The best reviews from our past Teen Summer Reading years have been posted below. Browse to find your next read! Click on the image to be taken to the catalog to place a hold.

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Dare to Dream by One Direction

Dare to dream is a biography written by One Direction, telling us about their adventures of being in a band traveling the world together. The band is made up of five people. Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Harry Styles. Four out of the five boys are British and Niall is Irish. Together they share their own story about being on tours, traveling the world, their concerts, pulling pranks on each other, talking to fans, their personal life, and just having a good time. If your a fan of One Direction I would recommend this book for you.

Rating: Awesome

- Mackenzie, Saltfleet

The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha

This book was "AWESOME" I loved how many simple awesome things could make your life seem a whole lot more awesome. I also loved the way Neil Pasricha described it, often telling it with a story of his life or his childhood.

~ Chantelle, Waterdown

Cliquetionary by Lisi Harrison

The Cliquetionary isn't an actual book, it's more of a reference book of the Clique series. In this book it gives you personality quizzes to find out which Clique girl you are. It also has the main characters pages that describe themselves. Some other things that this book has are some of the best quotes form the entire series, all coming from different people. There's also a "Heart Chart" that shows all of the different relationships from the main characters in the book. There's also some poems, but not very many. The book also gives some makeup tips, like what to wear in what time of year and what not to wear. One of my favorite parts is the master packing list for when you go on vacation. I liked that part because I am very organized and I like making sure that I have all of my "essentials" when I go on vacation. But even though I like that part, my absolute favorite parts is the famous comebacks from the series and the actual "Cliquetionar y". The comebacks are when say, Massie would say to Claire, "Claire, are you a midget?" and Claire would reply "No" and Massie would say, "Then get over him!" as telling Claire to get over a guy she likes. The "Cliquetionary" is the part in the book when it tells all the definitions of some of the made up words or abbreviations from the girls in the book. The last part is some of the titles that Lisi Harrison ( the author ) was going to use but they weren't good enough to be a title. This book is the Cliquetionary and I would recommend it to anyone that is a fan of "The Clique" series.

~ Emma, Sherwood

The Cute Book by Aranzi Aronzo

The Cute Book by Aranzi Aronzo isn't exactly a read. It's actually a pattern book for making these adorable little plush animals. It might sound hard, but it is such a simple book that anyone could do it even children (with the help of an adult of course). This book will never bore you, because even when you're done making the plush animals, there's suggestions on what else you can use them for, like key chains, t-shirts, bags, etc. The materials needed for each project is felt, thread, a needle and creativity! Each animal is simple and cute and perfect to make for any gift. They are so fun to make and adorable to keep. Your friends will all want you to make them one of these cute bundles.

Gabrielle, age 18, Sherwood

GirlForce by Nikki Goldstein

The book "GirlForce" was a great book! At the beginning of the book it asks you to take a quiz to see what your Body Type is. If you get mostly A's as your answer your Body Type is "Air " and it gives you a little summary of your Body Type and some celebrities that resemble your Body Type. Then if you get mostly B's your Body Type is " Fire" and C's "Earth". Once you find out your Body Type you read through the book and it gives you Healthy Food Choices, Beauty Tips, Yoga Moves and much more for your Body Type. If you like that kind of stuff this book is definitley for you!

Casssidy, age 12, Red Hill