Stolen by Lucy Christopher is an unusual love story about a man who kidnaps a girl he has been stalking for about 6 years (while falling in love with her). The novel is from the girl’s, Gemma, perspective as she attempts to escape from her kidnapper named Ty. Strangely enough, my favorite character is Ty. …
The novel Once is about a boy named Felix’s journey to find his parents. The book is set in the year 1942 in Poland and Germany. Felix is the son of Jewish parents who run a bookshop in Poland. Germany is under Hitler’s control and they are gathering Jews to send to the death camps…
The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman is a captivating read. The Grimm Legacy fuses fairytale and reality to create a well paced storyline. The main character Elizabeth Rew has recently been given a job at the New York Circulating Material Repository. She spends her days doing mundane office work. After taking and acing a “trustworthy…
Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan is an amazing book. It’s about growing up, having fun and falling in love. When Lily leaves her notebook on the shelf of the Strand, she isn’t expecting a boy like Dash to be interested in her. I could recommend the book to…
Split is about a teenage boy named Jace. His is my favorite character. He is a strong boy who just wants to have a life outside his home. Split is a novel that proves that no matter how far apart you live from your family, or whether you haven’t spoken in five years, you are…
In the book Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner, Sophos is the heir to the throne of Sounis until the king had children of his own. Sophos is kidnapped by his own countrymen during a rebellion, ends up being disfigured and sold as a slave. He eventually learns to enjoy his carefree life of…
Ok, so you’ve signed up with us to review books for service credit, but you can’t decide which book(s) to read? Why not take a look at YALSA’s (Young Adult Library Services Association) Top Ten List? All the titles are marked with an asterisk (“*”) in your packet. These books have been awarded the prestigious…
Hello Deer Park Teens! Here you’ll find great book reviews written by our resident young adults – we hope you like them! If you’re a Deer Park cardholder in grade 7 through 12 and need community service hours, sign up for our Teen Review Volunteer Program. We’ll give you a great list of books to…