Review: Confessions of a Teenage Leper

Confessions of a Teenage Leper
by Ashley Little

Publisher: Penguin Teen
Publication Date: September 11th, 2018

High school senior Abby Furlowe lives a charmed life in Texas. Beautiful, popular, and the star of the cheerleading team, she’s the envy of the school. But when she starts experiencing a series of concerning and unexplainable symptoms, it seems everything she values—including her life—may be threatened.

CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE LEPER captures the shallow reality of high school. The book will appeal to anyone who wants to get in touch with the angst and vanity of teenage girlhood. Although I think the author relies too much on cheerleader clichés—the story of a stuck-up blonde who’s only able to empathize with the outcasts after she becomes one is nothing new—I found reading about leprosy to be fascinating. Overall, it’s a funny and interesting exploration of the fragileness of the identities we construct for ourselves.

Review: Mirror In The Sky

Mirror In The Sky 
by Aditi Khorana 

Publisher: Razorbill
Publication Date: June 21, 2016

Beautifully written by Aditi Khorana, MIRROR IN THE SKY allows both the characters and readers to think about all the “what-ifs” life has to offer. Just as Tara Krishnan is settling into her junior year of high school, NASA releases news of Terra Nova, Earth’s mirror planet. Tara, along with the rest of the world, starts to consider the weight of her life choices, wondering what life is like for the alternate version of herself on Terra Nova. Soon, she begins to notice slight changes in her everyday life – her mother seems distant and Tara finds a new group of friends within the school’s resident popular clique. With everything up in the air, all Tara knows is that her life on Earth will never be the same. Tara and her family members had a genuine and authentic voice that readers will easily be able to relate to. Without being too laden with scientific details, the plot was believable and mainly revolved around the main character’s social circle. 

Review: The Nethergrim

The Nethergrim by Matthew Jobin
Publisher: Penguin
Publishing date: April 8, 2014

THE NETHERGRIM, by Matthew Jobin, is an action-packed adventure book about three teenagers named, Edmund, Katherine, and Tom. Although each character is very different from one another, they are best friends. When Edmund's brother is captured by an evil monster named the Nethergrim, the friends set out on a journey to get him back. This book is very action-packed and suspenseful, and once you start reading, it is very hard to stop. The characters in the story feel real and you can relate to what they are feeling. This book resembles The Chronicles of Narnia because of its fantasy style and the time and because of the middle age fighting techniques. I highly recommend this book to readers of all ages because of the action in each page.