Genre: Contemporary

COIN HEIST By Elisa Ludwig

Short and Sweet Review Alice, Jason, Dakota, and Benny all go to the same prestigious prep school in Philadelphia, but none of them are really friends. After a trip to the mint Jason thinks it’s a good hypothetical idea to rob the mint, and he goes over this idea with Alice since she brought up […]

MOXIE By Jennifer Mathieu

Short and Sweet Review Vivian Carter is a normal high school junior. She hang’s out with her friends, goes to the football games, and see’s her grandparents almost daily. But when a new girl in class tries to answer a question and a boy replies with a sexist remark Vivian realizes she’s fed up. She’s […]

FIVE WAYS TO FALL OUT OF LOVE By Emily Martin

Short and Sweet Aubrey doesn’t rely on love and she learned that the hard way after being stood up by Webster Casey on homecoming night. Aubrey’s parents have a marriage that is falling apart and Aubrey uses that as proof that love doesn’t last but things change after she meets Holland, who also ends up […]

SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA By Becky Albertalli

Short and Sweet Review Simon isn’t out yet but he finds happiness sending emails back and forth with someone from school who is calling themselves Blue. But when a classmate, Martin, sees those emails he decides to blackmail Simon into becoming his wingman. Now Simon has to navigate being blackmailed and making sure his secret […]

EVERY SINGLE LIE By Rachel Vincent

Short and Sweet Review Let’s just get into this. Beckett skips school but ends up remembering she has a test to take so she does end up in school and while in the girls locker room she finds a baby in a duffle bag, unfortunately the baby is dead. Anyway everyone in town starts to […]

THE INITIAL INSULT By Mindy McGinnis

Short and Sweet Review In Amontillado, Ohio, your last name means more than how much money you have. Tress Montor used to be important until her parents mysteriously disappeared while driving her best friend, Felicity home. Now Tress lives with her grandfather Cecil at his trailer with a wild animal attraction in the back that […]

REVENGE OF THE SLUTS By Natalie Walton

Short and Sweet Review When intimate pictures of 7 students are sent to the entire school, Eden Jeong the lead reporter for the school paper is given the chance to write about the scandal. After learning that not everyone thinks the girls are victims Eden is shocked. The person who sent the email is threatening […]

WHEN YOU LOOK LIKE US By Pamela N. Harris

When Jay’s sister Nic goes to a party and calls him he thinks she’s high on drugs and ends up hanging up on her. But after being gone almost a week Jay realizes something is really wrong. Jay doesn’t think anyone will help someone who looks like “us” which means they have brown skin, black […]

ONE OF THE GOOD ONES By Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite

Short and Sweet Kezi Smith is a social activist, after attending a rally and being taken into custody Kezi is killed under mysterious circumstances. Kezi’s family is still dealing with her death. Kezi becomes another victim remembered for police brutality in the US. To honor Kezi’s memory her sisters, Genny and Happi embark on a […]