Nightshade

Name: Tessa Grey
Age: 13
Title: Nightshade
Author: Andrea Cremer
Publisher: Penguin

Would you like to nominate this book for Teens' Top Ten?
Yes.

Why?
It has adventure and love, the characters are funny and sarcastic.

What did you like about the cover? Did the cover reflect the contents?
i liked that you could tell the girl could be dark and dangerous yet sarcastic and loving.yes it did reflect the contents.

Describe the most compelling aspect of the book.
the adventure and love. how the charactures in the book took care of each other.

Were you disappointed with the book for any reason?
no i wasn't disappointed with the book at all

How would you rate this book?
4 - Better than most

Belle Epoque

Name: Tory Brennan
Age: 13
Title: Belle Epoque
Author: Elizabeth Ross
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Would you like to nominate this book for Teens' Top Ten?
Yes.

Tell us more.
This book is about seeing yourself in a different way. Maude works for a agency whose purpose is to rent out ugly women to high class people to make them seem more attractive. Maude had never seen herself as ugly until they accepted her for the job. She meets Paul an artist who doesn't see her as ugly and doesn't understand how anyone else could. Along with Isabelle and many others Maude is determined to find a way to change the agency's workers lot in life.

What did you like about the cover? Did the cover reflect the contents?
The cover does give some hints about the book, but i think if she was dressed up in a ball gown next to Isabelle it might be a closer representation.

Describe the most compelling aspect of the book.
The truthfulness of the book. Things like this happen all the time. Maybe not the agency part, but people are constantly comparing themselves to others and what people tell you tends to stick.

Were you disappointed with the book for any reason?
No, not really. It was very impressive.

How would you rate this book?
4 - Better than most

Boot Camp

Name: Katniss Everdeen
Age: 14
Title: Boot Camp
Author: Todd Strasser
Publisher: Simon & Schuester

Would you like to nominate this book for Teens' Top Ten?
No.

Why?

Because i really liked the book but i don't thing its a book a lot of people would enjoy.

What did you like about the cover? Did the cover reflect the contents?

I liked the book cover. But i dont thing it reflected the contents but it did the title.

Describe the most compelling aspect of the book.

The ending you have to read it it something you never would have thought would happen.

Were you disappointed with the book for any reason?

I was disappointed by the ending but i still loved it. I can't tell you why.

How would you rate this book?

4 - Better than most

Anything else you'd like to add?

YOU SHOULD READ IT.

Paperboy

Name: Fancy Nancy
Age: 15
Title: Paperboy
Author: Vince Vawter
Publisher: Random House Children's Books

Would you like to nominate this book for Teens' Top Ten?
No.

Why?
As much as I hate to say it, I had to quit reading about half-way through. The plot was incredibly slow, and it was confusing to tell exactly who the target audience was. The main character, an unnamed boy, spoke like an average 11 year-old, but the plot dealt with some very adult experiences: there are touches of existentialism and bitterness in the paperboy's thoughts; he meets a lonely alcoholic housewife who suffers from an abusive husband, yet finds solace in a greasy mechanic named Charles. The paperboy feels invalid and unwanted. He also faces the issue of prejudice and segregation. However, it feels as though Vawter couldn't decide where exactly to market this story, so he compromised by settling in the middle of an age group.

What did you like about the cover? Did the cover reflect the contents?
The cover was appropriate and relevant to the story.

Describe the most compelling aspect of the book.
The main character (who still goes unnamed) was a very intelligent young man. He seemed to face the problems that many young adult face today, and he had a very unique way of saying them. Vawter explores loneliness, self-consciousness, incompetence, bravery, cowardice, bitterness, excitement, and heart break all through the eyes of an 11 year-old boy.

Were you disappointed with the book for any reason?
Overall, the plot was extremely slow. I always hate to give up on a book, but I really felt as though I was just wasting my time. Vawter set up so many sub-plots with Ara T, Mrs. Worthington, Mr. Spiro, and the question of the paperboy's paternity, yet he waited far too long to bring any of them to fruition.

How would you rate this book?
2 - Needs more work

Ashes

Name: Katniss Everdeen
Age: 14
Title: Ashes
Author: Ilsa J. Bick
Publisher: Egmont

Would you like to nominate this book for Teens' Top Ten?
No.

Why?
It scared me but if you like to read them type off things then its a yes.

What did you like about the cover? Did the cover reflect the contents?
THe cover scared me b/c it was suppoes to reflect the weird mutated kids in the book.

Describe the most compelling aspect of the book.
The twist in events that at first made no sense.

Were you disappointed with the book for any reason?
No.

How would you rate this book?
3 - Readable

The Rules

Name: Katniss Everdeen
Age: 14
Title: The Rules (Paper Doll Project #1)
Author: Stacey Kade
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion

Would you like to nominate this book for Teens' Top Ten?
Yes.

Why?

B/c its page turning wondering whats going to happen next type of book.
When the girl, Ariane, is being chased and Zane blind of whats happening. I loved it!!

What did you like about the cover? Did the cover reflect the contents?
I liked the cover but it could have been a little more creative.

Describe the most compelling aspect of the book.

Hard it pick i loved the whole thing. but i did love the part of the book when it talked about her time in the white room.

Were you disappointed with the book for any reason?

No.

How would you rate this book?

4 - Better than most

Anything you'd like to add?

I want to read book 2!!

Siege and Storm

Name: Tory Brennan
Age: 13
Title: Siege and Storm
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.

Would you like to nominate this book for Teens' Top Ten?
Yes.

Why?
This book is awesome. Bardugo set the book up perfectly and i love it. The characters aren't perfect and their lives are just as complicated and confusing as ours. Bardugo puts things that happen to everyone of us in a amazing tale of powers and self-sacrifice. This book is well written and deserves all the praise.

What did you like about the cover? Did the cover reflect the contents?
I liked that the cover looked mysterious and shadowy. It's not full of things, but it reflects the contents completely.

Describe the most compelling aspect of the book.
The fact that the characters have things that happen to them that happen to us. Nobody's perfect and the hero's aren't and yet they still manage to survive and help others.

Were you disappointed with the book for any reason?
One of two things. The few things that were disappointing are the fact that she doesn't really meet any other Grisha. I just don't feel that she made as much  of a connection to them as she could have.

How would you rate this book?
5 - Hard to imagine a better book