Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens follows the life of Kya Clark, a girl abandoned by her family to navigate life alone in the marsh. Kya is an outcast to the community as she is seen as unintelligent, dirty, and uncivilized due to her lack of education and lifestyle. Kya manages to get by... Continue Reading →
YOUth Review: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid follows the life of four siblings born of Mick Riva, a star who is known by all. All of the siblings have built their own fame using their unique talents, with no help from Mick. Mick abandoned their family leaving their mother, June, on her own to raise the... Continue Reading →
YOUth Review: Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
Sometimes I Lie is told through the perspective of Amber Reynolds through three different timelines. The first time the readers meet her, she is in a coma from a car accident. She is a prisoner in her own body, she cannot speak but she is completely aware of everything around her. She remembers her life,... Continue Reading →
YOUth Review – Circe by Madeline Miller
In this book, we follow the life of Circe, a nymph in ancient Greek times. Circe is not seen as beautiful or powerful, her father, despite great efforts, is unable to find someone to marry her. Circe was not born with any power and instead, she has to master the art of witchcraft through years... Continue Reading →
YOUth Review: Avengers Infinity War
I am choosing this movie because it is my favorite marvel movie. It is my favorite Marvel movie because it has all the superheroes in the Marvel universe against one person called Thanos. The story is that this giant purple alien has a gauntlet that holds five infinity stones that are all different colors. The... Continue Reading →
YOUth Review – The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
If yes is no and once is never how many sides does a triangle have? In The Inheritance Games, Avery Grambs is mysteriously sent a multi-billion dollar inheritance by a man she has never met. The catch? She must live in the riddle and puzzle-filled Hawthorne House for a year to receive that money, with... Continue Reading →
YOUth Review – The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
The Summer I Turned Pretty follows the main character Belly, whose favourite time of the year is summer, and only summer. Every year when school’s out Belly and her family go to the summer house with Susannah; Belly’s mom's friend, and her two sons Conrad and Jeremiah. They’ve known each other for countless summers, but... Continue Reading →
YOUth Review: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Based in 19th Century England, we find ourselves mainly focused on the life of Elizabeth Bennet amongst her four other sisters wanting to find love. After a ball, Elizabeth finds herself attracted to a man who she had the pleasure of dancing with twice, but it doesn’t happen as quickly as you’d imagine. They are... Continue Reading →
YOUth Review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Nora Seed’s life is full of regrets, and she constantly wishes she could change her past. When she decides to end it all, Nora regains consciousness in a place that seems like her very own heaven. Transported to a place where she can now fix all her regrets and live the lives she has always... Continue Reading →
YOUth Review: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan is a fiction novel following four families living in San Francisco. The four mothers of the family immigrated to the United States of America from China for the chance of a better life for their children. The four daughters are the children of each of the mothers. After... Continue Reading →