Teen and Staff Reviews

Valkyrie, by Kate O’Hearn, is the story of a girl who’s learning that friends come from

unexpected places. Freya is a newly made Valkyrie. On her first reaping, the soldier she

was sent to reap asked her to look after his family, that something bad was happening.

Freya agrees and travels to Midgard, Earth, against the rules. While there she finds a

boy who soon becomes her friend, meets the soldier’s family and tries to help them,

Gwyneth Shepherd has enough on her plate, what with her ability to talk to ghosts, and the

constant struggle with ugly school uniforms. She definitely could do without unexpected bouts of

time travel. Unfortunately for Gwyneth, her family’s preparations for Gwen’s cousin Charlotte to

inherit a time travel gene were incorrect. Now, Gwyneth must fight to figure out the secrets of

the secret society controlling the time troubles and somehow survive the company of her

Avery Kylie Grambs is trying to settle into her mansion and life as a billionaire. Avery

is still trying to solve the puzzle that Tobias Hawthorne left her along with her

inheritance. Avery will need help from the 4 Hawthorne brothers, but she finds herself

falling for not just one, but two of the brothers. Avery, along with all of this going on, is

being threatened and it is starting to look like someone is trying to kill her. Avery is

discovering her past and who her family really is, blood related or not. If things were

Avery Kylie Grambs is just a teenager living life the best she can after her mom

passed away multiple years ago. She is living with her older sister, until everything

changes when a mysterious man shows up, telling Avery that she has inherited a

large sum of money. After this meeting, Avery still is in shock when she inherits

around 46 billion dollars from a random person she has never met, Tobaias

Hawthorne. There is only one thing she has to do to keep her inheritance. Stay alive

After another plot-twist at the end of the second book, all Grace Blakely wants to do is

keep her brother and the guy she likes safe. However, that’s not possible when you’re a lost

princess. When the prime minister of Adria pays her a visit, Grace makes a deal with the devil

that she will marry the future prince so that her loved ones can stay safe. Even though she tries

everything she can do to escape this deal, it’s impossible. This makes Grace go on a mission to

The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, Realistic Fiction

Holden Caulfield is a young independent boy navigating the world. He takes us along as he goes

through hardships like getting kicked out of prep school. He has an interesting complex so it is

assumed that he is in some kind of mental hospital but he never quite says where he is. Through

his journey, you realize he's just trying to protect his younger self and innocence. Does he stay

innocent though?

A story based in the future about 5 teenagers living in a skyscraper. The skyscraper has many

floors basing each floor on your income. These floors contain more than just the money you

make. It tells the many lies, rumors, fights, and even death. Switching from person to person you

get a better perspective of what's really going on in that skyscraper. Will you find out who is

keeping some secrets and who the mystery death is?

Another year, another summer at Cousins beach. 15-year-old Belly returns back to the summer

house but with a shocking surprise that people notice her. She has grown up with Jeremiah and

Conrad Fisher but they’ve never seemed to notice her until she turned pretty. She goes

throughout the summer catching feelings for both brothers but who will she choose?

Born a Crime is an autobiography about comedian Trevor Noah and his struggles growing up.

Watch him face traumatic experiences from living during the Apartheid to dealing with his

mother's toxic boyfriend. These all shape him into who he is today but will he learn the meaning

and importance behind them?

Rating: 3

My rating for this book is a 3 because the book only takes place in one setting for the

most part. This makes the book not at all compelling to me personally. It was hard to

focus reading the book as it was not very interesting.