Tag: teen
Cryer’s Cross by Lisa McMann
My Rating: 4 stars Kendall lives in a small town, Cryer’s Cross, which has dirt roads, tons of farmland and a school that can fit all four years of high school students into one classroom. Kendall is the only girl in her senior class, and Nico has been her best friend since she was little. […]
Posted: August 12th, 2011 under Lisa McMann.
Tags: Cryer's Cross, Lisa McMann, review, teen, the Wake Trilogy, Wake Trilogy
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Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
My Rating: 3 stars During World War II, Vidya lives in British India in a society much different from today. Women are still considered property of their husband, and most of them do not go to college to get an education. Most women get married right after they get out of school. Vidya is only […]
Posted: August 7th, 2011 under Padma Venkatraman.
Tags: Climbing the Stairs, Padma Venkatraman, review, Summer Reading, teen
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Hate List by Jennifer Brown
My Rating: 5 stars At the end of her junior year, May 2nd to be exact, Valerie Leftman’s boyfriend, Nick Levil, opened fire in the school cafeteria. At first, Valerie was considered to be part of the crime because of the list. The “Hate List”. The list Valerie made with Nick, at first just a […]
Posted: August 1st, 2011 under Jennifer Brown.
Tags: Hate List, Jennifer Brown, review, teen
Comments: 2
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
My Rating: 5 stars Fight Club follows an unnamed main character, who suffers from insomnia because of jet lag from frequent business trips he takes around the country. The Narrator’s doctor tells him to go to various support groups to see what “real suffering is like”. He finds that sharing the problems of others at […]
Posted: July 29th, 2011 under Chuck Palahniuk.
Tags: Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, review, teen
Comments: 1
Beastly
My rating: 2 stars I started this movie thinking of the book and how much I loved it. To my disappointment, the movie wasn’t I would have expected it to be. First of all, Kyle, the main character, wasn’t even turned into a hairy beast, like in the book. He was transformed into a weirdly […]
Posted: July 20th, 2011 under Movies.
Tags: Alex Flinn, Beastly, Beastly Movie, Movies, Neil Patrick Harris, review, teen, Vanessa Hudgens
Comments: 3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
My Rating: 5 stars Okay, here we go. I had been waiting for the moment I’d see this movie for four years. I was lucky enough to see it at midnight, and I couldn’t believe it was happening. I got to see the movie in 3D, and it was my first time seeing a movie […]
Posted: July 15th, 2011 under Movies.
Tags: Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, J.K. Rowling, Movies, review, teen
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
My Rating: 5 stars We don’t know where he’s from, we don’t know his real name and we don’t who he is writing to, but we know his whole life. A teenage boy under the alias of “Charlie” is writing letters to a “friend” who he knows will listen to his problems. He talks about […]
Posted: July 5th, 2011 under Stephen Chbosky.
Tags: review, Stephen Chbosky, teen, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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From Bad to Cursed by Katie Alender
My Rating: 5 stars *Don’t read if you haven’t read the previous book* After everything that happened last year with her sister, Kasey, Alexis thought life in her new home would be easy. And obviously, she was wrong. Kasey starts her first year of high school, and right away she makes a new group of […]
Posted: June 29th, 2011 under Katie Alender.
Tags: A Bad Girls Don't Die novel, Bad Girls Don't Die, From Bad to Cursed, Katie Alender, review, teen
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Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
My Rating: 5 stars *Rated PG-13 She had everything. She was a fashion model who had the perfect boyfriend, best friend and the career she had always wanted. Then a sudden accident leaves her face disfigured and incapable of speech, everything goes downhill. She goes from being the center of attention, as a model, to […]
Posted: June 22nd, 2011 under Chuck Palahniuk.
Tags: Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, review, teen
Comments: 2
Karma by Cathy Ostlere
My Rating: 5 stars On October 31st, 1984, a fifteen year old girl who is half Hindu and half Sikh is travelling to New Delhi, India from Canada with her father. She only has two things with her: a new journal and her mother’s ashes. On the night Maya and her father arrive in New […]
Posted: June 11th, 2011 under Cathy Ostlere.
Tags: Cathy Ostlere, Karma, review, teen
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