In this young adult novel, Diana Urban blends high stakes thrill with high school drama in a twisted (pun intended) spin on The Breakfast Club. The writing style and suspenseful plot kept me hooked until the very end while the snippets of typical teenage drama kept it slightly more light-hearted and enjoyable to read. All…
Tag: books for eighth graders
Red Queen By: Victoria Aveyard
Red Queen, a dystopian fantasy novel, has rapidly gained popularity in recent times, and for good reason. The book contains an enticing mixture of humor, a Hunger Games-esque society, superpowers, and a bit of social commentary if you squint. I greatly enjoyed it and am currently in the middle of the fourth book in the…
City of Ghosts By: Victoria Schwab
City of Ghosts is a book that I read with my local library’s teen book club. I enjoyed it very much, and I’m excited to discuss it with them, along with the other book we read. City of Ghosts is about Cass. Ever since Cass drowned, and was saved/brought back by a ghost (Jacob), she’s…
A Good Kind of Trouble By: Lisa Moore Ramee
A Good Kind of Trouble is from the perspective of Shayla. Shayla is in seventh grade with her two best friends, Julia and Isabella. They call themselves the United Nations, and they tell each other everything, like Shayla’s crush on Jace. Shayla has her perfect image of seventh grade: Jace will become her boyfriend; the…
The School for Good and Evil: A World Without Princes (Book 2) By: Soman Chainani
In A World Without Princes, Sophie and Agatha are together again, back in their town, except that Agatha is having second thoughts about their Ever After happy ending. (Miss review of the first book? Check it out here.) **This review may include spoilers for first book. ** Now in book two, Agatha is starting to…
Out of My Mind By: Sharon M. Draper
Out of My Mind is about a girl named Melody. She’s incredibly smart and remembers literally everything. Just one problem. Nobody knows that because she can’t talk or control her movements. Melody has a condition called cerebral palsy. Because of this condition and the severity of it for her, Melody has no way to show…
Half Upon a Time By: James Riley
Half Upon a Time is about Jack, the son of Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk. Jack is tired of practicing battling dragons and rescuing princesses. But when a girl, May, falls out of the sky right in front of Jack, things start to get a little more interesting. May’s grandmother, who may just be…
Review of A Song Below Water By: Bethany C. Morrow
I joined a book club for February, March,and April, hosted by the Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, and this was the first book that we read. This book was absolutely amazing and has a great message. I also got to meet with the author on Zoom during the book club meeting, and I…
The Reading Rockstar 