By: Eliott L., Grade 7 Orbital, by Samantha Harvey, is a beautifully crafted novel about the lives of a group of six astronauts and cosmonauts. They all come from different backgrounds and nationalities, traveling at the incredible speed of seventeen-thousand miles per hour, looming above the shimmering earth below. This quick read presents snapshots of…
Book Review: The Poppy War
By: Stella Y., Grade 8 Author: R.F. Kuang Genre: Dystopian Age rating: 13-14+ Rating: 5/5 "War doesn't determine who is right. War determines who is left." For Rin, the orphan protagonist of The Poppy War, survival was the standard until she tested into the elite Singaurd Academy. For many, Singaurd was an expectation, a way…
Opinion Editorial: Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure
By: Omar A., Grade 11 Hirohiko Araki is likely my favorite artist. Not only does he write incredible comics, but so much of the heart and style in those comics are so dependent on his over-the-top, stylized, and incredibly detailed artwork, and, if colored, the composition and unset — changing — color schemes for all…
Book Review: Divine Rivals
By: Stella Y., Grade 8 Author: Rebecca Ross Genre: Fantasy YA Age rating: 13-14+ Rating: 5/5 Divine Rivals is set in a world where the gods are at war and enlist people to help fight. The main character, Iris Winnow, works at a highly respected newspaper company called Oath Gazette and is working against her…
[Opinion Editorial] The Collection-Buying Curse of the Modern Day Society
By: Omar A., Grade 11 Most of those who enjoy indulging in any form of media, such as movies, books, games, maybe even puzzles or large posters, stamps, figurines, and so on, often tend to have one type of problem: overspending. I am not a finance expert, nor do I qualify to judge anything financial…
Opinion Editorial: Tactical Espionage Action
By: Omar A., Grade 11 I have enjoyed a lot of movies, books, comics, tv-shows, and games, and, without fail, each of them always yields a gem — something so truly incredible in its creativity, complexity, or ideas that they simply wouldn’t allow me to let go of it. Verily, I think my personal hunt…
Art Gallery: Comfort Characters
By: Sophia, Grade 9 Comfort characters work as emotional outlets and stress relievers when audiences project and strongly relate to them in a piece of media or fiction. It can benefit an individual’s sense of identity and validate their emotions and struggles. But it is important to keep in mind the drawbacks which may involve…
[Book Review] Osamu Dazai’s The Setting Sun: A Book Review and Analysis
By: Sophia, Grade 9 Osamu Dazai’s The Setting Sun takes place during post World War 2 Japan following Kazuko after her father dies. She and her mother reside in her family home on her uncle’s salary which suddenly meets a drastic decline, causing them to move away. We progress through the deterioration of her family…
Opinion Editorial: Poor Ending Formations
By: Omar A., Grade 11 In the preface to his critically acclaimed novel, the Hero of Ages, Brandon Sanderson, when talking about newer writers, states: “I consistently found myself disappointed by the endings of these books, however. Granted, I'll take a book with a weak ending but great characters over the reverse—but I felt that…
Book Review: Elatsoe
By: Zhendi C., Grade 10 Disappointed. I’ve always been interested in young adult stories about mythic creatures, otherworldly figures, and interactions between the real world and the imagined characters. One of my favorites was A Snake Falls to Earth, also by the same author as this book. But reading that one was so different. Before…
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