Quiet: Silencing the brain chatter and believing that you're good enough is Fearne Cotton’s gentle guide to confronting the negative voices in our minds. For a Junior High student, the pressure to "be perfect"—whether in school grades or social media interactions—often creates an exhausting mental noise. This book steps in to help readers silence that chatter and realize that they are alr…
Cuba 15 tells the story of Violet Paz, a Cuban-Polish American teenager living in Chicago, USA. Having just turned 15, Violet feels 100% American and awkward about her cultural heritage, especially the Cuban side from her father. Conflict arises when her conservative grandparents arrive from Miami, insisting on throwing her a traditional quinceañera (a traditional Latin coming-of-age ritual). …
This is a simplified retelling of the Disney film Tangled, an adaptation of the Rapunzel fairy tale. The story focuses on Rapunzel, a princess who was kidnapped as a baby by the evil Mother Gothel for her magical, long, golden hair that possesses healing and age-reversing powers. Rapunzel is locked away in a hidden tower for eighteen years, unaware of her true identity. On the eve of her 18th b…
The novel centers on Tallahassee "Tally" Higgins, a twelve-year-old girl who has spent her life living a carefree, chaotic, and rootless existence with her single, free-spirited mother, Liz. When Liz decides to move to Hollywood to pursue an acting career, she abandons Tally with her estranged, highly conventional Aunt Thelma and Uncle Dan in suburban Maryland. Tally hates the new "house rul…
Then Again, Maybe I Won’t by Judy Blume is a coming-of-age novel that follows the story of Tony Miglione, a teenage boy whose life changes dramatically when his family moves to an affluent suburb after his father’s invention brings them wealth. While adjusting to his new environment, Tony grapples with conflicting emotions, moral dilemmas, and pressures of adolescence. He experiences the ch…
Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne (ISBN: 978-8-178-62183-5) is a classic science fiction adventure novel that follows the daring expedition of Professor Otto Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel, and their Icelandic guide Hans. After discovering an ancient manuscript that reveals a secret path to the Earth’s core, they embark on a perilous journey through a dormant volcano. Along the w…
Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright is a classic children’s novel that blends adventure, discovery, and the charm of summer exploration. The story follows cousins Portia and Julian, who stumble upon an abandoned Victorian resort community near a swampy lake. There, they meet two elderly siblings, Minnehaha Cheever and Pindar Payton, who have chosen to live in the deserted houses of the once-b…
Outer Banks by Anne Rivers Siddons is a poignant and introspective novel that explores the complexities of friendship, identity, and reconciliation. Set against the atmospheric backdrop of North Carolina's Outer Banks, the story follows four women who reunite after years apart, confronting the choices, secrets, and emotional wounds that have shaped their lives. Through richly drawn characters a…