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…
The Heart is Not a Size by Beth Kephart is an outstanding novel about two best friends with completely different body types who travel to Mexico to help bring changes to the unfortunate. Throughout this journey, Georgia and Riley are tested on what is more important; their friendship or each other. In this novel, my…
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…