Teen and Staff Reviews

Teen Review
Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

Vengeful

By V.E. Schwab
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Earvin C.
Nov 2, 2022

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab is one of the only sequels that I thoroughly enjoyed and am content
with the ending. Just like its prequel, Vicious
and turns that you would never expect. Throughout the story, Victor is on a mission to treat his
pain and illness, which limits his powers and increasingly weakens him each day. Mitch and

Teen Review
Credence by Penelope Douglas

Credence

By Penelope Douglas
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Eva K.
Nov 1, 2022

Credence is an exceptionally written romance
mystery novel written by Penelope Douglas. It
takes us through the life of a young girl
whose parents mysteriously died and so she is
sent to live in the mountains with her step
uncle whom she has never met before. Overall
the storyline of the book is interesting due
to all the different perspectives outlined in
the book. I would not suggest this book for
young readers as it contains several mature
themes. I also feel as if the ending of the

Teen Review
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Where the Crawdads Sing

By Delia Owens
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Isabel P.
Oct 31, 2022

This book was recommended to me by a close friend and I’m glad that I read it. It was not the kind of
mystery novel I was expecting but I still ended up enjoying it. You meet Kya, who is known as the “marsh
girl” in this story, because she lives alone in the marsh. In the book, it switches between time periods in
different chapters as it alternates from the present, where a murder case was being investigated, to the
past, where you can see Kya’s childhood and history. Each chapter slowly unravels different parts of the

Teen Review
A Torch Against the Night

A Torch Against The Night

By Sabaa Tahir
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Mariam S.
Oct 31, 2022

A Torch Against The Night is the second installment in the Ember in the Ashes trilogy.
Rebel Laia and her former enemy and now savior Elias must escape soldiers in the
subterranean tunnels of the Empire. Ultimately, they must somehow make their way to the
dreaded prison of Kauf, where Laia’s brother, who possess important information, is imprisoned

Teen Review
More Than This by Patrick Ness

More Than This

By Patrick Ness
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Iqra N.
Oct 28, 2022

More Than This features Seth, a teenager who crushed his skull while he was drowning.
However, he soon wakes in an isolated copy of Earth and believes it to be “Hell”. Seth
desperately tries to remember his memories of his life- of his little brother, his group of friends,
his secret relationship, and of his parents before the tragedy and to understand where he is- the
afterlife or a hidden part of life? Unfortunately, a being known to be the Driver or even Death

Teen Review
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

Glass Sword

By Victoria Aveyard
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Likhita A.
Oct 25, 2022

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

Teen Review
Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Oct 25, 2022

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

Teen Review
The Pearl by John Steinbeck

The Pearl

By John Steinbeck
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Oct 25, 2022

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

Teen Review
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

By Stephen Chbosky
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Mariam S.
Oct 21, 2022

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

Teen Review
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Salt to the Sea

By Ruta Sepetys
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Isabel P.
Oct 21, 2022

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

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