*spoilers ahead* Synopsis Sixteen-year-old Bri is the daughter of underground rap legend, Lawless. She dreams of making it big as a rapper one day, not just because she knows it's her calling but because she knows it could get herself and her family out of Garden Heights. After an incident at her school, she writes... Continue Reading →
*spoilers ahead* Synopsis In I've Got My Eyes On You by Mary Higgins Clark, a teenage girl is murdered and two innocent people are being blamed for her death. The story opens with Jamie, an intellectually disabled young man, peering out his window and observing his neighbor, Kerry Dowling. He goes outside to join her... Continue Reading →
The day before I started Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewel, I had a dream that I purposely watched the movie first in order to know the ending ahead of time. There is no movie adaptation of this book (as of yet) so that made zero sense to me. I must have somehow known... Continue Reading →
Synopsis In Sheets by Breanna Thummler, teenager Marjorie Blatt feels invisible in her small town. She has few friends, and spends her spare time running her family's laundromat in place of her father who is still mourning the loss of their mother. She meets Wendell, a ghost-boy who is having a hard time transitioning into... Continue Reading →
Synopsis Best Babysitters Ever by Caroline Cala is about three friends who decide to start a babysitting club, inspired by the very first Babysitter's Club book. Twelve-year-old Malia convinces her friends Dot and Bree to start a babysitting club based on the book Kristy's Great Idea By Ann M. Martin. At first, Dot and Bree are... Continue Reading →
Synopsis The One Day House by Julia Durango is a sweet story about a little boy named Wilson who wants to help his elderly neighbor, Gigi, fix up her home. Every day he promises her that one day he will paint her home bright orange like the sun, fix her windows so she doesn't have to... Continue Reading →
Synopsis In Mommy’s Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, a young girl cherishes the multi-colored headscarves her mother wears. The scarves ignite her imagination and she uses them for pretend-play, envisioning herself to be a shining shooting star, a mamma bird to her little brother, a superhero or a queen. The khimars, or hijabs as we learn they... Continue Reading →
Summary Sadie by Courtney Summers is a gripping story about a runaway girl on a mission to find a man to make him pay for what he's done. We don't find out what exactly that is until midway through the book. Until then, the reader is simply tagging along on the reckless journey Sadie makes... Continue Reading →
Finding Momo is a photography book by Andrew Knapp. Momo, a sweet little black and white border collie, is hiding somewhere in every photo. Knapp narrates the book throughout, which gives added personality and character to Momo’s already expressive and inquisitive demeanor. “Momo makes friends with just about every dog and human he meets. But... Continue Reading →
