The following fairy tale revolves around the mystical life of a girl named Sarah and her family. In the beginning, teenager Sarah wished to acquire magic. Sarah and her family were always migrating to different locations to avoid the “cold”, or magic. Sarah eventually became a teen without a mom, when her mother abandoned her…
Everyone always has a point in their life where they break down and don’t have the motivation to move on in life. Similarly, a teenager named Aaron Soto is dealing with the biggest pain one can experience, the loss of a parent. Aaron’s father had committed suicide and he is unable to get rid of…
Shadowshaper is a fantastic urban fantasy novel. Sierra Santiago, the main character, has just started summer break from high school and is working on a mural in her neighborhood. Sierra lives with her parents and her grandfather in Brooklyn, New York. Sierra is very artistic, she paints murals and is asked to paint one on…
The following novel portrays the determination of a girl trying to strive for and earn a better future. The main character, Joan Skraggs, is a girl whose education is unsupported and looked down upon. Her education and necessity to acquire knowledge is not encouraged at all in farm life because of her careless father. Joan strays…
The novel The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith is about a refugee and his story from 14-16 years old. His name is Ariel and he is compared to a “schizophrenic bomber” and the “diaries of a failed Artic expedition.” Ariel has had many homes: in a fridge during an army rebel battle, in an army…
This book is about two people: Laia who had a loving family, and Elias, a young soldier in Blackcliff that serves the Empire. The Empire has spread fear and danger to everyone. Laia becomes a slave in Blackcliff with an underlying reason- to save her brother from a death sentence. Elias is a soldier who…
In today’s world, we are becoming increasingly aware of learning disabilities and how they affect people. We know how to help people with learning disabilities and we know how they’re different from others, but only they know what it’s like to live with a learning disability. Girls Like Us by Gail Giles puts the reader…
Lia is a spoiled princess who runs away on the day of her wedding because she thought her groom would be a smelly, old man. I didn’t like how she abandoned her duty of a princess and judged the prince when she never even met him. I also didn’t like how easily she escaped from…
This was the third book in a trilogy, and my least favorite. For one, I couldn’t see much chemisty between Annith and Balthazar. I love the banter between Ismae and Duval in the first book, and Sybella and the Beast in the second. Annith felt like Balthazar’s daughter. She was somewhat useful in the war,…
