Stick Dog Meets His Match is the 10th book of the Stick Dog book series. It starts off with Karen talking about how she loved drinking coffee so much. Stick Dog then decides to lead his friends to a coffee shop, where Karen gets a whole drink for herself, while the other four split one drink, causing Karen to get very hyper. She runs off to a gym, and when the dogs follow her, they see a meat truck delivering food to the gym.
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.
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.
If He Had Been With Me, written by Laura Nowling follows the point of view of the main character Autumn throughout her experiences growing up. She and her mother live right next to Aunt Angelina (who is Autumn's mothers’ best friend) and her son, Phineas. Autumn grows up alongside Finny and they are inseparable best friends. Something happens when they reach middle school that complicates things however, so they begin to grow apart.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a good book for people who like magic, mystery and adventure. It's about a boy named Harry who finds out he's destined to become a wizard and goes to a school called Hogwarts. As he adjusts to his new magical life, he faces a mystery. He and his friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, discover a plot to obtain the sorcerer’s stone, a mythical stone that provides immortality. Harry and his friends work together to prevent the stone from getting into the wrong hands.
Ice Age is a decent movie with good characters. The movie starts off, introducing us to a group of animals including Manny, Sid and Diego who encounter a human baby and go on a journey to return the baby to its family, but Diego has a secret mission to return the baby to his leader for revenge. The overall plot and story are decent, but there is nothing much special about it. The area where the movie shines the best is the characters.
The Outsiders is set in 1965 Oklahoma, centering on two different gangs. This book was loosely based on how life could be during this time and the author wrote this for her friends that were considered the version of greasers in her town. A greaser is a teenager that is considered a delinquent, does not have much money, and is known for their trademark long greasy hair. The gang opposing the greasers is the soc gang. A soc is a rich, socialite privileged person with nice cars, clothes and hair.
Rent is a rock musical about New York City struggles in the 90s with the rise of AIDS. It is a musical written by Jonathan Larson and has many awards. It started off Broadway, made its way to Broadway, and now there is the movie adaptation. Unfortunately, Jonathan Larson passed away before he was able to see its success. This musical is all about love, acceptance, bohemia, drugs, pride, friends and loyalty.
Dating in Dragons follows the shy new girl Quinn Norton as she starts at her new High School. Quinn is nervous about making new friends because her past friends weren’t kind to her, but she stumbles upon a group of kids on her first day and they happen to share a love of Dungeons and Dragons. However, Quinn soon finds out this friend group is also a very well-known group of D&D streamers, and they have strict rules for joining their campaign.
Five Survive is a thriller novel about six friends who are going on a road trip for spring break. On the way, their RV breaks down in the middle of a forest at night. They quickly realize that it was not an accident. There is a sniper outside of the RV who wants one of the people in the RV to reveal one of their secrets. Throughout the book, many secrets are uncovered, trust is broken, and tensions rise.
