By: Emma Li
Book Review: A Good Kind of Trouble
Jun 17, 2020
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7.5/10
Have you ever read the book A Good Kind of Trouble? It is about a girl named Shayla and her problems throughout the book. Shayla is an African American. She struggles with friendship, school problems, and a lot of other issues involving other...
Book Review: The Blood of Olympus
Jun 17, 2020
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By: Andrew Guan
10/10
In The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan, seven half-bloods are on a major quest to save mankind from its own creator, Gaea. Along the way, they suffer many setbacks and challenges, but they push through and battle Gaea and her minions in...
Book Review: Fahrenheit 451
Jun 17, 2020
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By: Aarya Tyagi
10/10
Fahrenheit 451 tells the story of Guy Montag, a naive man in a future dystopian society that has banned the possession of books. Guy’s job is to burn books that citizens are illegally keeping. In an encounter with a new neighbor, Guy...
A Breath of Frost Book Review
Jun 13, 2020
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By: Catherine Sun
9.5/10
A Breath of Frost tells the story of Emma, a young debutante who discovers that she is a witch, and a quite powerful one at that. Emma attends Rowanstone Academy, a finishing school for young women of noble status that also happen to be...
Book Review: A Raisin in the Sun
Jun 13, 2020
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By: Izabella Zhang
6/10
A Raisin in the Sun takes place during the 1950s in Southside Chicago where the Youngers family, an African American family, lives in a small apartment. The story begins with Walter talking about his dreams and finding the meaning in his life, but...
Book Review: To Kill a Mockingbird
Jun 07, 2020
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By: Michael Meng
The book To Kill a Mockingbird is a story set in the 1930s, right as the Great Depression hit the hardest. In the beginning of the book, author Harper Lee portrays the narrator, Scout, as an innocent young girl in a southern town called Maycomb....
Book Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Jun 07, 2020
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By: Julia Xiao
8/10
Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a mystery novel about a genius detective, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and his roommate, Dr. John Watson. They come across a murder mystery case of the Baron of...
Book Review: Animal Farm
Jun 07, 2020
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By: Charles Xue
9/10
Animal Farm, a novel by George Orwell, tells a story about a group of animals living in Manor Farm, a farm in England run by Mr. Jones. One night, the animals gather to listen to a boar named Old Major talk. Old Major is widely recognized as...
Book Review: 1984
Jun 07, 2020
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By: Lydia Tong
7/10
The year is 1984. In George Orwell’s classic novel, a dominant empire, Oceania, has taken over the entire world. Winston, the protagonist, meets Julia, another citizen of Oceania who despises the Party, the ruling governmental body. The...
Book Review: Tuesdays with Morrie
Jun 07, 2020
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By: Anthony Zhang
8/10
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom talks about a man named Mitch who reunites with his college professor, Morrie. As a child, Mitch is able to learn compassion because his mother dies at a young age and his brother, David, has a disease...
Why Poetry Matters — David Xiang
Jun 05, 2020
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By: David Xiang
Curriculum Developer: David Xiang is a History and Science concentrator at Harvard with a secondary in Molecular and Cellular Biology. In 2015, David was selected as a National Student Poet, America’s highest honor for youth poets. He gave his inaugural poetry...
Book Review: Wonder
May 31, 2020
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By: Krishnav Parasuraman
9/10
Wonder, by R.J. Palacio, is about a young child named August who attends school for the first time. His facial differences make him unique. He has one main bully, Julian. Even though almost everybody bullies him, he makes a few friends. One is Jack Will....