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Fear Street: The Beginning

Fear Street: The Beginning

By R.L. Stine
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Mahad Z.
Jun 25, 2023

Summary: The first book in the "Fear Street" series is titled Fear Street: The Beginning by R.L. Stine. Cory, a member of the infamous Fear family and the protagonist of the tale, is set in the year 1900. When Cory and her friends come across an old diary that discloses the sinister secrets of Shadyside, the town where Fear Street is situated, they become involved in a chain of terrifying incidents. As they learn more about the town's past, they learn about a terrible curse that has befallen Shadyside for many years.

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Camp Zero

Camp Zero

By Michelle Min Sterling
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Basil Park
Jun 25, 2023

This novel is an extremely well-written and creative dystopian novel that centers around a character named Rose. In Rose’s world climate change has completely changed everyone’s way of life. There are lots of wildfires & hurricanes causing life for people a bit hard. Rose finds a job in this world to be what they call a “Bloom”. A bloom is there to serve men & entertain them. She becomes a bloom in a place called Camp Zero which is where an architect is trying to build something that would create a new life for others in their messed-up world.

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We Are The Ants

We Are The Ants

By Shaun David Hutchinson
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Ameya
Jun 23, 2023

The book's name is We Are The Ants. This book was written by Shaun David Hutchinson and was published in 2016. This book is about a teenage boy who is commonly kidnapped by aliens. One day he is presented with a button where if he presses it then the world will be saved but if he does not press it then the world will end.

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Beloved

Beloved

By Toni Morrison

Rated by
Rhea S.
Jun 23, 2023

Beloved, by Toni Morrison, is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning magical-realistic novel that centers around a former slave, her life, and the lives of those around her. Inspired by a true story, Beloved is the story of a woman - Sethe - as she navigates her present life and past memories in addition to the supernatural world that dips into her reality.

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Atonement

Atonement

By Ian McEwan
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Rhea S.
Jun 23, 2023

Briony Tallis, only thirteen years old, misunderstands a series of events between her older sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner, the son of the Tallis household's caretaker. Combined with Briony's extensive imagination and skill of filling in unknown elements, these factors bring about a crime that will haunt Cecilia, Robbie, and Briony for the rest of their lives. 

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This Delicious Death

This Delicious Death

By Kayla Cottingham
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Basil Park
Jun 23, 2023

This Delicious Death is a horror, thriller novel set in a world where some people (they call ‘ghouls’) are only able to eat human flesh (or SynFlesh – synthetic human flesh) after a worldwide event called the “Hollowing.” This story centers on four ‘hollow’ girls: Zoey, Celeste, Jasmine, and Valeria. They all decide to go to a music festival together located in the desert.

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Starfish by Lisa Fipps

Starfish

By Lisa Fipps
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Calissa
Jun 20, 2023

Starfish is about a girl named Ellie Montgomery-Hofstein who loves to swim and has a pet dog. Her life is troubled by school bullies commenting daily on her weight and her mom, who doesn’t seem to realize she’s making Ellie’s life difficult by arguing with her about what she eats and continues to make Ellie doubt herself. Even though her father is kind to her, Ellie’s mother and siblings seem to only see her as a nuisance because of her weight.

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Paranoia

Paranoia

By J.R. Johansson
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 20, 2023

Parker Chipp, a Night Walker, wants to save his dad, who has been captured, but Parker soon finds out that things are much more complicated than they seem, so he has to enlist the help of his friends, Finn, Mia, Addie, and Jack to mount a rescue mission to save his dad, and stop the Takers from creating a drug that will allow them to live in other people’s bodies until the body wears out. The Takers will then move onto the next body, creating a mass murder chain.

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

By Taylor Jenkins Reid
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 20, 2023

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is a story centered around the main character- Evelyn Hugo- but written from the perspective of local aspiring writer, Monique Grant. Monique has landed insignificant and small jobs at her writing firm so far and is waiting for her big break. When she learns that the one and only Evelyn Hugo asked for her to interview Evelyn, she realizes this is the opportunity she has been waiting for.

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