Review: Speak the Graphic Novel
Amanda “When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time.” -Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak Melinda starts out high school as an outcast; she was the one who called…
Contemporary Fiction
Review: This Darkness Mine
“All imperfections glare in the spotlight.” -Mindy McGinnis, This Darkness Mine For all appearances, Sasha Stone’s life is perfect: she’s first chair clarinet, at the top of her class, and…
Review: All American Boys
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” -Jason Reynolds, All American Boys Wrongly accused of shoplifting and assaulting a woman at…
Review: Girl in Pieces
“That’s how hearts get broken, you know. When you believe in promises.” -Kathleen Glasgow, Girl in Pieces Charlie uses pain in order to forget all of the people that she’s…
Review: They Both Die at the End
“No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end.” -Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End Both Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio receive a call…
Review: Things I Should Have Known
“It’s like people have a place in their brain for normal, and they have a place in their brain for something obviously wrong, but they can’t deal with something just…
Review: We Are Still Tornadoes
“If you can’t forgive someone you’re close to for making a mistake, then why do apologies even exist?” -Michael Kun and Susan Mullen, We Are Still Tornadoes As Cath gets…
Review: True Letters from a Fictional Life
“I’ve always wanted to wake up one day in a world where I liked the right people, and they liked me in return. I worry it’ll never happen.” –Kenneth Logan,…
Review: The Female of the Species
“You see it in all animals – the female of the species is more deadly than the male.” -Mindy McGinnis, The Female of the Species When Alex’s older sister, Anna,…
Review: History Is All You Left Me
“History is nothing. It can be recycled or thrown away completely. It isn’t this sacred treasure chest I mistook it to be. We were something, but history isn’t enough to…