Floored: When Seven Lives Collide: A novel by Sara Barnard and Holly Bourne, Review by Wei LiThis book is written in six perspectives, changing with each chapter. Each character is between 14-15 years old and are completely unconnected. They are brought together over the death of a man in an elevator they shared and every year they come together over his death. The book is about their journey from being complete strangers to dating and friendship and becoming the only people they can really rely on.
Rated: 4/5 elevators "Really interesting"
It's about a girl who has tried to commit suicide several times. She finds this website called "Through the Light" which tells you when you should die. She meets a boy with cancer and he teaches her to appreciate the life she has.
Rated: 4/5 Rats "I read this twice because it's really good"
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Review by SamIt's pretty much about this guy who spends his whole life not being able to conceptualize his own strength. He gets put on trial for strangling a woman he tried to hug.
Rated: 3/5 Mice "A bit boring at the start but it gets better"
Sweet Damage by Rebecca James, Review by MariaThis book is about a guy who lives with his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend. He moves out of there and into a mansion with this girl housemate who cries in the night. Then one night he realizes a person was in his room which creeps him out. He ends up finding out about her violent past.
Rated: 4.2/5 Psychos "The cover is a bit creepy, probably for 12+"
One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus, Review by Nika
It's about four people from four very different crowds. It's set in an American high school with lots of different cliques. They all end up in detention. The "weird" one ends up dying when peanut oil is mixed into his water to poison him. The others have to figure out who did it.
Rated: 4/5 Peanuts "It's a mystery. All this weird stuff happens and you have to interpret it. Really interesting"
Nerve by Jeanne Ryan, Review by Natasha
This is also a movie which I really liked. There is this social media player/watcher game where people have to do dares and they can get really crazy. The main girl meets this guy and they start going dares together. They gain points for each dare. They start to get increasingly dangerous and crazy, and they can't leave the game because the game has all their personal details, bank accounts etc. and is tracking their loved ones.
Rated: 4/5 Player Points "It's pretty good book"
A Monster Calls: A Novel by Patrick Ness, Review by CienaIt's about a boy called Connor. Outside his house there is an old Yew tree overlooking the cemetery. At night it turns into a monster and says he'll tell him three different stories.Each is a lesson and they all relate to his life, mostly about being bullied at school about his sick mum. He ends up having to live with his grandma. The book is about him learning to cope.
Rated: 4.5/5 Yew trees "The bullying gets really annoying, just the way that it is written, but overall really good"
It's about this girl who lives in the kingdom. Both her and her sister are betrothed and she wants to run away with her but her sister won't leave. Her and her husband get attacked at the weddings and are forced to run away. She finds out she is a creature and is being hunted down. She has the power to take and create life.
Rated 4.5/5 Gwyraches
Blue Moon: The Immortals, Book 2 by Alyson Noel, Review by Eva
This is a really weird book. There's this immortal guy Damian who has been around for six centuries. He looks 21. He keeps meeting this girl Ever, but she has a different name each time, she re-incarnates. In the 21st century she figures out he is immortal and he has to turn her immortal too because of his murderous, immortal ex-wife who is always hunting her. Then a new guy, Roman comes to school. Roman wants to kill Damian, but Ever saves him She has the antidote, but Roman says she has to add her own blood for it to work, she trusts him, so she does. Damian is saved but there are terrible consequences...
Rated: 2.5/5 Antidotes "It's really weird, sort of funny too, the plot and the characters are a bit stupid"
The Choice by Edith Eger, Review by Caitlyn
This is an autobiography. It's basically about Edith's life through the holocaust and how she got through it. Then it explores her life as a psychologist afterwards and how she deals with it, her coping and healing. It starts from when she is about 16 up until she is 60 so it spans a lot of time. She has to learn how to live again. She talks about reuniting with her sister, her marriage and divorce, then marriage again to the same guy. There is a part where she talks about the stories of people she has helped in her career, how their stories are different but sort of the same.
Rated: 4.5/5 Psychologists
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