Speak

The Bookworm says...Yes! Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson was a wonderfully powerful book. The summer before ninth grade, Melinda went to a party. A big high school party her ex-bestfriend's brother got them into. When some bad things happened, Melinda called the cops, getting a lot of people in serious trouble. Everyone instantly hated her. She had no friends left. Her parents argue. All the time. The janitors closet she transformed into a little room is the only safe place at school. Her only friend is the new girl Heather. Heather turns on Melinda and the boy from the party invades her closet. She is almost done when the girls lacrosse team runs into the closet and saves Melinda's...life. Finally, the end of the year has come. Only three more years until she can get out of this school, and get out of this town. 

Speak is a great book. It tackles hard issues with much humor. It is a great way to encourage teenagers to... Well...Speak. Thank you, Laurie Halse Anderson, for giving this gift to our generation. 

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

The Bookworm says... Yes! Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan was a great book! Both authors are amazing! There are two boys both named Will Grayson. Will Grayson has a best friend named Tiny Cooper, who is 6'3", 300lbs, and gay. He is also a football player. will grayson has a sometimes friend named maura, and an internet boyfriend issac. Will Grayson's friend Tiny wrote a musical, and is producing it. Will, Tiny, and another friend Jane went into the Windy City for a night to see a favorite band, but Wills fake ID said the wrong age, so he was not let in to the club. He walked across the street to a small shop, figuring he could make use of his ID. will grayson was im-ing isaac, and he said they should meet up at a store in chicago. will goes, and finds out that Isaac is a cruel joke by one of his friends. when he hears someone call "Will Grayson" ad turns. so does someone else in the same shop. they are both will grayson. Will Grayson brings will grayson to meet his friends Tiny and Jane. will grayson and Tiny fall in love! after their relationship comes to an end, it is time for Tiny's play. will grayson goes, and lets tiny know how much he appreciates him. the musical was a ht, as was this book. 

Yes. The lowercasedness of some of this review means something. The chapters from one Will Grayson's point of view was in proper case. the other will grayson's point of view is in all lower case. there is a meaning, but i won't give it away. This book was amazing. Well done! 

Paper Towns

The Bookworm Says....YES!! Paper Towns by John Green was an amazing book! John Green is amazing. I have read four books by him and all four were amazing. He is a spectacular author. Margo Roth Spiegelman and Quentin Jacobsen find a man dead and bleeding in a park. They run home to their parents and are terrified. Later, seniors in high school, they don't talk much, but neither forgets. Margo knocks on Q's window in the middle of the night and demand he take her on a crazy trip of revenge. Margo is quite outgoing, the opposite of Q. Margo has run away many times and is known to leave mysterious clues. She runs away again, and it is her longest time ever. These clues are much more vague, including some things about paper people and paper cildren. "All those paper people, living in their paper houses, burning the future to keep warm... I've been living here for 18 years and not once have I come across someone who cares about something that actually matters." Does she want to be found? Is she alive? And will Q find her in time? (Ill stop there as to not give away the ending) Another truly spectacular book. Well done John Green, well done. You will love this book if you are the kind of person that likes metaphors. You will also like most John Green books if you are a fan of Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher or Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.

Boys R Us

The Bookworm says...Yes. Boys R Us by Lisi Harrison was a pretty good book. It wasn't spectacular go call your friends amazing, but it was good. The Pretty Committee has disbanded. Now it is a battle of the Soul M8s- Alicia, Dylan, Kristen, Dempsey, Derrington, Josh, and Cam against MAC (Massie And Crew)- Massie and her hired actresses- Jasmin, Lilah, Mia, Cassidy, and Kaitlin. Claire is neutral. Massie fires Mia and replaces her with Cassidy. Massie and Alicia are the two alphas and are competing for the spotlight from the general OCD and the boys. Kristen decides she likes Dempsey, so Massie and Layne MUST get revenge. Hence the hired actresses from Laynes aunts talent agency. After much drama, the clique comes together again. It's the PC (pretty committee) back to life. This book was the Sixteenth book in the Clique series. You have to read all books except for numbers 9,10,11,12, and 13 to understand this book. This book is great for fashionistas, divas, and middle school girls.

Thirteen Reasons Why

The Bookworm Says...YES! Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher was a wonderful book. Hannah Baker is dead. She committed suicide a month ago. She is dead. Gone. There is no turning back. No one will hear her voice again.
Or will they?
A select 13 people will.
Hannah recorded thirteen suicide tapes on a cassette recorder and mailed them to the person that Cassette 1: Side A was about and then swallowed the pills. Each person that listens to the tapes will view life differently, and have to live with the fact that in some way- whether by being rude to her or worse- they are part of the reason she committed suicide. Clay Jensen's point of view on the tapes and the part he played in Hannah's suicide are very interesting. Who could have stopped Hannah? Who knew? Who could have stopped her? Why didn't they?
This is brief because I don't want to give away any surprises. If you want to listen to Hannah's tapes yourself go to youtube on the channel Hannahsfriend13.
Enjoy!