Reviews by Category: Fiction

After a tragic accident, two very close sisters have to learn how to maintain their

closeness through a traumatic experience. Roo, the older sister, crashes her car and gets

“locked-in syndrome” where she can see and hear everything but cannot respond verbally or

physically. She and her younger sister, Tilly, have to figure out how to communicate with each

other again. The book talks about dealing with guilt and how traumatic events can make

relationships between people even more complex. It depicts a lot of real emotions: anger,

Mystery, romance, suspense. This book was definitely worth the hype. With beautiful

scenery descriptions and trying to understand the effects of abandonment, the reader will be

asking questions until the very last page.

When twelve year old Lulu’s dad goes missing, it becomes Lulu’s job to

take care of her sister Serena. Lulu has to take her fathers work with only

about seventy dollars, while taking care of her classes. She has to overcome

her problems with hard work in order to protect herself and her sister from

getting separated.

This is a realistic fiction book by John Green. Looking For Alaska is about a group of teenagers,

Miles, Chip, Lara, Takumi, and Alaska who go to a boarding school called Culver Creek. All of

them hate a group of people at their high school - “the weekday warriors.” Miles, Chip, Lara,

Takumi, and Alaska hate the weekday warriors because they are obnoxious and entitled and

think they are better than everybody because they are rich. The weekday warriors and the

What is Not Yours is Not Yours is a collection of short stories written by Helen Oyeyemi, all

tied together through the motif of keys--a key to a heart, a key to a house, or the key to a solution.

Not all of these short stories take place at the same time or in the same place, but there are certain

short stories that have overlapping characters or small details that remind you of something else you

Scythe by Neil Shusterman is the story of Citra and Rowan, who live in a world without disease,

hunger, injury, or death. In order to prevent overpopulation, Scythes end the lives of random

citizens. Citra and Rowan are chosen as apprentices to a scythe and must learn the ways of

scythes. Neither wants to be a scythe, as scythes are feared by many. In order to survive, the

two must take on the dreaded responsibility of killing others. This book was absolutely brilliant.

I'll Give You the Sun, by Jandy Nelson, is a realistic fiction coming-of-age novel about two twins as

they experience life, with and without each other.

Five Feet Apart, by Rachael Lippincott, is a realistic fiction young adult romance novel about a two

teenagers with life threatening illnesses.

In the destroyed city of Chicago, a teen girl named Tris discovers that she is divergent,

or someone who doesn’t fit in to a single faction, in a society where you survival depends on

you ability to fit in. Through trials and danger Tris goes on a journey to discover what her

divergence means for her and for her world, while an unknown danger lurks under her feet. This

is a great book, especially for those looking to get into more complicated reading at a young age

Wonder is a fictional novel written by R.J Palacio. The book is about a 10-year-old boy

named August Pullman, who has a facial anomaly and is a normal kid. He has done a lot of

surgeries but still his face won't look normal. From a young age, he was homeschooled and was

smart but then he had to go to a school for 5th grade. The book depicts how he is socially

isolated and bullied at school. The book portrays how society and how their looks should not