Book review: Squad by Lisa Sterle
“You know, you gotta be careful around bitches. We roll in packs.” Maybe you’ve heard this one before: the new girl gets invited to sit with the popular clique at…
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The Great Gatsby, reimagined in Reed’s Tell Me My Name
“People can afford beauty here. The rich always get to keep a little bit of what they destroy.” As F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is now part of the…
Book review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“His hand slides through her hair, comes to rest against the back of her neck, drawing her close. ‘Tell me instead what you want most.’ She looks up. ‘I want…
Book review: Stuart Thurton’s debut novel
Tonight, Evelyn Hardcastle will die. It’s up to Aiden Bishop to find out why. The “7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle” by Stuart Turton follows the story of Aiden Bishop,…
Book review: “Cemetery Boys”
Aiden Thomas’s debut novel, “Cemetery Boys,” follows 16-year-old Yadriel, a transgender Latinx guy trying to prove to his traditional family that he’s ready and able to take on the role…
Book review: Beetle and the Hollowbones
Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne follows the adventures of aspiring goblin-witch Beetle and her best friend, Blob Ghost, as they try to solve the mystery of why Blob…
“Truthwitch” by Susan Dennard
“Truthwitch” is the first book in Susan Dennard’s young adult high fantasy series The Witchlands, titled after the name of the fictional land in which it takes place. In the…
Book Review: A Monster Calls
“Stories are wild creatures, the monster said. When you let them loose, who knows what havoc they might wreak.” Thirteen-year-old Conor O’Malley gets visited by a monster, but it is…
Book Review: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Captured by the Gestapo after crash-landing in Nazi-occupied France, the main character of Code Name Verity is forced to write an account of what has happened to her. Keeping with…
Book Review: The Outsiders
Susan Eloise Hinton, an American author, is best known for her literature for young adults. The Outsiders was the first novel written by Hinton, at age 17. The novel gave her publicity, fame, and…
Local Runner Writes Book
Amber Slater Staff Reporter 123 pages, 13 virtues, 1 book. Dave Griffin’s After the Last PR: The virtues of living a runner’s life outlines the qualities that keep him pounding…