In the novel Where the Streets Had a Namewritten by Banda Abdel-Fattah, a 13 year-old girl named Hayaat goes on a wild adventure in order to save her grandmother’s life. Hayaat had believed that a handful of soil from her grandmother’s ancestral home in Jerusalem would cure her from her terrible illness. However, the obstacle…
Miles from Ordinaryis about a thirteen-year-old girl named Lacey who is just starting her new job at the library. Her mother also gets a job at a grocery store because they are running low on money. The mother used to have problems with ghosts and her daughter is hoping that they will leave her alone…
The book A Monster Callsis about a thirteen-year-old boy named Conor. The book starts with Conor expecting a monster from his nightmare but it doesn’t come. Instead, a new monster appeared after his mother, who is very ill, starts to have treatments to get better. Three kids named Harry, Anton and Sully always bully Conor…
This book is about a seventeen-year-old boy named Cullen Writer who lives in a small Arkansas town. A birdwatcher named John Barling thinks he spots a woodpecker that was thought to be extinct in the early 1900s. After that, Cullen’s town starts to get really weird. People are getting woodpecker haircuts and eating Lazarus burgers,…
Beatrice Prior lives in dystopian Chicago where society is divided into five factions. When she turns sixteen, Beatrice has to choose a faction. When the day comes, she surprises everyone by choosing the faction of bravery instead of the faction of selflessness. She then goes through many adventures. My favorite character is Beatrice because of…
The protagonist, Kit, starts off by moving to New York City from Providence, Rhode Island. She gets her own apartment and job at a well known nightclub thanks to Ned, the father of the love of her life. She soon realizes everything has its cost. When Ned starts asking about one of the regulars at…
Jasper Jones is about two teenage boys whose names are Charlie and Jasper Jones. Jasper Jones is the kid who you should stay away from or you’ll get in trouble. One night, Jasper comes to Charlie’s house and tells him to come outside quick. Jasper brought him on an adventure and Charlie had no idea…
An unimaginably realistic book filled with just the right amount of “hmm.” It’s about a girl, McLean Elizabeth Sweet. Her parents go through a divorce because of an affair her mother had. The divorce hits McLean maybe harder than even she could realize. You know how sometimes you just don’t want your own life anymore. …
How To Save A Life by Sara Zarr is a book about 2 different girls who get incorporated into each others lifes. Mandy, one of the protagonists, is from a poor town who’s mother did not love her. She got pregnant and got kicked out of her house. She contacted Robin, Jill’s mom because she wanted…
In the book Something Like Hope by Shawn Goodman a 17 year old girl named Shavonne is in juvenile detention for crimes she’s committed during her times as a 13 year old until now. She has anger against her mom because she was addicted to drugs and for herself for accidentally hurting her younger brother,…