Sixteen-year-old Sonata Wilde has her own fair share of secrets but there is one secret that all prisoners in The Cell have together. They aren’t human and as mythical creatures they can relate to one another but Sonata has had enough. At 16 she decides to break away from her captivity, tasting the freedom that is so close yet so far away at the same time. Her goal is trying to find a life Beyond the Cell with a couple of people she can claim as are her friends but are they really? Unfortunately, not all things go according to plan. Love, friends
Juvie, written by Steve Watkins, is about teenager Sadie Windas who is the star of her basketball team, popular in school, and gets good grades. Sadie also has to go to juvie for 6 months to keep Clara,a partier, a bad mother, and her older siste, out of jail. The novel goes back and forth between the events leading up to juvie and her hardships in it.
What if, in a stunning change in history, the nuclear bomb had actually been dropped? What if mutually assured destruction had actually taken place? And what if your family had the only protection from it? When the bomb hits, Scott and his family descend down into their fallout shelter. But before they can shut the door, the neighbours who laughed at their construction of a shelter rush in. WIth not enough food nor space, they must survive for two weeks underground.
Alice Parker's Metamorphosis is about Alice who thinks she is just a regular girl until she goes though some strange conditions like a hot and itchy back, but when those stop she gets wings! Her species is called Finwip; people think of them as fairies. When her stepbrother tells her that her grandpa is one but it skipped a generation, she realizes that she has big secret. The next day she goes to an underground village that has more Finwips! Even though she is a young Finwip they put pressure on her by sending her on a mission. She has to rescue a very important person.
Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices is an anthology centered around, as the title suggests, life between cultures. The collection includes everything from a young Asian-American trying to be "uber-asian" in order to fit in, to a geeky black student struggling against the negative image of affirmative action. The stories are written in prose and poetry, and the book even includes a comic. Throughout the ten stories, the various authors present a picture of modern race relations, stereotypes, and the art of fitting in.
The book that I am reviewing is Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. I liked this book a lot. The maturity level is very high. I would say that a mature 7th grader might be able to read this book.
Annie begins her summer with a lie. She writes her wishes for summer for a class assignment with three lies because she knows her real wishes can't come true. She really wants to get tall, have an adventure, and meet her dad. According to Gran, Annie and Rew's dad was killed by an angry man and their mom dumped them off when they were very young. They live in the small town of Sunshine with a population of 2,000. Adventures seem to be very hard to find in their small town.
‘Kid Docs’ is a program at Westley Hospital where children are identified at very young ages whether they have the potential to become doctors and then are taught to become super-doctors. The story is about Doctor Connor Hansen, a ten year old emergency room doctor, and his experiences with patients and fellow doctors. Follow Connor as he deals with the uncertainties of his first relationship with obstetrician Cassie, conflict with his friend, emergency room Doctor Hannah, and the family drama between his surgeon brother, Alex, and father, Dr Mark Hansen.
Straight-laced Anne Parsons lives a very strict life and is afraid of school bullies. Anne befriends the offbeat and fun Halloween Spavento, who seems to have magical powers for everything, including scaring the bullies away. Halloween starts to attend the public school with Anne, and together, they are free from the school bullies, at least for a while.
