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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Reviewed by Jeremy Lim, 10

Post Age 10 Published June 30, 2023 by Jeremy Lim

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is a masterpiece, a tapestry woven by Holly Jackson, a New York Times bestselling author. This book is relatively tranquil in the early beginning, with odd evidence th...
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The One and Only Ivan: Take it … Or Toss it?

Post Published June 20, 2023 by Ariana Goforth

“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” - Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan Ivan is a gorilla, and, as he lets us know pretty early on in the story, it's not as easy as...
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A Town Girl’s Year in the Countryside: A Review of Phebe Fairchild by Mary G. Lane, 11

Post Published March 24, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

Have you ever been away from home for a year? In the book Phebe Fairchild, set in the 1830's, a girl named Phebe travels from her New Haven home to spend a year with her Aunts in the Connecticut Count...
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Bridge to Terabithia, Reviewed by Alex Reuhs, 13

Post Published March 22, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Patterson, is a beautifully-told coming-of-age story. It is, rightfully so, an award-winning novel, with likable characters, a simple yet deeply meaningful plot, and...
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Danny, the Champion of the World, Reviewed by Philip Chen, 12

Post Published February 15, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl is one of the most underrated books I have read. In comparison to his other books such as Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I feel like this...
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Reviewed by Nova, 11

Post Age 11 Published January 24, 2023 by Nova Macknik-Conde

Several people are kept in a cave. They have lived in the cave their entire lives, chained to the ground, watching blurry shadows dance on the stone wall in front of them.
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Review Of “One for the Murphys” by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Post Published January 19, 2023 by Sita

One for the Murphys is a coming-of-age novel written by Lynda Mullaly Hunt, bestselling author of Fish In A Tree, a book which received a very favorable review on the Stone Soup blog.
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Chew on This, Reviewed by Iris Ma, 12

Post Published January 18, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

If you’ve ever had a sudden need for food, but can’t get a proper meal, you probably thought of going to a fast food restaurant because it’s quick, convenient and cheap.
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Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone, Reviewed by Pragnya, 13

Post Published November 4, 2022 by Pragnya HG

Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone is very experimental in the way its lens plays with the reader’s perceptions throughout the story. The character through whom we experience the sleepy town of Nowhereville...
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The Loophole, Reviewed by Sita, 13

Post Published September 30, 2022 by Sita

The Loophole, a novel by Naz Kutub published in June, 2022, is a surprisingly original retelling of the Aladdin story with compelling characters who deal with issues like islamophobia and homophobia.
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