The God Box is a very interesting and well written book about a high school senior named Paul. Paul is struggling with being gay (although he has a girlfriend).
One day a new kid named Manuel comes to school; and Paul finds himself attracted to Manuel, but he is afraid because he doesn’t know how to deal with his feelings about Manuel while trying to remain a Christian. Paul finds out that Manuel is also gay, but, unlike Paul, Manuel is not afraid or ashamed to admit it. This prompts Paul to decide he needs to make a stand.

- Reviewed by Miss Zan

This book was really good. This book is about how you can find love in weird places and a little bit of drama. Cheryl tries to seduce her best friend boyfriend to see if he really loved her. Abeni breaks up with her boyfriend on camera to achieve a short film of fame. Calvin visits a prison and then later decides not to buy a gun. After all, this is a really interesting book to read. I loved it.

Reviewed by Ms. Stella B.

This was a great book! From the very beginning to the end of the book, there was nothing but drama in it.

“Nothing But Drama” was about a girl named Camille who was in love with a boy named Keith. Camille’s mom thought Keith was a thug and didn’t approve of him. He caused nothing but problems for Camille and not only with her but also her mother and four new girlfriends. Camille meets her four new friends at a special girls group, and the four girls (who really don’t want to be together) attend this special group and discover that honoring their parents is a commandment worth keeping. And they find true friendship in process too.

If you like drama, I highly encourage you to read this book. It will keep your attention! And it will show you the true meaning of friendship.

- Reviewed by Miss Taya

Jo Giordamo, a seventh grader, is passionate about hockey. She is the only girl trying out for the Middle School hockey team. When she’s on the ice, she is quick and decisive. But with her best friends she finds her confidence dwindles. “Funny how sometimes the thing you’ve wanted so badly in your life, when you finally have it, doesn’t seem as important, or as wonderful as you once imagined it would be.” Find out how she overcomes adversity on and off the ice with teammates, friends and family. The most important lesson about life is that “life is ever changing.”

- Reviewed by Miss Joy

“Glass” by Ellen Hopkins TEEN FIC HOPKINS












“Maximum Ride” by James Patterson TEEN FIC PATTERSON












“The Cool Girl’s Guide to Crochet” by Nicki Trench TEEN 746.434 TRENCH












“American Beauty” by Zoey Dean TEEN FIC DEAN












“Peter and the Shadow Thieves” by Dave Barry TEEN FIC BARRY












“WOW: World of Wrestling” The Official Fan’s Guide TEEN 796.812 WOW

Don't Call Me Ishmael by Michael Gerard Bauer (TEEN FIC BAUER)
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin (TEEN FIC BERLIN)
Nothing But Drama by ReShonda Tate Billingsley (TEEN FIC BIL)
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black (TEEN FIC BLACK)
Tangerine by Edward Bloor (TEEN FIC BLOOR)
How to be Popular by Meg Cabot (TEEN FIC CABOT)
Jinx by Meg Cabot (TEEN FIC CABOT)
The Mediator: Haunted by Meg Cabot (TEEN FIC CABOT)
The Nature of Jade by Deb Caletti (TEEN FIC CALETTI)
Beige by Cecil Castellucci (TEEN FIC CAS)
Not Like You by Deborah Davis (TEEN FIC DAVIS)
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (TEEN FIC DESSEN)
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen (TEEN FIC DESSEN)
The Virtual Life of Lexie Diamond by Victoria Foyt (TEEN FIC FOYT)
Crank by Ellen Hopkins (TEEN FIC HOPKINS)
Mossflower by Brian Jacques (TEEN FIC JACQUES)
Alex Unlimited: Split-Second Sight by Dan Jolley (TEEN FIC JOLLEY)
Chasing Tail Lights by Patrick Jones (TEEN FIC JONES)
Nailed by Patrick Jones (TEEN FIC JONES)
Things Change by Patrick Jones (TEEN FIC JONES)
New Moon by Stephen Meyer (TEEN FIC MEYER)
Echo by Kate Morgenroth (TEEN FIC MOR)
What They Found: Love on 145th Street by Walter Dean Myers (TEEN FIC MYERS)
The God Box by Alex Sanchez (TEEN FIC SANCHEZ)
Bloom by Elizabeth Scott (TEEN FIC SCOTT)
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (TEEN FIC SET)
Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick (TEEN FIC SON)
Rucker Park Setup by Paul Volponi (TEEN FIC VOLPONI)
Quad by C.G. Watson (TEEN FIC WATSON)
A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb (TEEN FIC WHITCOMB)
Girl of the Moment by Lizabeth Zindel (TEEN FIC ZINDEL)

