ben’s dad, who is a scientist, bought Zan to teach him sign language and Ben helps teach him. Ben and Zan grow close together gradually until…