Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard is the second book in the Red Queen series. Only people with
silver blood, the royals, hold powers. Mare, red-blooded, finds out she holds a deadly power of
her own, which can match any silver. She finds out more people are out there like her, and sets
out on a quest to find people to rebel against a friend who has betrayed her. What she didn’t
In the historical fiction novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne tells the legend of
the scarlet letter, a story of three Puritans' path toward penance for their sins. The story starts
with the main character, Hester Prynne, suffering a great ignominy before the entirety of Boston
after becoming pregnant with a child that was not her husband. Due to Hester moving to Boston
ahead of her husband, everyone thinks he is dead, so instead of being killed, she's forced to
In the historical fiction novella The Pearl, John Steinbeck details the destructiveness of
human greed through the view of an uneducated native Mexican after Spain colonized Mexic.
Before the native, Kino, discovered “the greatest pearl in the world”(Steinbeck 20), he lived what
seemed to be a fulfilling life; he had a faithful wife, a beautiful child, a reliable older brother, and
a way of life: pearl gathering. This life surrounded him with the pleasant “Song of the
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a powerful coming-of-age book told as a series of
letters from freshman in high school Charlie. He’s endured difficult experiences, and he feels
distant from his peers but yearning to participate. Through Charlie, Chbosky gives a stunning
account of the experiences of anxiety, awkwardness, and depression. He also demonstrates the
propensity of life to change and to improve, and the beauty of relationships. After Charlie begins
I have never heard about the story of Wilhelm Gustloff. I think that this story talks about a very
important event in history that we should all know about. And this book fantastically incorporated the
story of Wilhelm Gustloff in this historical fiction novel. The author shows you such diverse, different,
characters that are so unique and love able. The book describes the tragedies that happened in one of
many of the heartbreaking events that happened in World War 2. This book rotates between several
Four girls are known for being liars at their boarding school. They often played a game
called the Lying Game where the objective is to tell lies without getting caught. When they get a
text from a friend within the group, the girls are reunited when those lies come back to haunt
them in their adult life. is book kept me on the edge of my seat until the end. ere were so
many plot twists that let me questioning everything I originally thought. Make sure you have a
good chunk of time before you start because you will not be able to put this book down!
A Thousand Splendid Suns follows the story of two women between 1960 and 2000. ese
two women have different upbringings and are from two different generations but still end up in
the same place. They endure many heartbreaking events and sufferings. However, they learn
and teach each other their ways, ultimately forming a loving relationship. Before reading this
book, I knew nothing about Afghan's history or current events. However, it opened my eyes to
Almost-thirteen year old Lemony Snicket just graduated from his training at a secret
organization, and for his apprenticeship, planned to steal an artifact from a museum
with his trusted associate. However, things didn't go as planned, and instead he was
taken to a fading town called Stain’d-by-the-Sea, where he and his incompetent
chaperone, S. Theodora Markson, have to solve a mystery regarding an allegedly stolen
statue. The problem? The statue may not have been stolen to begin with. Moxie
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black is a stunning fantasy novel - filled with every element a
good book should have: mystery, rivalries, magic, battle, and love. Jude is a human girl, whisked
away from the world she knew at age seven and thrust into that of the fae. Despite her mortality,
she wants to make it in this world of magic and war - which means gaining protection from the
cruel Prince Cardan, a classmate of hers and the most powerful and horrible member of the
