Teen Review by Uly B

Glass Sword is a bone chilling sequel to The Red Queen.A craft-fully chosen plot with an emotional edge is what I love about this book. The book opens with Mare and Cal being rescued..but is it worth it? Mare discovers some rather unsavory secrets about those who are closest to her which makes her trust the ones she never would've though of. In this book Mare prepares for war, with the Silvers,and with herself. She doesn't know what to feel..or if to feel at all. In this tragic story of love, fear and war, Mare must face much toil and suffering in order to save those whom she loves. But the question is, is she able to scarify so much and face her biggest enemy? In this chilling novel  Mare Barrow, not Red and not Silver yet stronger then both, will face her biggest fears and will try to prove herself worthy of the title she earned, "Red Queen". This book was a good one yet not as interesting as its prequel Red Queen and I have to say I quiet enjoyed it. I will give this book a solid 7/10.

 

Teen Summer Reading Party

Last night the library hosted the Teen Summer Reading Party. With giant board games and moe food than we could eat it was a blast! Thank you to everyone who came out and congratulations to our big prize winner Ella Black, thak you for all of your awsome book reviews this summmer!

Ella our big prize winner!

 

Prizes for everyone!

Checking out the popcorn bar

 

Pizza time

 

 

 

 

Alexis Verdon's Teen REview of The Hill By Karen Bass

I read "The hill" by Karen Bass. I would rate it 3 and a half stars out of 5. The entire idea of the book is really unique. At times it was hard to follow because of how it was wrote. Your constantly trying to figure things and by the end of the book it leaves you with many questions. The book genre was horror/thriller. I will definitely remember this book because of how unique it was. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a very different kind of read. I'm not familiar with this author but after reading "The hill" I would read more books wrote by her.

Taylor Tomlinson's Teen Review for Ghostopolis

   Garth Hale seems completely okay with the fact that he's dying, and with his luck he accidentally gets transported to Ghostopolis - the land of the dead.

   I've read this book a few years ago, but entirely forgotten the plot, so I decided to read it again. Ghostopolis is a very light read, and I'm glad I picked it. I have a huge appreciation towards graphic novels specifically because authors are able to put your imagination into drawings and pictures, which I think Doug TenNapel did a great job of doing so. Personally, I relate to Frank Gallows more than any other character. He's clumsy and stubborn, yet passionate and heroic. I did love this book, but at times it was a bit all over the place. I was absorbing a lot of information in such a small amount of time. I couldn't process what was going on at certain times throughout the book.

   I would recommend this book to my friends, but my friends actually recommended it to me, so I can't exactly tell them to read it they've already have. Overall, this was an enjoyable book. I clearly liked it - I mean, this is my third time reading it. Therefore, I'm giving this book a well-deserved 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Sam Buck's Teen Review 

Invaded My Melissa Landers

Even though this was the second book in the series and I had not read the first book, the author does a good job of pointing out the majors facts from the first book. The way the author intertwines alien and human life together makes a little part of you believe it could be true. From a readers perspective it was good and well though out. Each character was unique and very developed. I feel like if I had read the first book, I would have enjoyed this book a little more. I would give this book a 6/10.

Teen Reviews By

Vatsal

“The boy at the Top of the Mountain” by John Boyne is a masterpiece of a novel which juggles the horrors of WWII with the innocence of childhood. The novel is about 7 year old Pierrot, who had just became an orphan and has to leave his home to live in Paris, with his Aunt. She is a servant in a in an upper class house. This is taken time during 1936, the uprising of Hitler and the Nazis and the start of World War 2. They are quickly taken under Nazi control and Pierrot is thrown into a world of horror and terror. This is an amazing novel and I would recommend this book to anyone over the age of 13, I say that because of some of the violence in this novel might not be safe for the younger audience. My favorite component of the novel is the story and the theme. The author does a fantastic job at  showing how hatred and power can beat innocence. This was an amazing novel written by John Boyne and I give it 5 out of 5 stars. I hope to read more novels from the author in the near future.  

 

 

 

I personally dislike the novel, “The Haters” by Jesse Andrews. I gave this book a shot because i had read a book by Jesse Andrews before and it was amazing (the book was, “Me and Earl and the dying girl”). The story is about a couple of kids that love bands that are sent to a Jazz camp over the summer. They hate it and so does another girl named Ash. So they decide to run away from camp and start a band. The only problem is, they are haters. They hate everything. They hate the music others make. They even hate their own music. What i dislike about the book are the characters. They make stupid decisions and what i hate the most is the fact that they can’t appreciate what they have. They must find a way to hate on everything. They don’t look at pros and cons, they just look at the cons at everything. I thought this book would be about haters that would maybe change their ways. But I was wrong. The characters contain the same amount of hate as some politicians. I like the style the book was written in. I really like the author Jesse Andrews but this book was a disappointment for me. I do not recommend this book to any of my friends or family members. I’m usually optimistic when it come to giving reviews to book but i really did not enjoy this book. So therefore I give this book a poor 2 out of 5 stars.  

