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Teen Reviews - Movies
Picked by D.M. grade 11 on Wednesday, May 17
When Watching movies I try not to compare them to others, but Legally Blonde is the perfect move to show to young females to get the message across that you should always reach for goals and not let anyone bring you down, although Elle didn’t have the best intentions for wanting to do good she somehow turns it around and realized that wanting better for yourself is what’s important. In this movie...
Teen Reviews - Books
Picked by J.F. grade 12 on Wednesday, May 17
In Theodore Roethke’s poem, “My Papa’s Waltz”, a man reflects on a childhood experience of being walked to his bedroom by his inebriated father, comparing it to a waltz and expressing the love and connection he has with his father. In the first stanza of the poem, the speaker talks about how his father’s breath smelled heavily like whiskey, but he still clung on to his father, saying it wasn’t...
Teen Reviews - Books
Picked by J.F. grade 12 on Wednesday, May 17
Kate Chopin's fiction story Desiree’s Baby is about a baby, Desiree, who is abandoned under a stone pillar in 19th century Louisiana. She is found by Madame Valmonde. At first, people were very skeptical about her past and how she got her, but as Madame Valmonde became more attached, she cared less about the girl’s mysterious past. Desiree grew up to be the Valmondes pride and joy, and she...
Teen Reviews - Movies
Picked by L.P. grade 7 on Wednesday, May 17
Another movie that has a big lesson is Legally Blonde. Elle Woods loves being "that preppy girl" She is upbeat, supportive, and a fun person to be around. She doesn't discriminate against people because of how they look, how they dress, or even their education. She applies to law school to get back with her boyfriend but then realizes she loves law and helps solve major cases in court. Elle Wood...
Teen Reviews - Movies
Picked by L.P. grade 7 on Wednesday, May 17
I love the movie Mean Girls because it's a 2000s classic. It shows the rivalry between girls and what people do for popularity. Cady moved to a new high school after being home-schooled her whole life. She gets involved with three other girls and she realizes that they love attention and are all "It girls" Cady and her other friend set up a plan to sabotage the It Girls. Cady got too obsessed...
Teen Reviews - Movies
Picked by L.P. grade 7 on Wednesday, May 17
Another movie I love is The nightmare before Christmas because it shows a story about finding your identity. Jack lives in Halloween town and is famous, He is the pumpkin king and everyone loves him, but Jack is bored with his work and hopes for a change. when he discovers Christmas land he brings it back to his town and teaches the village about it. Until Jack finally realizes that scare doesn't...
Teen Reviews - Movies
Picked by L.P. grade 7 on Wednesday, May 17
I love the movie Big Hero 6 because it shows that whatever you put your mind to, is possible. Hero (the main character) is only 13 years old but is devoted to robotics. His older brother inspires him and helps him follow his dreams. He creates a genius invention that helps others complete complex tasks with just their mind. Hero learns that some people are good, and some people become evil...
Teen Reviews - Graphic Novels & Manga
Picked by F.A. grade 10 on Wednesday, May 17
“Pumpkin Heads” by Rainbow Rowell is a heartwarming and congenial graphic novel that captures the essence and coziness of the autumn atmosphere along with the bittersweetness of the last goodbye.
The story follows Deja and Josiah, two high school seniors working their final shift at a beloved pumpkin patch. Josiah is feeling melancholy about leaving the patch and not being able to ask his crush...
Teen Reviews - Books
Picked by F.A. grade 10 on Wednesday, May 17
“I Must Betray You” is a gripping, compelling historical fiction novel set in 1989 Romania. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is forced into a position of blackmail. His two choices are to betray everything and everyone he loves or use his position to undermine his country's government to fight for revolution.
The book does a great job of immersing the reader in an atmosphere of fear and...
Teen Reviews - Music
Picked by D.M. grade 11 on Wednesday, May 17
Lana Del Rey is arguably one of the best singers of our generation, she has over 9 studio albums and many studio awards ranging from Best Award for International Rock/Pop Female Artist to NME Award for Best Album in the World and Born to Die is the epitome of these awards. Born to Die is a timeless and legendary album, many of the songs on this album are still charting today like Summertime...
Teen Reviews - Movies
Picked by W.G. grade 8 on Wednesday, May 17
Bad boys 2. It’s about 2 dea agents that are partners. They bust a ton of deals people at the beginning and get into a shootout and they found a bag of drugs. But they were looking for the main distributor so they had to keep looking. But his sister is undercover for the main distributor. And she was doing undercover work and a ton of people started chasing her and shooting at her but mike and...
Teen Reviews - Movies
Picked by W.G. grade 8 on Wednesday, May 17
Murder mystery 1. This dudes a detective and he went on a plane to Europe because his wife been wanting to go for a while. On the plane they met a rich and famous person and he invited them onto his boat. When they landed the went to his boat. Everybody there was rich and famous. And somebody killed the dad so they had to try and find out who killed him. But everybody thought that he and his wife...
Teen Reviews - Movies
Picked by W.G. grade 8 on Wednesday, May 17
Billy Madison. His dad owns a really expensive company and was gonna pass it down to billy Madison. But this guy didn’t like billy and wanted the company so he convince Billy’s dad to give billy a test to see if he’s ready to own the company. He had to go through school all again from kindergarten to 12th because he didn’t get through school without his dad paying for him to. He was going through...
Teen Reviews - Movies
Picked by W.G. grade 8 on Wednesday, May 17
Water boy is about a water boy who wants to play football but his mom won’t let him because he’s mentally challenged and his overprotective mom. He got fired from being the waterboy. So he joined another team and was the waterboy to them. But they was bullying him so he tackled em nd they let him on the team. And he went to ask his mom but she said no so Bobby played for them anyway. And he was...
Teen Reviews - Movies
Picked by D.M. grade 11 on Wednesday, May 17
Based on the book by “Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence" by Rosalind Wiseman Mean Girls is about Teenage Cady Heron who was educated in Africa by her scientist parents. When her family moves to the suburbs of Illinois, Cady finally gets to experience public school and gets a quick primer on the cruel, tacit laws...
Teen Reviews - Books
Picked by K.O. grade 7 on Wednesday, May 17
The book, “Linked” by Gordon Korman is incredibly well written. The plot of the story is not only seamless but, paints a vivid picture of what is happening as well. The story follows a community that is rocked when an anti-Semitic symbol is written on a school wall. Everybody, not just in the town but in the country, works together to make a paper chain with six million links. The character...
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Picked by Mary Anne on Monday, May 15
"Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with--of all...
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Picked by Jen on Monday, May 15
In her highly anticipated memoir Tell Me Everything, Minka Kelly shares a story as powerful as it is page-turning.
Fans know her as the spoiled, rich cheerleader Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights or as the affluent, mysterious Samantha on the HBO megahit Euphoria. But as revealed for the first time in these pages, Minka Kelly's life has been anything but easy.
Raised by a single mother who...
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Picked by Leslie on Monday, May 15
Nobel laureate Bob Dylan is known for his eclectic tastes as well as his deep, encyclopedic knowledge of popular music. He puts that expertise to the test in this widely entertaining romp through popular-music history. Even if readers aren't familiar with a song under discussion, they will still enjoy and appreciate his take on it. Starting with Bobby Bare’s “Detroit City” and ending with Dion...
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Picked by Colleen on Monday, May 15
Reading like a conversational history lecture in book form, Stanford professor emeritus White's (California Exposures, 2020) mostly captivating book chronicles the deception around the death of Jane Stanford, cofounder of Stanford University. More than 100 years after Stanford's death from strychnine poisoning, White seeks to uncover why the university, citing Stanford’s death as “natural causes...
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