Fluke by Moore

Fluke is an exciting novel about the dynamics of whale speech. Christopher more does a very good job in combining information about the wildlife, with humor. The main character Nate is a marine biologist who specializes in the study of whales. His quest to determine the reasoning behind their singling lands him in the midst of an incredible discovery, along with a threat to the human race. This book kept me reading till the very end and I think that it is Christopher Moore at his best. This novel is a must read.

Summer Gollar

Into the Wild

Into The Wild is one of my most favorite reads. This inspiring story of an adventurer kept me reading page after page. Christopher McCandles is a college graduate who sets of into the wild to fend completely for himself. He hitch hikes his way up and down the west coast with only the clothes on his back, and no identification. He embarks on a solo journey to Alaska where he is never seen alive again. This amazing journey affects the lives of several people. This book is a great read. The novel does a wonderful job of portraying the reality of love, compassion, and friendship. You get a taste of just how cruel the wild can be.

Summer Gollar

Nick and Norah's

Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist was a great book. Nick and Nora meet unexpectedly at a concert and fall for each other. The plot is an endless night of fun, love, and craziness as the teens cruise Manhattan. Teenage love is given a different twist in this modern day novel. Anyone driven by their love for music needs to read this book. I found this book very enjoyable. I even found myself relating to the characters and laughing out loud. I highly recommend reading this wonderful novel.

Summer Gollar

Deadline By Chris Crutcher

This is a heart-touching novel of a young boy who only has one year left to live, and know's it. After diagnosed with a terminal blood disease, Ben refuses treatment and chooses to live the rest of his year to the fullest. He also chooses to keep this saddening news to himself. He turns out for football for the first time, builds up the courage to ask out the girl of his dreams, finds the strength to stand up for what he believes in, and befriends a man who has nothing left to live for. In the end, he takes the route of honesty and comes clean to everyone. And in the end, that year was the best year of his life.
-MEGAN RITTER

Thwonk by Joan Bauer--Nicole Webster

Thwonk is a very cute book. I think at a point in time, every girl wishes she could have a cupid. A. J. is an average looking girl who loves photgraphy but can't seem to find (and keep) a guy. Peter is the most popular guy in school, and A. J. wants him, BAD. Next thing she knows, Cupid comes along and casts a spell to make Peter fall in love with her. Is it really what she wanted after all? Thwonk is a great book for young women.

Summer Boys by Hailey Abbott--Nicole Webster

This book is about a bunch of teens who go to the beach for the summer every year. Jamie is in love with a boy who is not-so-sure about her. Ella falls for a boy who is the lead singer of a band, who she later finds out is dating her sister! Beth falls in love with her bestfriend. Summer Boys is about making out, hooking up and breaking up. I think this book is great for teenage girls, it's so real!

A Perfect Nightmare by John Saul--Nicole Webster

A family of three is selling their house to move closer to the father's work. Lindsey, the daughter, does not want to move. One night, Lindsey's parents come home and find out Lindsey had been kidnapped. A friend of the family, Patrick, had recently lost his family in a fire and knows how it feels to lose someone. He offers a reward to anyone who can help with the finding of Lindsey. The man who kidnapped Lindsey also kidnapped another teenage girl and an older woman. It's like he's trying to form his own family in a very creepy way. Lindsey's mother is determined to find her daughter. Will she find her? The ending of this book is definitely not what I expected. I believe A Perfect Nightmare was an excellent read and would advise others to read it.

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

The novel Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist is one of the best books I have ever read especially being a teenager. It portrays the modern coming of age teenage rock junkie who love’s music and to “party”. It’s a love story you don’t want to end. Nick is in band, he’s handsome, and he just got his heart broken by his ex girlfriend Tris. Norah is described as a plain, goody good type who loves punk rock music and is always looking out for her best friend Caroline.

They meet at a concert that Nick’s band was also playing in. When Nick sees’s Tris with another guy he decides to ask Norah to be his girlfriend for 5 minutes. He then pulls her in and starts making out with her, right in front of Tris. They become very attracted to each other and the kiss they shared isn’t the last of them. Nick’s friend offers to take Caroline home and tells Norah to show his friend Nick a good time in the city of Manhattan. They spend their night on the town where they go to a strip club, eat at some diner, walk around the city of Manhattan at night, and watching the Sunrise together.

