In Emery Lord’s The Names They Gave Us , a young teen Lucy has always seemed to have her life together, relying on her faith to get her through difficult situations and having a steady boyfriend like she has always wanted. Lucy’s life is routine and she never faces sanything unexpected or challenging. But when…
Sparrow by Sarah Moon is a book about a normal kid who lives in an apartment in the city. Now that by itself doesn’t seem like a good story, not even an okay story. But this girl is not like everyone else. She is an extremely shy girl who wants to fly with the birds.…
In the book How to Disappear by Sharon Huss Road, Vicky is a high school student who is lonely and suffers from anxiety. Her best friend, Jenna, moves away and this is when she gets even more lonely. She is shy, friendless, and eats in the bathroom stalls during lunch. She is afraid that she might get…
American Street by Ibi Zoboi is a story about finding out who you are and your self-worth. Fabiola Toussaint and her mother came to America hoping for a better life, just like most immigrants. But when her mother gets detained and sent back to Haiti, everything changes. Fabiola is confused, angry, hurt, and most of…
In the book Devil’s Within by S.F. Henson Nate is a bad kid who dies horrible things. When he was eight years old he stabbed somebody. When he turned 11, he got a red lace which is a prize for spilling blood for “the cause”. Then when he turned 14, he killed his own father. Nate is now a 16 year…
In the book Beast by Brie Spangler, Dylan is a tall, meaty and hairy 15 year old. He gets bullied at high school and on the day the school bans hats, he goes up on the school roof. He falls and is in the hospital with a broken leg. Dylan tried to kill himself so now he has to go…
The book, “Long Way Down” by Jason Reynolds, is a book that I think everyone should read. I love this book. I really do. It was so beautiful, and thought provoking, and sad, all at the same time. There were times I felt my heart racing and I was kind of tearing up from what…
The book Piecing me Together by, Renèe Watson was such an eye-opening read! The book brings readers through the ups and downs of Jade’s life and the big and small challenges she faces day to day. The novel is really relatable in some parts when she talks about how hard her mother works for her…
Little and Lion tells the story of two dynamic siblings that have their lives altered when one of them, the step-brother Lionel, stops taking his medication for his bipolar disorder. The step-sister, Suzette, has troubles of her own as well. Conflicted between liking a girl that her very own brother is dating and trying to…
In the book Words on Bathroom Walls by Julia Walton, Adam is a high school teen with a syndrome where he sees and hears people that aren’t there. He sees a beautiful girl named Rebecca who understands him, Jason, a naked guy who is really nice and a mob boss who is rude and harasses him. He keeps on…
