Holden Caulfield is a young independent boy navigating the world. He takes us along as he goes
through hardships like getting kicked out of prep school. He has an interesting complex so it is
assumed that he is in some kind of mental hospital but he never quite says where he is. Through
his journey, you realize he's just trying to protect his younger self and innocence. Does he stay
innocent though?
In A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, the reader follows former college roommates JB,
Malcolm, Willem, and Jude. Though at the beginning of the book broke and young, they each
aspire to greatness, whether that’s as a movie star or a respected lawyer. Hoping their
friendships stay strong, they set off on personal journeys featuring addiction, depression, fame,
success, and jealousy. Though after growing up more, most of the group achieves their goals
When Monique Grant, a background writer at Vivant gets offered an interview with the Evelyn
Hugo, she’s rather perplexed. Why would such a famous person meet with a writer like her?
When Starr Carter’s childhood friend is brutally shot by a police officer – which was racially
provoked – her entire world turns upside down. This wasn’t the first time either. Starr slowly
starts to realize the injustice that has been engraved in the black community for years and
decades. The affluent school she and her brothers attend is far from Garden Heights (the perilous,
crime-driven neighborhood she lives in), and there, everybody is white; in fact, Starr describes
When a group of boys finds themselves on an isolated, remote island, after an airplane crash,
their lives change forever. The time is set during the war when these boys - some as six years old
- are confused, petrified, and helpless. The two oldest kids, around 12, take the lead; Ralph is a
logical, brave, and intellectual boy, and Jack is a savage, confident, and dominant figure. As
Ralph takes the lead at first, he orders the boys to divert all their focus to creating huts, making a
Greg Heffley has never been good in sport, nor has he ever been very interested in them.
In fact, he has decided that he shouldn’t have any affair with sports at all. However, everything
changes when Greg’s mom gets him to try out for basketball, and he somehow makes the team
despite his bad performance. Now Greg has to try and make it through the season, but things aren’t
looking so good for Heffley and his team. Will Greg awaken the inner athlete inside of him, or
will he mess everything up?
It starts off with an abnormally short kid named Matt Baker. Baseball is everything to him
because he doesn’t have to talk much on the field. Matt doesn’t like talking because he stutters.
Matt wants to win the championship of the All-Star league. His team name was the Astros and
he loved the actual Astros because Jose Altuve was short like him and George Springer also
stuttered like Matt. Ben Roberson and his dad stand in the way of the Astros winning the
league. Ben Roberson is Matt’s teammate and he is the cleanup batter. His swing isn’t very
The Outsiders by Francis Ford Coppola is a classic coming-of-age movie. In this movie,
Ponyboy finds himself caught up in the middle of a few too many conflicts. Ponyboy is a
greaser, and being a greaser isn’t easy. He knows he can depend on his brothers, Darry and
Sodapop, and the gang. He also knows not to trust the socs. When Ponyboy’s friend, Johnny,
kills a soc in self-defense, the two boys are forced to go on the run with the help of Dally. Being
Divergent is about a girl named Betrice Prior who lives in a society made up of 5
groups that will determine which group she will be apart of for the rest of her life.
Beatrice learns she is classified as Divergent, but she cannot tell anyone. She joins a
group but only the top 10 can stay. Tris (later on changing her name as well) realizes
there are many challenges to face, and that she must obey to keep herself alive.
The Selection is about a teenager named America Singer who is entered into a
contest to see which girl can become the prince’s bride. But America wants nothing to
do with it, she wants to be with her love, Aspen, who cannot provide for her. He is a
caste lower than her and is worried she needs someone else who can take care of her.
America is sad but as she meets Prince Maxwell, she starts falling in love with him. He