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist is a great book for teenagers, there is a lot of cursing but it’s all to portray a modern age teenage boy and girl falling in love. You will not be disappointed if read this novel, it’s potentially in my opinion one of the best young adult fiction novels out there.

Elena Key

Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern

Get Well Soon is the story of a girl who just can't live her life the way everyone else wants her to. That lands her in a mental institution for three weeks. In the beginning she knows noone and has no friends. She hates it and wishes she could be back home. However, in the end she makes friends and even experiences her first guy/girl relationship. She doesn't want to go back home but has no choice. She doesn't realize it but she's "fixed" and can finally live her life semi-normal.

-POSTED BY MEGAN RITTER

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Speak is a heart touching story about a young teenage girl who experiences something that will change her life forever. She loses all of her friends and is the center of the bullying attention. She's striving hard to make her freshman year the best she can with what she has. She comes face to face with IT, the monster that ruined her life. Her courage and strength overcomes all and in the end she beats all battles and gains her normal life back.

-POSTED BY MEGAN RITTER

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer --Nicole Webster

Breaking Dawn is the sequel to Eclipse, and the last book to the Twilight series. I didn't think this book was as good as the other books in this series. Bella gets married to Edward, the man of her dreams. During their honeymoon, Bella gets pregnant. Will the baby be human or vampire? Will Bella live through the pregnancy? I recommend reading this book only if you have read the rest of the Twilight series.

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer --Nicole Webster

Eclipse is the sequel to New Moon. This novel is fantastic, and I'm sure if you read it, you will love it. Eclipse had me on the edge of my seat, wondering what twist would be next in this fantasy world. Bella gets stuck in the middle of this crazy love triangle and doesn't know how to get out. She loves two men. Who will she choose?

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer --Nicole Webster

New Moon is a great book for teenagers. It is the sequel to Twilight, a story of a young woman named Bella Swan who moves to the little town of Forks to live with her father. Next thing she knows, she falls in love with Edward, who she later finds out is a vampire. In New Moon, Bella starts hanging out with a friend of the family, named Jacob. Jacob is sweet and caring to Bella. Just as Bella gets close to Jacob, he starts pulling away. Is there something about him she should know about? I was pretty mad about half of the book. There is a twist that I did not expect. That really got me into this book. I would definitely advise other teens to read New Moon.

From First Part to Last by Angela Johnson (Reviewed by Elena Key)

The novel The First Part to Last is an excellant read for all young adults. It is about the unexpected and houw much your life can change in the blink of an eye. Bobby is sixteen and lives like a normal teenager growing up in New York, chills with his "boys", and has a girlfriend whom he loves dearly. Their lives get turned upside down when they found out Nia is pregnant. The lives they use to know soon would turn into changing diapers and looking for babysitters. The question that lingers in their heads is what's the right thing to do adoption, aboration, or keep it. Aboration is out of the question, but they decide that adoption is the best option, but when the tables turn and something goes wrong, Bobby keeps Feather, the baby. You will really enjoy this novel. It portrays the concept of teenage pregnancy and the effects.

Guardian by Julius Lester

This is the story of two young boys going from best friends to enemies in the blink of an eye; all because of the views their family has on black's and white's mixing. Ansel and Little Willie are the best of friends and see each other no differently. Ansel is a white boy and his father owns the store that Little Willie's father works at. Big Willie is sentenced to be hung for a crime he did not commit. Will Ansel or his father speak up for Big Willie or watch him die an unfair death?-POSTED BY MEGAN RITTER

The First Part Last by Angela Johnson

Teen pregnancy is on the rise in our nation. Many teens are learning to grow up fast. Bobby has no choice but to step up to the plate and raise his own child as a child himself at 16 years old. His girlfriend is not capable to care for their baby and it's all up to him. This novel describes the journey Bobby experiences and the obstacles he must overcome to raise his own family. Luckily, he has his friends and father by his side.-POSTED BY MEGAN RITTER

Upstream by Melissa Lion

This is a story of not only teen love but teen tragedy. Martha and Steven have been dating awhile now and are so in love. Then something tragic happens and Martha witnesses the death of her best friend and love. She's learning how to cope and how to live her life without Steven. She overcomes many obstacles, including being closer with her dad who's always gone. In the end, she overcomes it all and succeeds.-POSTED BY MEGAN RITTER