Genre: Realistic Fiction

ALL THE WAY AROUND THE SUN By XiXi Tian

Short and Sweet Review All the Way Around the Sun, follows our main character Stella as she navigates what her future will look like and also grieving. When Stella’s brother went off to college everyone expected him to come back but he doesn’t he passes and his death changes everything. Stella and her brother were […]

THE QUEENS OF NEW YORK By E.L. Shen

Short and Sweet Review Jia, Ariel, and Everett are best friends but this summer they’ll be apart. Jia is staying in New York helping with her parent’s restaurant in Chinatown, Everett is going to an acting school in Ohio, and Ariel is in San Francisco on a STEM scholarship. Throughout the book we see each […]

GIRLS LIKE HER By Melanie Sumrow

Short and Sweet Review Fifteen year old Ruby is in a Dallas Jail waiting for her trial, for the death of a prominent businessman. Ruby has no one in her corner until her state appointed social worker Cadence comes along. Cadence knows how hard life has been for Ruby because she’s experienced some of it […]

SHUT UP, THIS IS SERIOUS By Carolina Ixta

Short and Sweet Review Belén just wants to be a normal teenager and have normal experiences but in her life nothing is going right, her father left, she may not graduate, and her religious and studious friend ends up pregnant by a boy she can’t tell her parents about because they’re racist. Soon Belén starts […]

THIS TOWN IS ON FIRE By Pamela N. Harris

Short and Sweet Review Naomi and Kylie have been friends since they were kids and now they’re going into their senior year of high school, they’re like sisters and Naomi looks to Kylie to keep her grounded. Naomis world is rocked when a video of Kylie calling the cops on two black teens is released […]

ON THE COME UP By Angie Thomas

Short and Sweet Review Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers, but first she has to get through a battle at the ring and win. When Bri does win she starts to get some traction and eventually she ends up recording her first song On the Come Up, unfortunately the people closest to […]

THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL STATEMENT By Tracy Badua

Short and Sweet Review Perla Perez is the youngest student in her graduating class and all her life she’s worked to get accepted into Delmont University. So when Perla gets a rejection letter she panics and creates a fake acceptance letter and shows it to her parents. Perla plans to pretend to be a student […]

THE LAST TIME WE SAY GOODBYE By Cynthia Hand

Short and Sweet Review The Last Time We Say Goodbye follows Lex as she navigates life after her brother’s suicide. Lex used to be happy with her family and friends but now everything is different. One thing that people don’t know is that Tyler texted Lex before he died, now Lex is trying to pick […]

TEMPESTUOUS By Kim Askew And Amy Helmes

Short and Sweet Review Miranda used to be the “it girl” until a scandal brought her down. Now Miranda is working at the mall’s food court and trying to make it through being a social outcast. A snowstorm hits and leaves Miranda, her coworkers, and her former friends stuck in the mall together, Miranda thinks […]