" . . . Love can be found, and can thrive, in unlikely places. Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight. Letha, a teenage mother, discovers her own beauty in the love of her child . . .

"This big-as-life collection celebrates the styling; the courage; the humor, hope, and sorrow; the street poetry of life on 145th Street. Most of all [this book] reflects the love Walter Dean Myers has for his community and its people."

From Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick:
"When the going gets tough - fake it!

"Look, I didn't as to move to Nowheresville, Pennsylvania. I stick out here like a squid on Mount Everest. The way I figure it, blending in won't make people like me. Or solve my huge family problems. Or get me noticed by Woody, the fearless, wild-haired, guitar-rocking girl of my dreams - without getting my butt kicked by her huge, evil friend.

"Blending in is impossible. So maybe it's time for me to stand out."

"'I need me an SUV,' Anne says, and I stifle a laugh, since people like Anne don't seem to know the difference between want and need. The people on her side of the freeway, they are dubbed the Miller Road mansions, can't really know anything about those of us who live on the other side. We live less that two miles from each other with this bridge as the connection, but our worlds are far apart. Our neighborhood was where factory workers lived during the good times; but there are no good times anymore, few factories and fewer workers. Flint's a ghost town full of living people, although day by day, shooting by shooting, the ghosts are taking over.

"'You'll get one, Dr. Williams,' I say. Anne loves when I rib her about becoming a doctor, like her father wants. Anne wants it too, but she hates agreeing with her dad.

"'You too, Speedy,' she says back. My tenth-grade English teacher, Ms. Chapman, thinks I should run track, but calling me speedy is like calling Mama tiny or calling me beautiful."

From Just Listen by Sarah Dessen:
"Annabel Greene is the girl who has everything. At least that's who she plays in the commercial for Kopf's Department Store: top student, popular cheerleader, dazzling prom queen surrounded by friends. In real life, though, Annabel is the girl who has nothing: no best friend since her friendship with mean-but-exciting Sophie ended with malicious rumors flying, no peace at home while her older sister's eating disorder preoccupies the family, and no ability to tell anyone what's on her mind.

"And then she meets Owen Armstrong - intense, obsessed with music, and determined to always tell the truth, no matter what the consequences.

"Can a girl who hates confrontation find a way to connect with a guy who thrives on it? And can Annabel find the courage to tell what really happened the night she and Sophie stopped being friends?"

"The only thing Jean Honeychurch hates more than her boring name (not Jean Marie, or Jeanette, just . . . Jean) is her all-too-appropriate nickname, Jinx. Misfortune seems to follow her everywhere she goes - which is why she's thrilled to be moving in her with her aunt and uncle in New York City. Maybe when she's halfway across the country, Jinx can finally outrun her bad luck. Or at least escape the havoc she's caused back in her small hometown."

"I'm telling you, Ishmael Leseur's Syndrome is capable of turning an otherwise almost normal person into a walking disaster registering nine point nine on the open-ended imbecile scale.

"That's why I have decided to write all this down. Now everyone will finally understand the truth, and instead of election me the Mayor of Loserville, they'll simply shake their heads, smile kindly, and say, 'It's all right. We understand. The poor boy has Ishmael Leseur's Syndrome. It's not his fault.'"