Teen and Staff Reviews

Max is a young girl who is a knight-in-training, and is part of a group of adventurers known

as the Midknights. She has just learned that she has a twin sister, named Mary, and wants to

become reunited with her and learn more about their past. However, Mary is on the run for the

many crimes that she has commited, and can be nowhere to be find. In order to find her sister and

learn more about her past, Max must go on a journey with the Midknights to find Mary and travel

It starts off with an abnormally short kid named Matt Baker. Baseball is everything to him

because he doesn’t have to talk much on the field. Matt doesn’t like talking because he stutters.

Matt wants to win the championship of the All-Star league. His team name was the Astros and

he loved the actual Astros because Jose Altuve was short like him and George Springer also

stuttered like Matt. Ben Roberson and his dad stand in the way of the Astros winning the

Max is a young troubadour traveling with Uncle Budrick across the land. However, Max

doesn’t want to be a troubadour, but instead a knight. Max is soon given the chance to become a

hero when both her and Uncle Budrick arrive in Byjovia. There they find out that King Gastley

has taken control of the kingdom, making Byjovia no longer the great land it once was. To make

matters worse, Max’s uncle is soon taken away by Gastley and sent to his palace! In order to save

The story is set in the middle ages and focused on a girl named Max and her friends, the

Midknights. Max wants to become a knight and go on great adventures, so she is currently

attending knight school. However, her homeland, Byjovia, is soon under attack by creatures that

can take the form of any Byjovian! These creatures are known as the bodkins! In order to protect

Byjovia and defeat the bodkins, Max and the Midknights must travel to the creatures’ homeland,

Summary: Normal 16-year-old Dylan with a vibrant personality and red hair is the

younger sister of Dusty, former Miss Mississippi. It is not easy living up to the perfect

queen bee sister, especially after she got engaged to a Scottish prince. Her life is

overturned within days. She goes from a nice cozy house in Florida to a mansion in

Scotland with butlers at her private service. Here to shoot a documentary on the

process of the royal wedding, she tries to adapt to the social scene. Wanting to be left

Summary:

Princess Jaya Rao, heiress to the Indian Kingdom has long upheld her duties as the

eldest daughter in a brown household. The weight of responsibility she carries on her

shoulders that she has taken upon herself is weighing her down. The only thing in world

that she wants in this world is to make her family happy and prove to be a dutiful

daughter. She finds out she will be attending St. Rosetta’s Academy for boarding

school, however, Grey Emerson happens to attend here as well. The Emerson family

Woodsong is an autobiography by Gary Paulsen. In this book, Paulsen recounts the moments in

nature that helped him to realize just how much of an influence nature has shaped him into who

he is. In the first half of the book, Paulsen recalls what inspired him to race in the Iditarod. His

dogs become his family, especially Storm, his favorite dog. He also explores some of the things

The Outsiders by Francis Ford Coppola is a classic coming-of-age movie. In this movie,

Ponyboy finds himself caught up in the middle of a few too many conflicts. Ponyboy is a

greaser, and being a greaser isn’t easy. He knows he can depend on his brothers, Darry and

Sodapop, and the gang. He also knows not to trust the socs. When Ponyboy’s friend, Johnny,

kills a soc in self-defense, the two boys are forced to go on the run with the help of Dally. Being

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys is a historical fiction book that takes place during World War II.

This book is told from four perspectives. Each is hunted by guilt, fate, shame, and fear. Each is

from a different homeland. Each is in search of a different destiny. But, they all share the same

goal: survive for those you love. Joana is a nurse in search of her mother. Florian is a Prussian

Fantastic Beasts and the Secrets of Dumbledore was a complete letdown. It felt rushed and

messy as many of the characters weren’t even in the movie despite being in previous Fantastic

Beasts movies. Such as Nagini, who was supposed to be in love with Credence, was

completely missing, and where was Tina? The action was also very debatable since the only

good duel we had was between Dumbledore and Credence. But the most baffling and