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By: Stella Y., Grade 8 Age rating-12+ Genre-Murder mystery Length-258 pages Rating 5/5 stars And Then There Were None is a chilling and suspenseful murder mystery, perfect for the spooky season. The book follows a group of ten strangers, each with their own dark secret, lured to a remote island by an anonymous host. On…

By: Grace S., Grade 11 Do you ever have times where you don’t feel your age? I don’t know about you, but the last time I truly felt my age was when I was 14. After that, it felt like time just kind of stopped, and I’ve been living in an extended moment where I…

Caraval by Stephanie Garber Age Rating: 13+ Genre: Fantasy YA  Length: 407 pages Stars: 5/5 The Book of Caraval will transport you to a dark, romantic, wonderland-like world where the Mad Hatter is calling the shots. The book follows 17-year-old Scarlett, who has dreamed of taking her sister Donatella to the magical game of Caraval…

By: Zhendi C., Grade 10 Overall rating 4.5/5. A cursed dragon lord bound to love with an artist that paints the future… It was not the background setting that amazed me first, but the book. I literally mean the physical book itself—the pages were covered with gold paints that shine whenever you flip it. Although…

By: Stella Y., Grade 8 Genre: YA fantasy  Length: 416 pages Stars: 5/5 Cruel Prince is a real page-turner, quickly rising in the ranks to become my new favorite series.   The story follows Jude, a 17-year-old girl whisked away to the Fairre world after her parents are brutally murdered. For 10 years, she has been…

By: Yunhan L., Grade 8   The experience of discovering one’s roots, as anyone who has done so can attest, is deeply grounding and often offers a change in perspective. Mai, who is known as Mia to her friends, has a name that captures the duality of life as a native of the California sand…

By: Erin M., Grade 10 Passing by one of the Palo Alto libraries, you may have seen a bright wall covered in sticky notes. At a glance, the walls might just seem like an array of squares, a cheerful display, something pretty to look at, but it is so much more than that. It is…

By:  Stella Y., Grade 8 Age Rating: 12+ Genre: Mystery  Length: 348 pages Stars: 5/5 A compelling read and one of my favorite series, The Inheritance Games, is out of this world. The story follows a 17-year-old girl who unexpectedly inherits a fortune from billionaire Tobis Hawthorn. To claim the money, she must live at…

By: Zhendi C., Grade 10 Overall rating 4/5. Is what you’ve seen really what it is? Or isn’t? Or is it? Or…isn’t? In the book, the protagonist Blake accepted a tenant called Whitney into his house. She looked pretty, kind, and harmless until Blake found out emptied shampoo and toothpaste, rotten apples gathered on the…