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AP Chemistry Premium Prep by The Princeton Review

AP Chemistry Premium Prep

By The Princeton Review
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 3, 2025

AP Chemistry Premium Prep is a book used to prepare students taking AP Chemistry for the AP test in May. It very thoroughly covers all topics required by the College Board from the textbook, by unit. In addition, there are brief multiple-choice practice questions after each chapter to help a student review. There are plenty of tips for how to approach the long free response question section. The book contains multiple full practice tests as well as more online tests that you can print out and use. 

Teen Review
Who Was Theodore Roosevelt? by Michael Burgan

Who Was Theodore Roosevelt?

By Michael Burgan
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Rishi Tek
Jun 3, 2025

This book tells the exciting story of America’s 26th president. The book starts with his childhood, when he was often sick but loved animals and learning about nature. As he grew older, he became a cowboy, a soldier and an explorer. He became the youngest U.S. president at age 42. The book talks about many cool things he did. He was the first president to win a Nobel Peace Prize, ride in a car and fly in an airplane. He loved the outdoors and worked hard to save forests, animals and parks. As president, he helped make rules to protect nature and wanted life to be fair for all people.

Teen Review
Who is J.K. Rowling? by Pam Pollack & Meg Belviso

Who is J.K. Rowling?

By Pam Pollack & Meg Belviso
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Rishi Tek
Jun 3, 2025

This book tells the inspiring story of J.K. Rowling, the author who wrote the famous Harry Potter books. It starts with her childhood, when she loved to read and make up stories. As she grew up, life was sometimes hard, she didn’t have much money and raised her daughter on her own. One day, while riding a train, she got the idea for Harry Potter. Even though many publishers said no to her book, she didn’t give up. She kept trying until someone finally said yes and her books became loved all around the world.

Teen Review
Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce

Something in the Walls

By Daisy Pearce
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Bridget A
Jun 3, 2025

Something in the Walls is a thriller written by Daisy Pearce. This book follows the story Mina, a newly graduated child psychologist. One day she is approached by a journalist named Sam and he has a job for her. As she needs experience, she decides to take the case even though she's advised not to. Her first case is to try and help a girl named Alice. Alice has begun to act strange, and her family desperately needs her to get help.

Teen Review
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The Housemaid

By Frieda McFadden
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Bridget A
Jun 3, 2025

The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden is a psychological thriller that follows the story of a newly hired housemaid named Millie. She begins her live-in housemaid job, but things quickly begin to go wrong. Her room has a lock on the outside, but not on the inside, leaving Millie feeling uneasy. Also, strange things begin to happen in her room at night. The people she works for make her job a living nightmare.

Teen Review
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Stick Dog Gets the Tacos

By Tom Watson
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 2, 2025

Stick Dog Gets the Tacos is the 9th book of the Stick Dog book series. It starts off with Karen the Dachshund telling Stick Dog that she saw humans hitting a dog. Stick Dog became furious and told all the dogs to follow him to rescue the dog. When they arrive, they realize that the dog was a paper unicorn piñata. They notice that the humans are having a picnic, with Guacamole and Tacos.

Teen Review
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Stick Dog Crashes a Party

By Tom Watson
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 2, 2025

Stick Dog Crashes a Party is the 8th book of the Stick Dog book series. The book starts off with the five dogs being hungry (again) and asking Mutt to shake off things from his fur. They find a mysterious packet which explodes, and red gets all over Karen. They find that it is ketchup and decide to search for the pizza place they had visited a couple of years ago. When they arrive, they see Stick Cat in a car, which gets Stripes excited, and hear Goose, Stick Cat's owner, talking about a wedding the next day.

Teen Review
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ACT Prep 2024 edition

By The Princeton Review
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 2, 2025

ACT Prep is a book used to prepare students taking the ACT. It covers the concepts you need to know for the test, honing in on individual concepts in each subject (ELA, Math, Reading, and Science). There is also a review on the Writing section for anyone who plans to take it. There are also plenty of test strategies covered and things you need to do on test day.

Teen Review
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Bless Me, Ultima

By Rudolfo A. Anaya
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 2, 2025

In Bless Me, Ultima, Antonio, a young Latino New Mexican boy in the 1940s has a religious Catholic mother who wants him to be a farmer priest, while his dad is a cowboy. Meanwhile, a traditional woman named Ultima comes to live with his family, and she teaches him the spiritual aspects of nature, conflicting with the Catholicism his mother brings to him.

Teen Review
Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? book cover

Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

By Kirsten Anderson
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Rishi Tek
Jun 2, 2025

Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? tells the inspiring story of AOC. She was born in the Bronx, New York, and worked as a bartender before doing something amazing—at just 28 years old, she became the youngest woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress in 2018. The book shares her early life, how she got into politics, and how she works to make things better for people, like fighting for healthcare and helping the environment. It's a great story about someone who worked hard and stood up for what she believes in.

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