Looking for great books to inspire your students? Check out these literature reviews for teen fiction written by teens and teachers.
Teen review of Looking for Alaska by John Green. Miles “pudge” Halter is a little bit of a loner. He doesn’t have many friens and is kind of a boring guy. Pudge decided to join a boarding school just like his father did. On the way there, he and his parents discuss rules: no smoking, …
Teen review of Unbroken by Laura Hellenbrand. Although Louis Zamperini was a successful Olympic athlete, and later a great Airforce soldier, he had done terrible things in his childhood such as breaking into houses and stealing. However, he soon discovered his talent of running which had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. When the war …
Teen review of Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne. In Monument 14, Emmy Laybourne writes an amazing novel about ordinary kids in the future who are forced to survive after toxic gases and natural gases are released in the air. After their bus driver crashes into a superstore (kind of like a Walmart), 14 kids ranging …
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen (2017 Oregon Battle of the Books) I love historical fiction and read it quite often in both teen literature and regular fiction. Sooo, it can sometimes be hard to find a book with a fresh take and engaging story. A Night Divided proved to be that book for me. It is …
Student review of Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz Yanek is just an ordinary 12 year old boy who enjoys reading and Western films, but his life was about to change. Yanek is a Jew and he is about to face his worst nightmare. The Nazis are coming and taking Jews to concentration camps or placing …