Realistic Fiction Chris Crutcher Reviewed by Sean Bigelow Rated 5 out of 5 stars Louie Banks has it all. A great life, a starting football spot, a wonderful girlfriend, and it are his last year of high school. It seems as if nothing could make his life better. Until his football coach decides to...
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Running Loose
Lock and Key
Sarah Dessen Realistic Fiction Reviewed by Hannah Williams Rated 4 out of 5 Stars Ruby Cooper is eighteen years old. She’s been living with her mom for almost her whole life, just the two of them together. Out of the blue, Ruby’s mother abandons her, leaving Ruby alone to...
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Wherever Nina Lies
Nina was living life big with her younger sister, Ellie, until one day she just never came back, disappeared, gone, and lost. Ellie then began trying to forget all about her loved sister, but she couldn’t. She knew there had to be a purpose for her sister’s disappearance. She was going to get to...
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The Lucky One
Does luck exist? When fighting in Iraq, US Marine Logan Thibault finds a picture of a beautiful woman. He doesn’t know why, but he keeps it in his pocket at all times. Shortly after, Thibault begins a lucky streak, winning poker and surviving countless explosions. Thibault’s luck gets to the level where his fellow...
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Lock and Key
Ruby is the definition of independence. She doesn’t need help or sympathy from anyone. When Ruby’s mother abandons her without warning, She lives on her own in her house, working her mother’s job, paying as many bills as she can, cooking for herself, and trying to go to school. Ruby doesn’t tell anyone that...
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Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas
Young Katie Wilkinson has finally found her perfect match and great poet, Matt Harrison. Everything was going so great between the two and Katie had even anticipated the fact that Matt might propose soon. Until one day, very unexpectedly, Matt breaks up with her. Katie Is very confused with the situation because there was...
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Love Unlisted
“It can’t be too hard to meet a man who’s not a co-worker and has at least twenty solid pros on his list, can it? Of course, he can’t smoke, drink, cheat on his taxes, be unemployed, have a defunct family life, listen to hip-hop music, snore, sweat profusely, or have unsavory habits, characteristic...
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It’s Kind of a Funny Story
It’s Kind Of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini brings the reader into the life of Craig Gilner, age 15, as he is accepted into the prestigious New York City high school, Executive Pre Professional. Tormented by the stress brought on to him by the extreme amount of work required to achieve what he...
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Thirteen Reasons Why
“Hello, boys and girls. Hannah Baker here. Live and in stereo. No return engagements. No encore. And this time, absolutely no requests.I hope you are ready, because I am about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you’re listening to these tapes, you’re one of...
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Everything for a Dog
Three story lines weave together in this story of love for one dog. Bone, narrates throughout the story, first telling of his faint memories of being a stray puppy. He grows up a stray mutt that lives with his mother in sister. One day his mother doesn’t return to him and his sister, and...
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