Reviews by Category: Fiction

Teen Review
The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler

The Basic Eight

By Daniel Handler
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Juliet
Nov 7, 2022

Flannery Culp, high school student and murderess, is going into her senior
year, and she’s got a huge crush on the student choir leader, Adam State.
She writes him letter after letter, but never knows how he truly feels.
Other than Adam, Flannery is also dealing with other unwanted attention.
Meanwhile, her endearingly pretensious group of friends are having
troubles of their own, and Flannery gets entangled in quite a few of them.
I didn’t love the book at first. The beginning is kind of slow, and it

Teen Review
Fudge-a-Mania by Judy Bloom

Fudge-a-Mania

By Judy Bloom
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
AN
Nov 7, 2022

Fudge-a-Mania is a fictional novel written by Judy Blume. Peter Hatcher,
who is a fifth grader in New York and he takes a vacation to Maine. He has to
share a vacation house with his enemy, Sheila Tubman. Peter has to come to
terms with this, and his teen age while growing up when dealing with Sheila, and
his younger annoying brother, Fudge. He tries to make this situation better with
his friends, but it turns into problems. Things get better between them, and they

Teen Review
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

By J.D. Salinger
Star Rating
★★

Rated by
AN
Nov 7, 2022

The Catcher in the Rye is a fictional novel written by J.D. Salinger. This novel
is about a 16 year old named Holden Caufield. He gets expelled from his prep
boarding school. He is confused about how to make a way in the world. He feels
as if it is his against the world, as he struggles with his past and present, as well
as future. His parents play a major role in what he thinks about himself. He also
has many friends and girlfriends that impact him. He thinks many people are

Teen Review
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Counting by 7s

By Holly Goldberg Sloan
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Chloe H.
Nov 2, 2022

The protagonist is a 12-year-old named Willow Chance. She is highly gifted and
fascinated with medicine, plants, and the number 7. After a teacher accuses her of cheating
on a test she scored perfectly on, she starts meeting the school counselor, Dell Duke, who is
inspired by her intelligence. While meeting with Duke, she also meets two Vietnamese
siblings, Mai and Quang-ha Nyugen, whom she befriends and even learns Vietnamese for.
Willow also befriends the taxi driver she calls to bring her from school to Dell’s office, Jairo

Teen Review
Credence by Penelope Douglas

Credence

By Penelope Douglas
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Eva K.
Nov 1, 2022

Credence is an exceptionally written romance
mystery novel written by Penelope Douglas. It
takes us through the life of a young girl
whose parents mysteriously died and so she is
sent to live in the mountains with her step
uncle whom she has never met before. Overall
the storyline of the book is interesting due
to all the different perspectives outlined in
the book. I would not suggest this book for
young readers as it contains several mature
themes. I also feel as if the ending of the

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