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Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell My name is Rya. I am in middle school and I enjoy reading, writing, swimming, and backpacking. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell is an incredible book based on a true story about the survival of a girl stranded on an island. When a battle leaves the chief’s people helpless and destitute, they are all grateful when a ship full of white men comes to take them to a promising country where their chief has gone. Once aboard the ship, … [Read more...] about Island of the Blue Dolphins

The Maze Runner by James Dashner Hi, I am Sarah. I am fourteen years old and an avid reader; it is one of my favorite things to do. Inspired by authors’ creations of magnificent places and surprising havens built by simple letters, I aspire to be an author and, meanwhile, nurture the love to write. Thomas wakes up to darkness. Harsh scrapes of metal against metal echo around him as the lift lurches upward. The only thing he can remember is his name.      The … [Read more...] about The Maze Runner

A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass Katie is an 8th grader living in Ketchum, Idaho. She loves skiing, reading, and doing anything outdoors related. A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass is a story about 13 year old Mia. Mia sees colors and shapes, but not like how’d you expect. She sees brown rings when a door slams and sees the letter ‘a’ as sunflower yellow. Up until third grade, she thinks everyone sees the world this way. It comes as a shock when nobody believes her when she tells … [Read more...] about A Mango-Shaped Space

Surviving Adam Meade by Shannon Klare My name is Olivia. I like to read in my free time. I think books are a way for a person to escape into a whole different world. Surviving Adam Meade by Shannon Klare is a complete page tuner and relevant to any highschooler. When Claire moves to a new town because of her father’s football coaching job she can only look on the negative side of things. No friends, new teachers, a whole new town and the worst one of all it’s her senior year. One … [Read more...] about Surviving Adam Meade

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow My name is Rya. I am in middle school and I enjoy reading, writing, swimming, and backpacking. The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend is an incredible introduction to the Nevermoor series. Every misfortune in the town of Jacklefax is blamed on Morrigan. This is because she is on the Cursed Child list. Her fate is to die on Eventide on her 12th birthday. When Eventide comes earlier than expected, Morrigan is going to die even … [Read more...] about Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow

The List by Patricia Forde My name is Rya. I am in middle school and I enjoy reading, writing, swimming, and backpacking. The List by Patricia Ford is a beautifully crafted adventure story about the shortage of something that most of us wouldn’t think would be possible to have too little of. But in the city of Ark, there is a shortage of words-only 500 to go around. John Noa, the leader of Ark, claims this protects the usually arrogant human species from redoing something like the … [Read more...] about The List