“We had made a fetish out of our misfortune, fallen in love with it.” Ann Patchett’s The Dutch House is a book about family, love,…
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Midway, Movie Review
Often known as the turning point of the war in the Pacific theater, the Battle of Midway is accurately and thrillingly captured in the 2019…
View More Midway, Movie ReviewAdventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Huck Finn is a young boy living in southern Antebellum society. He runs away from his home and his abusive, alcoholic father and travels along…
View More Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainRefugee by Alan Gratz
1930s Nazi Germany, Josef and his Jewish family must flee the country, to escape the madness of Hitler, and the horrors of WWII. 1994 Cuba,…
View More Refugee by Alan GratzBuried Beneath The Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Kidnapped in the middle of the night by the Boko Haram, a Nigerian terrorist group, young men and young women are ripped from the safety…
View More Buried Beneath The Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia NwaubaniAll We Have Left
Title: All We Have Left Author: Wendy Mills Summary: Alia and Jesse both have trouble understanding their parents and why they act the way they…
View More All We Have LeftBoxers & Saints
Title: Boxers & Saints Author/Illustrator: Gene Luen Yang Summary: In this stunning masterwork, Gene Luen Yang tells an epic story across two books about young…
View More Boxers & SaintsA Death-Struck Year
Title: A Death-Struck Year Author: Makiia Lucier Summary: Cleo Berry, 17 year-old high school senior has already seen her share of heartache. WWI is finally…
View More A Death-Struck YearThe Marvels
Title: The Marvels Author/Illustrator: Brian Selznick Summary: In 1766, Billy Marvel, survivor of a terrible shipwreck that claimed the life of an entire crew of…
View More The MarvelsThe Wrath and the Dawn
Title: The Wrath and the Dawn Author: Renee Ahdieh Summary: Khalid, the dangerous and mysterious young Caliph of Khorasan, has an unsettling habit: He marries…
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