Teen and Staff Reviews

The Burning Sky is the first book in the Elemental trilogy series by Sherry Thomas, set in

1883. Teen elemental mage Iolanthe Seabourne’s life changes forever with her attempt to restore

a ruined potion. Following this pivotal event, she encounters the Master of the Domain Prince

Titus who is committed to destroying the Bane, an all-powerful mage ruler of The Realm.

Through visions detailed in his deceased mother’s journal, but only revealed when needed, Titus

Blade Breaker by Victoria Aveyard is the second book in the Realm Breaker series. Corayne is

learning how to wield her powerful sword while Queen Erida’s army goes all around the Ward to

capture Corayne and her allies. They closed one spindle, but there are more across the realm

waiting. Taristan and Erida work together and are more powerful than ever. What Corayne and

her allies don’t know is that something even stronger waits in the shadows and won’t hesitate to

Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard is the first book in the Realm Breaker series. Corayne an-

Amarat, a villager who’s mother is always off at sea, can feel a deadly darkness in the Ward.

One faithful day, an immortal and a skilled assassin arrive at Corayne’s door and are

determined to save the Ward. Corayne’s uncle, a deadly man who would not hesitate to destroy

the realm in a heartbeat, lies in the dark, and it is up to Corayne and her allies to save the

This classic was a pretty good read in my opinion. In the book, you are introduced to Gatsby who is the

eccentric man the book is centered around. He is a wealthy man who holds parties often and lives in a

considerably large house. It’s a story about parties, politics, life, romance, and society. The narrator of

this book is a man named Nick Carraway. Nick rents a house right next to Gatsby and becomes

interested and kind of drawn into all the drama that surrounds Gatsby. He learns more about Gatsby’s

If you are looking for a book with an amazing plot and a ton of action, then this is your book. This sci-fi

novel starts abruptly with your main character Thomas awakening in an elevator with more than a

dozen teenage boys looking down on him. He is pulled into a land enclosed by big walls like a sort of

secluded community, which the boys call “The Glade”. He finds out that the boys try to escape the Glade

every day, though they have never been successful in doing so. All the boys lost their memory, just like

This book, though not being one of the best books I have ever read, wasn’t that bad either. It was pretty

good, just not a book that I would reread for fun. It’s about a girl named Lilly Owens who lives with her

father in a racist town. When she and her housemaid, Rosaleen get into a bit of trouble, they go on the

run away from the home Lilly was used to. Lilly uses this opportunity to try and find out more about her

mother, continuing to deny the important information she had about her mother in her mind. She ends

This sequel to The Light at the Bottom of the World definitely didn’t disappoint. In this book, you get

drawn back into the futuristic world of Leyla McQueen. In this book, she is challenged with a lot of

obstacles and decisions that she has to make. She discovers many things about the government, the

reasons why certain events are happening, and who she really is. I read this book in one seating as I

The book The Undead Truth of Us by Britany S. Lewis is a story of a young girl named Zharie.

Zharie’s mother had just turned into a zombie, and had passed away shortly after. We get to see

Zharie’s growth as she finds love, and discovers new things about her mother and her love

interest as well. I would give this book a 3 out of 5 rating. I really enjoyed the detail Lewis put

into the making of Zharie, and her life. She is an extremely unique and interesting character.

This was a thrilling, incredible, sci-fi novel that I thought was like a good mix of “The Hunger Games”,

“1984”, and “Water world”. Our protagonist in this story is Leyla McQueen who is a 16-year-old

“Submersible” racer. In Leyla’s world, the water levels have increased so much that the entire human

population is stuck deep underwater in the bottom of what is now a huge ocean. After her father gets

wrongly arrested for a crime she knows he didn’t do, she is left alone at home as the constant fear of

Lucy, Delia, and Maddie are all embarking on an adventure of a lifetime. They are

going to the valley start summer camp to become a presence in the tech world of

silicon valley. They will be creating an app that they think will change the world. The

girls didn’t like each other at first but they will learn to work together for the greater

good. They create their app but there will be a ton of obstacles and dark secrets will

come out.