Publisher: HarperCollins

THREE THINGS ABOUT EMMY CRAWFORD By Allison L. Bitz

Short and Sweet Review Emmy Crawford is a senior in high school and she has three goals: Winning the debate nationals, protecting her sister Issy, and being a good representation of her family because her mom is running for president. Our main character is Emmy. Emmy likes to make lists of threes to keep everything […]

CLASS ACT By Kelsey Rodkey

Short and Sweet Review Ella and her younger sister, Connie, are starting the school year as transfer students. When someone finds out about Connies fan fiction and gets made fun of, Ella decides to defend her. The only thing is the bully, Thomas, is the student council president and it’s only the first day but […]

NIGHT OWLS By A.R. Vishny

Short and Sweet Review Clara and her sister Molly are Estries. An Estrie is a vampire and Clara and Molly have been undead for over a century and Clara would like to keep it that way, which is why she has rules and a lot of them. The sisters also run a historic movie theater. […]

AISLE NINE By Ian X. Cho

Short and Sweet A few years ago portals to hell opened all over the world, and on a regular basis demons pop out of these portals. Jasper works at Here For You Mart, which happens to have a portal in aisle nine. This portal is guarded by the Vanguard and Jaspers crush Kyle happens to […]

TILL THE LAST BEAT OF MY HEART By Louangie Bou-Montes

Short and Sweet Review Jaxon’s family runs the funeral home in town, so seeing dead bodies roll through is normal for Jaxon. When the next body on the table belongs to Jaxon’s former friend Christian, Jaxon is shocked but also regrets the things he never got to tell Christian. Jaxon accidentally resurrects Christian and he […]

AN EMOTION OF GREAT DELIGHT By Tahereh Mafi

Short and Sweet Review Its two years after 9/11 and tensions are running high, but Shadi has other important things to worry about than people looking down on her for being Muslim. Honestly, I wish this book was better than it was. I thought it would be more about navigating life after 9/11 especially because […]

A MILLION TO ONE By Adiba Jaigirdar

Short and Sweet Review A thief, an actress, an artist, and an acrobat aboard the Titanic in hopes of pulling off a heist. Josefa is a thief and she enlists her friends Violet, Emilie, and Hinnah to help her because they all come with certain skills that’ll help this mission be successful. The goal is […]

PANIC By Lauren Oliver

Short and Sweet Review Panic is a game played in Carp by graduating seniors. Panic is a high stakes game where the players are putting their lives on the line and the last person standing gets a reward. Our main characters Heather and Dodge both have different reasons for joining. Heather was basically an impulse […]

ESCAPE FROM ASYLUM By Madeleine Roux

Short and Sweet Review Brookline isn’t the first place Ricky’s parents have sent him to try to fix him, but Ricky knows something isn’t right with Brookline. He’s seeing and hearing things, and now the Warden has taken a special interest in him, and even chose Ricky for a special program. Ricky realizes that he […]