A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens starts by introducing us to Scrooge and Marley, who were business partners for longer than anyone could remember. Marley had died and Scrooge did not care that Marley had died. Plenty of years had passed and it was Christmas Eve. Scrooge was a miserable old man. Scrooge had gone…
YOUth Review: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a sci-fi novel. It is set in a dystopian world. This novel takes place in a place where books are banned. In this story, instead of the firemen putting out fires they are the ones that start them. In this book Montag is a fireman but his view on…
YOUth Review: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley follows intrepid young sleuth and chemist Flavia de Luce as she solves both a recent and a decades-old crime in and around her small English town of Bishop’s Lacey. When Flavia discovers an unknown man lying in the cucumber patch at Buckshaw, her family’s…
YOUth Review: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder single handedly got out of my reading slump. The style, plot, and characters in this book make it so loveable and engaging. It follows Pip Fitz-Amobi after deciding she is going to solve the case of Andie Belle for her school's big assignment. Through her various interviews and investigations…
YOUth Review: The Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe is an excellent horror and gothic fiction short story. There was a narrator that had not yet gone mad or insane and claimed that he was just nervous. He tells a story in order to prove his sanity. This man eventually kills an old man. He kills this…
YOUth Review: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Fourth Wing is a quintessential New Adult romantasy book by Rebecca Yarros. Set in Basgiath War College, where you either graduate or die, students train to defend their city from threats with the help of a dragon that selects them as their rider. Violet Sorrengail, daughter of a general and a late scribe, is out…
YOUth Review: The Three Mothers by Anna Malaika Tubbs
The Three Mothers by Anna Malaika Tubbs highlights the daily challenges and risks that Black women faced in world history and how they remained strong and undeterred despite the racist society they were living in. The book specifically focuses on three influential mothers whose stories were hidden from the public for a long time: Alberta…
YOUth Review: Gallant by V. E. Schwab
Gallant is by V. E. Schwab and it mainly follows a girl named Olivia. Olivia grew up at Merliance School for Girls. Olivia never knew her parents and the only thing she has left of them is her mother's journal. As this journal goes on, it starts to get weirder and weirder. One day Olivia…
YOUth Review: Warriors – Into the Wild by Erin Hunter
I really loved Erin Hunter's excellent book Warriors - Into the Wild! This is the first book in the Warrior Cats series. It tells the story of Rusty, a housecat, who joins a tribe of wild cats in the forest and learns a whole new world. It's a New York Times Bestseller as well. I…
YOUth Review: XOXO by Axie Oh
XOXO is a sweet romantic comedy by Korean-American author Axie Oh that follows Jenny, an award-winning cellist. One night, she meets a guy named Jaewoo and spends hours wandering around LA with him on the night before he flies back to South Korea. Jenny reckons that she will never encounter Jaewoo again, but when Jenny…
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