Don’t Let the Forest In is a mind-twisty horror/dark academia story about a boy named Andrew and his best friend Thomas. The summer break has just ended, but not everything is normal when the two come back to their boarding school. Thomas won’t tell Andrew anything about Thomas’s missing parents, or the blood that was on his sleeve, and Andrew’s sister, Dove, won’t talk to him like they used to. So ensues a magical world of what happens when the monsters from our stories wake up, and how we can fight them.
Catching Fire is an amazing second book in The Hunger Games series. It shows Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark’s victory tour and their struggles with being a “fake couple” for the media. It shows them returning to their homes in District Twelve. Katniss later has a forced meeting with President Snow. He says he doesn’t like the trick she pulled with the berries to show her defiance from the Capitol, and it’s starting an uprising.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a thrilling dystopian novel about a sixteen-year-old girl named Katniss Everdeen and her journey to survive the Hunger Games. Katniss lives in the broken, North American country of Panem, which comprises twelve districts and one Capitol. Each district produces a different good, such as coal or fish. These goods are later sent to the Capitol for them to have, and the districts are left with barely any food or money for themselves.
Love and Gelato, written by Jenna Evan Welch follows Carolina (nicknamed Lina), a young girl who loses her mother to pancreatic cancer. Upon her death, her mother sends her to Florence, Italy to live with her supposed “father”, Howard. When she arrives, she is unpleasantly surprised to learn that she will now live in a graveyard. With everything seemingly going wrong, she plans to run away until she finds a journal her mother left behind that changes everything.
Breath of the Dragon follows the story of 16-year-old Jun, who is an aspiring martial artist. He wants to enter the top-tier Guardian’s Tournament, both for personal glory, and to restore his family’s honor. But when his father forbids him from the tournament, Jun has to find another way to enter.
Who Is Shaun White?tells the story of a famous snowboarder and skateboarder known as "The Flying Tomato" because of his bright red hair. He got his first snowboarding sponsorship when he was just seven years old and later won gold medals at the Winter Olympics in 2006, 2010, and 2018. The book shares how Shaun worked hard, overcame challenges, and became one of the best athletes in extreme sports. It also talks about how he started his own brand of snowboarding gear.
Who Was Walt Whitman?tells the story of a man who began as a printer and became one of America’s most famous poets. He was born in New York and had many jobs, like being a teacher, a newspaper writer, and an editor. In 1855, he wrote a book of poems called Leaves of Grass. His poems were special because they talked about regular people, nature, and how everyone is connected. At first, some people didn’t like his poems, but later, his writing changed American poetry in a big way.
Who Was Coretta Scott King?tells the story of a strong and brave woman who worked hard to make the world a fairer place. She grew up in Alabama and did very well in school. She later went to college in Ohio and joined groups that wanted to bring fairness to all people. She married Martin Luther King Jr. and helped him lead the Civil Rights Movement. Even after he passed away, Coretta kept fighting for equal rights.
It is 2011, and the Syrian Revolution is at its peak, a fueled fire between the Assad Dictatorship and the Free Syrian Army. Salaama Kassab has seen the death and destruction firsthand, working as a surgeon in her town, Homs. Desperate to escape the danger and the constant fear, Salaama and her closest friend Layla, who is pregnant, dream of escaping the war. Under the constant stress of the hospital and bearing the loss of her parents and brother, Khawf, who haunts her, becomes a figment of her imagination.
This Song Is (not) for You is a realistic fiction young adult novel that follows three young musicians, Ramona, Sam, and Tom through their senior year of high school. They meet at auditions for a prestigious music university and become fast friends. Starting a band is just the natural course of nature, so is Sam and Tom both falling deeply in love with Ramona. As they navigate the various family hardships they are all facing, the band evolves into something new and unique.
