Reviews by Category: Fiction

Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets is the 2nd Captain Underpants book written by Dav Pilkey. It starts off with George and Harold seeing a sign for the Second Annual Invention Convention competition. The principal, Mr. Krupp, sees them and says that they are banned from the competition because they caused chaos last year. George and Harold then decide to sabotage all the other kids’ inventions, except for Melvin, with whom they had made a deal. But Melvin tells Mr.

Stick Dog Takes Out Sushi is the 11th book of the Stick Dog book series. It starts with all the dogs sleeping, but Karen wakes up and wants to play with a stick. Mutt declares that he has some in his fur, so he shakes them off. The dogs hold the sticks in their mouth, but realize that the sticks have taste, later finding a wrapper saying that the sticks come from sushi. They then try to find where the sushi was from, with most of the dogs believing that it grows on "fish trees".

Stick Dog Meets His Match is the 10th book of the Stick Dog book series. It starts off with Karen talking about how she loved drinking coffee so much. Stick Dog then decides to lead his friends to a coffee shop, where Karen gets a whole drink for herself, while the other four split one drink, causing Karen to get very hyper. She runs off to a gym, and when the dogs follow her, they see a meat truck delivering food to the gym.

The novel Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is an intense story about love and miscommunication. This novel is a love story about the two lovers from feuding families. When they first met each other, they fell in love immediately and had a hidden romance. But when Juliet's family arranges a marriage for her everything changes. We follow their story as they fall in love and struggle to hide their love from their families and the entire world.

The novel Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen is a heartwarming story about finding yourself with a little bit of romance. This novel follows the story of a girl named Auden. When Auden was little her parents got divorced and she lived with her mom. Since her mom was a Professor, Auden spent her entire high school life with no social life but one summer that changed.

Spectacular is a Fantasy fiction book written by Stephanie Garber. This book follows the story of Donatella Dragna during the Great Holiday. As the day nears, she is still struggling to find a gift to give to the man she loves, Legend. As he becomes more distant, Tella starts her hunt for the perfect gift for Legend. As he leaves to go prepare for the next Caraval, she heads to Garland Street to see what gift options there are.

The novel, This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune is a very warm story about friendship, promises, and love. Following the story of Lucy, we see how she navigates through life and now her newfound love. Lucy’s life has always been full of many ups and downs, but everything changes when she goes with her best friend to visit her best friend's family and before she knows it Lucy is in love with her best friend’s brother.

The novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding explores the concept of human nature and leadership. Taking place in 1950, This book is about a group of boys who get stranded on an island without any adults due to a plane crash. Without any adults to take charge they are all alone and must find a way to survive on an uninhabited island. With a low chance of getting rescued the boys must fend for themselves and someone must take lead and become a leader, but questions are still left. Who will lead?

The novel I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang is one of my favorite books. This book follows the classic enemies to lover’s plot but with a little twist. The story is told from the point of view of Sadie wang, an overachieving girl in high school who is mortal enemies with Julius, the school's most popular guy. In this story we see how a sudden problem may bring these two closer or how it may make them hate each other more.

The novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers is a captivating fiction story of a murder trial. This book shows struggles between guilt and innocence. Told through the eyes of 16-year-old Steve Harmon the book switches from a third person and first-person point of view that lets readers look at things from different perspectives. The plot follows Steve's experience of going through a murder trial and challenges the society's perception of the legal system.