

Adrift by Paul Griffin
Matt and John are two friends from Queens trying to make some extra money by working in Montauk for the summer. When Matt meets Dri and...
Apr 6, 2021


Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Steve Harmon is sixteen years old. He is in jail and on trial. His future is in the jury’s hands. This powerful story alternates...
Feb 9, 2021


Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Miranda is living the life of a typical high school Sophomore. She worries about school assignments, friends, and boys. Until an...
Nov 16, 2020


An Assassin’s Guide to Love and Treason by Virginia Boecker
Katherine enjoys a life of privilege in Elizabethan England until her father, Sir Richard Arundell, is killed for practicing Catholicism...
Mar 23, 2019


The List by Patricia Forde
Letta is content with her life as apprentice to the wordsmith in the city of Ark. In the last safe place on Earth, Letta is one of the...
Mar 23, 2019


We Regret to Inform You by Ariel Kaplan
Mischa Abramavicius should easily enter the university of her choice. She has ideal test scores, excellent grades, and all the right...
Mar 5, 2019


Pride by Ibi Zoboi
Wow! I have such mixed feelings about this book. It was a hard read for me, but such a mind expanding experience. The writing was...
Nov 9, 2018


Refugee by Alan Gratz
We are afraid of what we don’t understand. We also tend to vilify what makes us afraid. As refugees flee their various countries, many...
Nov 9, 2018


Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond
Jules Maroni feels like she was born on the high wire. She dreams of doing her pirouettes on high wires around the country, but she needs...
Sep 28, 2018


The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
It’s true. I made it through high school, college, and years of working with children’s and young adult literature without reading The...
Sep 9, 2018