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The quick cut: A girl who agrees to babysit her cousin for the night finds herself overwhelmed when monsters are summoned out of a book. A real review: Thank you to Penguin Young Readers Group for providing the arc for an honest review. Responsibility can be a heavy burden, especially when it happens at such a young age. For teenage Thulasi, that level of responsibility suddenly feels overwhelming when a book causes monsters to be summoned out of it and old secrets come

The quick cut: A girl who is a scholar by day and a relic hunter at night takes a risk by crossing the wall in an effort to save her people and restore magic. A real review: Everyone has certain needs in order to live: water, food, and sleep. However, what would you do if your world needed something a little extra as well? How far would you go in order to gain back what is needed? For Yaseema, the answer is everything when she risks her life to cross the wall and bring mag

The quick cut: A girl who lives in a society with euthanasia works to make people's last week comfortable. The truth behind their society's rules is revealed when her latest person asks to spend the week with her. A real review: We live in a time where society has many comforts and conveniences readily available to anyone with resources to afford them. If the worst were to come and society as we know it today were to end, what do you think would be one of the first luxur

The quick cut: A nineteen year old orphaned girl confronts death and her own powers when a relative is poisoned to death. A real review: We can't always anticipate when someone close to us dies, but what if it felt like death was stalking you? Would you hunt it down and ask why it continues to follow you? Or ask for its help in finding the truth behind what is happening to you? In Signa's case, the answer is both. Signa was orphaned as a baby when her parents died via

The quick cut: A girl begins searching for the truth when her mother is murdered and her brother is accused of the crime. A real review: We all dream of a paradise world, but what if you thought you were already living in one? For Rose and the people of her village, they thought they were living in one when Rose's mother was killed. The people of Noah's Valley have been protected by a large wall for as long as they can all remember. Every family has their roles and ever

The quick cut: A girl and guy who dated in high school give it another chance when they're both in college. Chaos ensues when the trauma from back then continues to haunt them now. A real review: Thank you to Margaret K. McElderry Books for providing the arc for an honest review. Trauma has a way of lingering. Where physical pain often has a defined timeline and cause, psychological pain isn't that straight forward or easy to tackle. This is something that comes up agai

The quick cut: A girl discovers that she is a Bone Witch when she resurrects her brother from the dead. She's taken to be trained and finds a dark secret being kept across the lands. A real review: We've all heard that power comes at a cost, but how much would you be willing to pay for it? Would you sacrifice those you care most about? Or would you sacrifice the power you have to make all magic go away? This is a question for Tea. Tea is a girl from a small town called K

The quick cut: A teen girl and boy in a Texas town fall for each other when they are no longer able to play their respective sports. A real review: Thank you to Rupert Bossier for providing the arc for an honest review. When you're in high school, who you are can easily be defined by what your talents are or who you choose to spend your time with. For July & Adrian, they find that their definitions are taken away from them when they can no longer play cheerleading or f

The quick cut: A teen girl is murdered at a party, along with the killer. Chaos ensues as the cops speak to three teens who were there at the party that night. A real review: Thank you to Simon Pulse for providing the arc for an honest review. Crime often happens when emotions flare up and passions take control. Other times it's calculated, methodical, and deliberate in nature. When seventeen-year-old Sadie is murdered and witnesses appear saying the dead Mason killed

The quick cut: The students of Blackwood Academy try to save the afterlife after the Decennial ends. A real review: School can be difficult for anyone, but how would you fare if the lives of everyone around you depended on your success? That is the situation for the students of Blackwood Academy. Blackwood Academy sits in purgatory and while everyone knows the only way out is the Decennial, that may no longer be the case. The students have slowly discovered that one of the

The quick cut: A girl living with four other girls in the mountains and a thirty-something man find their lives turned upside down when a new girl joins them. A real review: Thank you to Scholastic Press for providing the arc for an honest review. Support comes in many forms. While traditionally it is our parents and families who are meant to support our growth, the truth is that this doesn't happen for everyone. In some cases, who we are growing into can be in conflic

The quick cut: A nineteen-year-old girl with forbidden power finds her life in danger as an outsider joins their training - and threatens the balance of her life. A real review: Everyone has their own paths to decide, even if our friends or parents may try to get us to choose otherwise. Will you hold your ground and go with the path you want your life to take? Or let it all go in order to keep the relationships you have? These are difficult and real questions for Poet. P

The quick cut: A girl living in Mumbai finds her life shattered after a sexual assault. A real review: Thank you to the author for providing the arc for an honest review. We all have moments that shape our lives and change the direction we take. While we all hope that these moments are uplifting ones, they often can be negative or dark in nature. How do you react to the dark ones? This is the struggle for Sunaina. Sunaina's life is on the right track. She's got a suppo

The quick cut: A girl living with her mother in the United States agrees to go to England under a fake name to try to clear her sister's name. A real review: Family relationships can be difficult, especially when the parents end up going separate ways. For Billie, that is a very true statement when she agrees to go to England under a fake name and try to clear her sister's name. Billie has spent most of her life with her alcoholic mother. Doing what she has to do to make

The quick cut: A 16 year old girl goes to her Great Aunt's B&B in Vermont only to discover there is more to life than meets the eye. A real review: When your heart is broken, you can use a new scene in order to recover again. For 16 year old Calisa, this involves going to her Great Aunt's B&B and fighting to stay the summer. Calisa's moms have sent her up to her great aunt's B&B for the summer, but her great aunt doesn't want her there. After breaking up with her cheati

The quick cut: A reimagining of "The Great Gatsby" where seventeen-year-old Nick Carrington tries to start over in Harlem and becomes the center of trouble. A real review: Everyone wants to believe that they can choose their own future. When that happens in the wake of loss, it can be difficult. For seventeen-year-old Nick, this is very much the situation when he leaves Oklahoma to start over in Harlem, New York. Nick Carrington has longed to leave Greenwood, Oklahoma an

The quick cut: Two teens connect over the summer in the landscape of an odd gothic mansion. A real review: Thank you to Dutton Books for Young Readers for providing the arc for an honest review. Teenagers from vastly different lifestyles can meet in many different ways. They can even find things that they have in common. What happens when they find themselves increasingly connected to each other. This is what happens to Leo and Connor. Leo was raised by his mother and u

The quick cut: An elite friend group gets the negative spotlight when someone who wanted to be a member dies - and their journal brings criminal intentions. A real review: There isn't a high school without a popular crowd. Whether it is due to talent, smarts, money, or time, each one has a bond that holds them together. Many others will want to be a member but fail to. For Emily, she desperately wanted to be a member of the Thrashers but ended up dead instead. The Thrash

The quick cut: A woman using her mother's name to coast by finds that she needs to go back to her childhood with her brother to understand the present. A real review: Thank you to William Morrow for providing the arc for an honest review. Our childhoods very much can shape the person that we become as an adult. Are we successful and happy? Are we sad and a mess? Do we have a sense of direction in what we want? For Guinevere, this is a question when she finds out that her b

The quick cut: A girl who uses her lie-based powers to keep her half-brother in power finds her life at risk when a new challenger comes to try and take their leadership for themselves. A real review: Having the power to keep our lives under control is something that we all want. Being able to make our own choices is an important element of happiness. What would you do if your ability to stay in power was threatened? For Mira, this is a reality when a newcomer named Kaiden