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Fireworks by Alice Lin Genre: Realistic Fiction; Romance Reviewed by Julia W., 10th Grade Rating: 8/10 Lulu Li is finishing up her last year of high school and is ready to check off all the boxes on her summer activities list. With the company of Stephanie and Ester, her two closest friends, summer vacation has never looked brighter. However, she soon learns her summer isn't going to go according to plan, not completely anyway. Lulu's mom tells her that their next door neighbor, who was also Lulu's childhood best friend, is coming home for the summer. Only he isn't just a childhood friend. He's now a K-pop idol with tons of fans. He goes by the stage name Kite and Lulu hasn't seen him since he debuted with his group, Karnival. Lulu wants them to be friends again, but it isn't easy. It gets even harder when Lulu starts to question what kind of feelings she has for Kite. Even if she does have romantic feelings for him, could they ever work together?

Tokyo Ever After

Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean Genre: Realistic Fiction Reviewed by Julia W., 10th Grade Rating: 9/10 Tokyo Ever After is a modern day fairy tale full of surprises. Izumi Tanaka is a normal teenager finishing up her last year of high school in Mount Shasta, a small town in Northern California. She lives with her mom and her beloved dog, Tamagotchi. She doesn’t know much about her dad until she and her best friend, Noora, come across his name in a letter he wrote to Izumi’s mother. Turns out, her dad is nothing short of being the Crown Prince of Japan. This also means Izumi is a real life princess. Wanting to know more about her roots and her dad, Izumi travels to Japan to seek answers and learn. Izumi soon realizes that this won’t be an easy trip. She has to deal with dresses, the press, meeting her family members, and trying to keep up with the customs that are quite literally foreign to her. Not to mention that there’s a bodyguard that she may have feelings for. Izumi is making mi

Stars and Smoke

Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu Genre: Thriller; Contemporary Reviewed by Julia W., 10th Grade Rating: 9/10 Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu follows Sydney Cossette, a spy for a covert operations company called Panacea Group. Her job is to deal with anything the CIA isn’t able to due to their government restrictions. When Niall O’Sullivan and Sauda Nazari, Sydney‘s bosses, inform her that they want to ask a pop star for help, she isn’t super keen on the idea. She just doesn’t see how a pop star is going to help with a high intensity mission. Likewise, the pop star himself, Winter Young, isn’t exactly psyched to join the mission. He's on the same page as Sydney in thinking he isn't exactly qualified to be a spy. He knows how to sing and dance to songs that have already been written and choreographed, not think on his feet in unpredictable situations. However, with a push (plus an incentive from Niall and Sauda), he ultimately agrees.

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