 

I think the book You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan is an amazing book for teens to read this summer. This is a novel tracing the powerful friendship of two lovesick teenagers—a gay boy, Mark, and a lesbian girl, Katie—over the course of Pride Week in San Francisco. Told in alternating chapters, You Know Me Well explores how Mark and Katie help one another overcome heartbreak, fractured friendships and the dizzying speeds of change. I would recommend this book for every teen. It is a great book for teens confused about their own sexualities. This is a two-perspective novel written with the concept of pride and LGBTQ happiness. The authors have done a great job at developing characters like Mark and Katie. They have also made the story poetic and lyrical. There are a few issues I have with the plot like the unrealistic world they were living in where everyone was accepting of the LGTBQ community, especially in high school where they are more likely to be made fun of their sexualities. There are a few problems with the plot at times and it often had me reading pages more than twice over  but other than that this is actually a really good novel. I give it a 4 out of 5 stars. I didn’t give it 5 out of 5 because of the confusing plot at times but the authors did a great job writing this book.



 

The book, “This Book Love You” is a comedy and advice book written by youtube phenom PewDiePie (Felix Kjellberg) full of amazing colourful illustrations that are sure to appeal to his millions of followers. I’m not really a fan of PewDiePie and his videos and I was a bit skeptical when picking this book because of the lack of text but i gave it a shot. The book is full of hilarious advice and quotes by PewDiePie and is full of nice and bright illustrations. The Illustrations go well with the funny quotes. However, the advice in this book should not be taken seriously. They are for laughs and are parodying popular quotes on the internet to suit PewDiePie’s sense of humor. This book made me feel better about myself and made me laugh at a few parts. After reading this book, I realized that Felix Kjellberg is a better person than I thought, he thinks positive and has a great sense of humor. In my opinion, the greatest aspects of this book has to be the nice, creative illustrations and the witty humor. The only negative part about this book is when Felix sometimes tries to boast his ego, which is already massive. But other than that, I would recommend this book to someone who wants a quick read for a humorous book. I would not recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of PewDiePie and a fan of his humor. Personally, I would recommend this book to a friend or family because it is funny. So to conclude, this is a humorous advice book with amazing illustrations and is a great book for anyone looking for a quick and easy read. I give this book a solid 3.5 out of 5 stars. This book is well designed and is a great quick read.

 

 

 

Long Walk to Valhalla by Adam Smith Inspired Two Teen Reviews!

This graphic novel is about a boy and his strange brother, a dead baby and an awful father. Emotionally moving and slightly scary this graphic novel moved me to deep thoughts and actually made me cry.
Long Walk To Valhalla is an amazing graphic novel and I give in a 7/10. -Uly B


Long walk to Valhalla by Adam Smith is a must read graphic novel for anyone. I picked this book because it was a graphic novel and I really enjoy reading graphic novels. This book has an amazing, well written story. It made me want to keep reading and wanting the authors to write a sequel to the book. It made me want to read more and more, wanting to know what is going to happen next This book is about Rory, who grew up in rural Arkansas with his abusive father and his mentally challenged older brother, Joe. Rory  is often called brave by people for staying close with his, “retarded” (What their father called Joe) brother. But Joe is Rory’s best friend and loves him more than anyone else. But one day while Rory was driving for a new job interview, his car broke and noticed a young girl named Sylvia appears from the corn fields. Sylvia is a Valkyrie sent by the Norse god Odin to deliver Rory to Valhalla. And that was where Rory’s perception of life completely changes. My favourite part about the book is the sad yet happy ending, the well written story and the well developed characters.  I would recommend this book to anyone. I give this amazing graphic novel a 5/5 stars.   -Vatsal

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Fever by Lauren DeStefano is a fast paced sequel to Wither, with even more action and secrets. Fever is a dark and disturbing read following the life of Rhine Ellery after she escaped the clutches of her housemaster,and her misfortunes on the way to trying to find her twin. I thought this book was very well written and with a very interesting plot. I'll give this book a 8/10.

 

A slightly darker twist on Peter Pan, Unhooked (by Lisa Maxwell) is no Disney fairytale. In this Neverland nothing is ever what it seems. An intense novel of survival ,friendship and a very inicritly woven web of secrets ,this book is much more then I expected. I adored this book and I'll give it a 9/10.

This novel is about magical sirens luring people towards their deaths. But sirens are people too.With hearts that ache and love. Kallen has always been faithful to the Ocean but a turn of events changes everything. A darker twist on the little Mermaid this book is everything I've been looking for. Just enough fairy tale, dark secrets and heartbreak to get me on the edge of my seat. This book is really amazing and I give it a 9.5/10.