One of the main lessons I’ve learned in my childhood but struggle to remember in my adolescence is one about practicality. Don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched, we’ve all heard. In my case, don’t get too excited and overshoot!…
Book Review: King of the Forgotten Clubs by Jennifer Recchio
Short stories are meant to entertain us during our lazy summer afternoons when we don’t want to get caught up in television shows or go running outside because it is way too hot. These stories are also meant to feel…
Read of the Week: Disneylanders by Kate Abbott
In DISNEYLANDERS, 14-year-old Casey Allison, on the brink of starting high school, struggles to find a new identity on her family’s annual summer vacation, but with the help of an outgoing boy she meets while waiting in line, she discovers…
Book Review: Creators by Tiffany Truitt
As a wannabe rebellious teenager, I tend not to listen to adages and cliche sayings. For example, I always judge a book by its cover. While such a habit is usually bad, in this case, it worked pretty well. There’s…
Book Review: The Last Human by Ink Pieper
This fictional story plays on sensitive issues that are seen in the real world but never discussed which involve politics, governmental control, war, power, money, freedom, and the ultimate cost of human life. This story starts with Clay a strong…
Read of the Week: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth. We…
Read of the Week: Don’t Call Me Baby by Gwendolyn Heasley
All her life, Imogene has been known as the girl on THAT blog.Imogene’s mother has been writing an incredibly embarrassing, and incredibly popular, blog about her since before she was born. Hundreds of thousands of perfect strangers knew when Imogene…