Genre: Contemporary

NIGERIA JONES By Ibi Zoboi

NIGERIA JONES By Ibi Zoboi

Short and Sweet Review Nigeria has been raised by her father who is a social justice warrior. He has a Movement that is a black separatist group in Philadelphia. Nigeria runs the youth group for her dad and leads rituals that connect group members to their ancestors. The only thing missing in Nigerias life is […]

IMOGEN, OBVIOUSLY By Becky Albertalli

IMOGEN, OBVIOUSLY By Becky Albertalli

Short and Sweet Review Imogen is very straight but she’s all for being an ally, her younger sister is queer, her best friend Gretchen is bi, and her other best friend Lili is newly out and living her best life at college with her group of queer friends. Imogen is finally visiting Lili at college […]

MY FLAWLESS LIFE By Yvonne Woon

MY FLAWLESS LIFE By Yvonne Woon

Short and Sweet Review When students at Hana’s elite private school in Washington D.C need a problem to go away they hire her, she’s a fixer. She can fix most of her classmates problems, the one thing she’s having trouble fixing is her own life. After her Senator father was arrested for an accident that […]

LIAR’S BEACH By Katie Cotugno

LIAR’S BEACH By Katie Cotugno

Short and Sweet Review Michael Linden isn’t wealthy, but he tries to keep up appearances for his boarding school friends. Linden is invited to Martha’s Vineyard by his roommate Jasper, which is where he meets, Wells and Eliza, Jasper’s siblings. After a party one night someone is found unconscious in the pool and it is […]

THIS IS NOT THE JESS SHOW By Anna Carey

THIS IS NOT THE JESS SHOW By Anna Carey

Short and Sweet Review It’s 1998 and Jess is trying to survive high school and live her best life. Jess hangs out with her best friend, has a crush on a boy, is worried about her sister’s health, and has overprotective parents. At school Jess sees a strange device with an apple logo on it […]

THE SHARP EDGE OF SILENCE By Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

THE SHARP EDGE OF SILENCE By Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

Short and Sweet Review To be accepted into Lycroft Phelps is a great accomplishment as it’s one of the most prestigious private schools in the nation. Charlotte is an Straight A student and a dancer, Max is a scholarship kid who excels at STEM, and Quinn is a Lycroft Legacy, and an artist. Each of […]

CREEP: A LOVE STORY By Lygia Day Peñaflor

CREEP: A LOVE STORY By Lygia Day Peñaflor

Short and Sweet Review Laney and Nico are the perfect couple, at least they are in Rafi’s mind. She watches them and takes it one step further by infiltrating herself into their lives. She starts babysitting Nico’s younger sister, she goes to parties with them, and even gets rides home from them. This isn’t enough […]

A LONG STRETCH OF BAD DAYS By Mindy McGinnis

A LONG STRETCH OF BAD DAYS By Mindy McGinnis

Short and Sweet Review Lydia Cass has worked hard her whole life to be able to get into a prestigious journalism program and leave her small town of Henley behind, but that plan comes to a halt when an error at the school leaves Lydia one credit short of graduating. The school offers Lydia a […]

ON THE COME UP By Angie Thomas

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 […]