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The Road Not Taken

By Robert Frost, Reviewed by Alicia Xin

Published June 6, 2019

"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, from THE POETRY OF ROBERT FROST: THE COLLECTED POEMS, COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED, edited by Edward Connery Lathem, New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2002. From choosing what clothes...

“Hope” is the thing with feathers

By Emily Dickinson, Reviewed by Kate Choi

Published June 6, 2019

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

By Betty Smith, Reviewed by Claire Rinterknecht

Published June 6, 2019

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith is the story of a Brooklyn girl with Irish ancestors who grows up at the beginning of the 20th century with all the hardships that come from...

The Book Thief

By Markus Zusak, Reviewed by Ananda Bhaduri

Published June 6, 2019

A snow-clad cemetery in Germany, a few months before World War II. A girl cannot believe her brother has just died, as she and her mother witness the burial. A black book drops to the...

Boy: Tales of Childhood

By Roald Dahl, Reviewed by Marilena Korahais

Published June 6, 2019

My mother always told me tales from her childhood. Most were happy stories that made me laugh. Others were sad and made me worry about her. Sometimes she told me stories about her own mother,...

The Hobbit

By J.R.R. Tolkien, Reviewed by Catherine Gruen

Published May 10, 2018

Uprising

By Margaret Peterson Haddix, Reviewed by Eliza Smith

Published March 26, 2018

The War That Saved My Life

By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Reviewed by Brian Qi

Published February 17, 2018

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Dial Books for Young Readers: New York, 2015; $11.89 When I sat down to read the book The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly...

The Children of Exile

by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Reviewed by Portia Li

Published January 21, 2018

Cloud and Wallfish

By Anne Nesbet, Reviewed by Alexandra Reynaud

Published December 24, 2017

The Road Not Taken

Review Published June 6, 2019 By Robert Frost, Reviewed by Alicia Xin

“Hope” is the thing with feathers

Review Published June 6, 2019 By Emily Dickinson, Reviewed by Kate Choi

“Hope” is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson, from THE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON, edited by Thomas H. Johnson, Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Copyright © 1951, 1955, 1979, 1983 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. What is hope? Why do we feel hope? And why is hope so important to us?

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Review Published June 6, 2019 By Betty Smith, Reviewed by Claire Rinterknecht

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith is the story of a Brooklyn girl with Irish ancestors who grows up at the beginning of the 20th century with all the hardships that come from not having enough money in the house, a drunkard for a father, and a mother who prefers her son to her daughter.

The Book Thief

Review Published June 6, 2019 By Markus Zusak, Reviewed by Ananda Bhaduri

A snow-clad cemetery in Germany, a few months before World War II. A girl cannot believe her brother has just died, as she and her mother witness the burial. A black book drops to the snow without the owner’s knowledge. The girl picks it up and clings to it. Her debut in the career of book thievery. Some hours later, the girl and her mother go their separate ways.

Boy: Tales of Childhood

Review Published June 6, 2019 By Roald Dahl, Reviewed by Marilena Korahais

My mother always told me tales from her childhood. Most were happy stories that made me laugh. Others were sad and made me worry about her. Sometimes she told me stories about her own mother, my Yiayia, who had an even harder childhood, raised in a small village in Greece.

The Hobbit

Review Published May 10, 2018 By J.R.R. Tolkien, Reviewed by Catherine Gruen

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012; $14.99 “In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit.” J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, published in 1937, is a timeless tale of adventure worth reading over and over again. If you manage to pull open the green door that guards the cozy home inside, what do you see?

Uprising

Review Published March 26, 2018 By Margaret Peterson Haddix, Reviewed by Eliza Smith

Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers: New York, 2011; $11.99 Uprising. One word, but somehow this meager collection of letters presents readers with strong, vivid emotions. Some when confronted with this word would mentally tremble in fright. Some might feel a sense of rebellion brewing inside them.

The War That Saved My Life

Review Published February 17, 2018 By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Reviewed by Brian Qi

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Dial Books for Young Readers: New York, 2015; $11.89 When I sat down to read the book The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, I thought it was a crummy book. But the more I got into the book, the more I couldn’t put it down. Now, this book is one of my favorites! The main character, Ada, is a girl with a clubfoot.

The Children of Exile

Review Published January 21, 2018 by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Reviewed by Portia Li

The Children of Exile By Margaret Peterson Haddix; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers: New York, 2015; $17.99 Have you ever had a hard decision deciding between two books to read? I started in the bookstore holding two precious books. My mother’s eyes stared down at me expectantly, wanting me to just pick a book and leave.

Cloud and Wallfish

Review Published December 24, 2017 By Anne Nesbet, Reviewed by Alexandra Reynaud

Cloud and Wallfish by Anne Nesbet; Candlewick Press, 2016; $16.99 Who knew that a regular-looking book could have such an impact on readers and how they view the world? Going into Cloud and Wallfish, a historical fiction novel, I was a bit doubtful on how Anne Nesbet was going to weave such a tragic and complex topic like the Berlin Wall into youth literature.

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