Teen Book & Media Reviews
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Never Have I Ever by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher
Reviewed by: Gianna – Grade Grade 8
Never Have I Ever is a comedy-drama about a high school girl named Devi who is trying to deal with school, friendships, and her family after a difficult year in her life. The show follows her as she tries to improve her reputation and figure out who she wants to be. One thing I liked […]
Hidden Inventory / Premature Death By Gege Akutami
Reviewed by: Esai – Grade Grade 8
Hidden Inventory & Premature Death are a collection of flashback episodes from the first part of Season 2 of Jujutsu Kaisen. The plot consists of an escort mission that the two strongest Jujutsu Sorcerers, Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, are sent on to successfully undergo Tengen’s Merger, an extremely delicate event that could change the […]
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Reviewed by: Daniel – Grade Grade 7
I Am the Messenger is an absolutely captivating, thought provoking, and brilliantly written reading experience by Markus Zusak. Introducing Ed Kennedy, an underage, underachieving, and utterly average cab driver whose entire life consists of playing cards, being hopelessly in love with his best friend, and driving irritable passengers around in a ramshackle car. At least […]
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Reviewed by: Ariel – Grade Grade 10
This book was very meaningful to me in many different ways. It began by explaining who Henrietta Lacks was (the main character at the beginning) and how she did not have much of an education, which made it difficult for her to fully understand what was happening to her. A central idea of the book […]
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Reviewed by: Ariel – Grade Grade 10
This fiction book follows two main characters: (1) a nomad who is trying to kill the world using the virus smallpox, and (2) a detective trying to stop him from doing that. It goes into detail on how the nomad tries to do it and what his motives are, which I liked. And then with […]
