Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon is a captivating novel that I’m sure many people are familiar with. The story revolves around Maddy, a teenager with a rare disease that forces her to live in isolation, and her budding relationship with Olly, the boy next door. Despite her condition, Maddy's desire to experience life and love sets off a series of events that change her world forever.
Madeline Whittier has never been outside. At least, for as long as she can remember. This is because of her rare condition that basically means she is allergic to everything. After a tumultuous childhood of doctors and tests, she was put in her air filtered house. Not a speck of anything from the outside world can get inside. Until the new family moves in next door, and the mysterious boy outside Madeline’s window waves back. Curious about this cute friend across the yard, Madeline begins to talk to him through emails. His name is Olly, and he wants to show her everything.
A talented and feared assassin currently serving time in a labor camp, Celaena Sardothien, is only eighteen years old. After a rough childhood that forced her to grow up too soon, she became a revered murderer of the rich and terrible, all while keeping her identity a secret. At least, until she is caught. Thrown into Endovier, the cruel salt mines became her place of torture for a year. Everything changes when the Crown Prince shows up, needing a champion for his games. Dorian drives a hard bargain, and Celaena agrees to his terms.
Greg Heffley’s middle school is in big trouble. See, the people at Greg’s school aren’t exactly the smartest. So, when standardized testing scores for Larry Mack Middle School come out, they are abysmal scores. Because of this, funding gets cut into the school, leading to all sorts of wacky situations Greg has to deal with, like rationing school supplies, advertisements plastered everywhere across the school, renting out rooms to the police and beekeepers, and so much more, all with a school that is falling apart.
Nate Wright, an 11-year-old sixth grader at P.S. 38, knows he's destined for greatness. He even has a list of things he could be great at. When he opens a fortune cookie that says he'll achieve greatness today, his ambitions hit an all-time high. Nate is sure it's his time to shine, but the big question is: what will he be great at? As the day goes on, things keep going wrong, and he makes one teacher after another furious at him. Will he actually achieve greatness like the fortune says, or will this day just end up on Nate's "Worst Days Ever" list?
1984, by George Orwell, is a dystopian book set in the late 20th century. The world is split up into three major powers in eternal war: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. Each power has the exact same government: a socialist dictatorship. This is only the name: most of the power lies in the Party, where the elite work, which is divided into the privileged Inner Party and the middle-class Outer Party. The rest of the 90% are called proles and live in poverty.
In the book The Vanishing Station by Ana Ellickson, a fiction fantasy book, the main character Ruby Santos is an 18 year old Filipino-American girl living with her father in San Francisco. Where she uncovers a secret that slowly unravels the world her father tried to protect her from. She learns that trains hold much more meaning than she thought, and might be the key to the escape that her late mother always wanted for her. She must put her struggles behind her and chase her dreams.
Stick Dog(#1) is the first book in the series Stick Dog, which is about 5 stray dogs who go on interesting missions to find food to eat. There are five dogs: Karen, Mutt, Poo-poo, Stripes and Stick-Dog. In this book, the dogs are relaxing in the suburbs of a big city when they smell hamburgers coming from the park. When they go to investigate, Poo-poo gets distracted by a squirrel, his arch-nemesis, and tries to figure out ways to attack the squirrel. Stick-dog helps him focus again.
The Official Digital SAT Study Guide is a well-known resource that I’m sure every SAT test-taker knows about. This guide covers all sections of the SAT, providing detailed explanations and practice questions. However, despite its comprehensive nature, it has the same tests as the Bluebook app, which isn't that great.
Moby Dick is an amazing work of American literature about a whaling voyage. This epic novel follows Captain Ahab in his pursuit of the white whale, Moby Dick, who took his leg. The narrator, Ishmael, is a young man who decides to go to sea by joining a whaling ship. In Nantucket, he meets and become friends with Queequeg, a skilled harpooner from a South Pacific island. They both sign up to serve on the Pequod, a whaling ship directed by Captain Ahab.
