Category: Book Reviews
Madness and Sanity—G.K. Chesterton and the Decay of Modern Reason
Marshall Tankersley The line between madness and sanity is not always a clear one. Sometimes, the very best ideas require out-of-the-box thinking that may seem like madness upon first blush […]
Time Travel, Historical Theft, and Marie Antoinette?―Invictus by Ryan Graudin
Dynestee Fields Time flies when you’re plundering history. (147) Ryan Graudin, author of The Walled City, the Wolf by Wolf duology, and the All that Glows series, is back with a brand new […]
America’s Unknown History―The Baby Black-Market
Rebecca Reese Before We Were Yours is a historical fiction novel written by Lisa Wingate. Some other works by Wingate include The Prayer Box, The Story Keeper, Tending Roses, and many other […]
Hate, Justice, and Conquering—Inspiration from Angie Thomas’ “The Hate U Give”
Kierra Gilbert The world we live in is full of many different things: there are good people, bad people, violence, adventures, hate, love, enemies, friendship and memories. These make up […]
The Hope of Health in John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down
Jahanna Bolding ‘I’ve noticed you use that word a lot, crazy. And you sound angry when you say it, almost like you’re calling yourself a name.’ ‘Well, everyone’s crazy these days, […]
Stalking the Ripper
Miranda Alexander I placed my thumb and forefinger on the icy flesh, spreading it taut above the breastbone as Uncle had showed me. (From the first line of Stalking Jack the […]
Good Ballplayer, Bad Sportswriter, and Ugly Journalism
Marshall Tankersley, Student Editor In an age of instant access news (and gossip), it is all too easy to be in the position of having to discern what is truth […]
Of Beast and Beauty
Jessica Mau Of Beast and Beauty is a young adult fantasy romance novel written by Stacey Jay. Some other books Stacey Jay has also written are Juliet Immortal and Romeo […]
Anything But…
Aaron Brickle When is a person the least happy? At what point is someone so distressed that they are the farthest they will ever be from happiness? Is it right […]
A Light in the Darkness
Melissa Woodland In Jennifer Niven’s young adult book, All the Bright Places, you can expect to find two teenagers who are struggling with grief, depression, suicide, and finding their way […]
A Chorus of Echoes
Sadie Wyant Echo, a young adult novel written by Pam Muñoz Ryan, is a tale about lives woven together through time and distance. The 587-page book is broken up into […]
Digging for More Mystery
Priscilla Collins In his debut novel The Life We Bury, Allen Eskens writes a gripping mystery that leaves you guessing until the very end. The story begins in Minnesota, where […]