Reviews by Tag: friendship

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Holes book cover

Holes

By Louis Sachar
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Lucas F.
Mar 22, 2024

Holes by Louis Sachar is an incredible novel about fate, where Stanley Yelnats is incarcerated for stealing sneakers at Camp Green Lake, a deserted desert of a camp, where Stanley is warped into a mystery 200 years into the making. In a story where there are no coincidences, Stanley must reckon with his family’s “curse”. A magical and enchanting book, the coincidences and three concurrent storylines that wrap up together are incredible. This novel is a masterpiece of story retelling and has so many satisfying details.

Teen Review
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone

By J. K. Rowling
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Rishi Tek
Mar 22, 2024

The initial installment in J.K. Rowling's renowned Harry Potter series, this book follows 11-year-old Harry as he receives an invitation to Hogwarts, a school of witchcraft and wizardry. Discovering a plot by a powerful wizard to obtain the sorcerer's stone for immortality, Harry, accompanied by loyal friends Hermione and Ron, ventures to thwart the evil plan. It is filled with imaginative elements, such as a gripping scene where Harry catches a flying golden ball on his broomstick. 

Teen Review
So This Is Ever After book cover

So This Is Ever After

By F.T. Lukens
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
I Read for Fun
Mar 1, 2024

So This is Ever After is a hilarious story of finding love in just the right way. The book is full of DnD vibes and laughs. Arek is a perfect protagonist for the story and an amazing one in general. He is funny and relatable (I’m a girl saying this). Arek is an awesome character, and the story is an amazing story.

Teen Review
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Monday's Not Coming

By Tiffany D. Jackson
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
I Read for Fun
Mar 1, 2024

I have a confession to make. I first decided to read this because I thought it was going to be a story about the police’s neglect of the missing case of an African American girl and it was so different from that. That would have been wonderful but this was wonderful in a different way. Monday’s Not Coming is the fascinating story of a girl’s life after she loses her best friend, the person closest to her.

Teen Review
It's Not Summer Without You book cover

It's Not Summer Without You

By Jenny Han
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jan 26, 2024

Both Laurel, Belly, and Steven, and Jeremiah and Conrad are distraught after the death of Susannah. The relationships between everyone have become strained and unfamiliar. But, when Belly gets a call from Jeremiah that Conrad has disappeared from school, she springs at the chance to help her boys. 

Teen Review
It's Not Summer Without You book cover

It's Not Summer Without You

By Jenny Han
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jan 19, 2024

It’s Not Summer Without You is the second book of The Summer I Turned Pretty series and follows Belly Conklin, a 17-year-old girl. Belly’s having a bad summer, she isn’t going to Cousins Beach for the first time in her life due to the death of Susannah, someone who was a second mother to her. Belly cannot get over Conrad but believes that she has completely ruined the relationship. She believes she will never see the Fisher boys again until she gets a call from Jeremiah that Conrad is missing.

Teen Review
The Summer I Turned Pretty book cover

The Summer I Turned Pretty

By Jenny Han
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jan 19, 2024

The Summer I Turned Pretty follows Belly Conklin, a 16-year-old girl who spends every summer at Cousin’s Beach with her family and the Fisher family. Belly wants to have her best summer yet and finally have her long-time crush Conrad Fisher notice her. Belly believes that this summer will be different from the rest because she is now older and has become “pretty”.

Teen Review
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The Spaces Between Us

By Stacia Tolman
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Anna S.
Dec 29, 2023

Serena is just a regular high school girl, besides the fact that she thinks her father is having an affair with the cheerleading coach.  She acts dumb but she is really some sort of genius, and she has all kinds of stuff going on. Serena finishes her junior year just barely, but for her senior year her friend Melody Grimshaw convinces her to join the cheerleading team and make an academic comeback. Serena somehow manages to make the team and she learns to apply her full potential, but during this time Melody runs away.

Teen Review
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Looking for Alaska

By John Green
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Isabella
Nov 20, 2023

Looking for Alaska is a thought-provoking novel that tackles universal questions about love, friendship, truth, and the gray areas in between. Miles Halter, a high school student, enrolls in Culver Creek Preparatory School in search of his "Great Perhaps".  There he befriends Chip "The Colonel," Takumi, and the mysterious Alaska Young.

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