After (CCHS) March 4, 2013

Amy Efaw’s novel After brings to the audience a teenage girl named Devon Davenport. Devon is a straight-A student, star athlete in soccer, and has never done anything wrong in her entire life. Despite her horrible childhood and irresponsible mother, Devon does the best she can to make a future for herself. This is exactly what Devon is before the morning she gave birth, threw her newborn baby into a dumpster, and was found bloody on her sofa by the police. Every moment after this she is considered an attempted murderer, and she is looked down upon from every angle. Devon was in deep denial and did not know she was pregnant. The majority of the story moves through Devon’s detainment at the juvenile center, her time with her lawyer, and her court proceedings.Most of the time Devon appears to be an observer instead of a participant, especially when the birth is being described. This is an emotional, compelling novel that you will not want to put down. Most teenagers would enjoy this dramatic novel.
-Marissa Murchison

Blood is Thicker Than Water (CCHS) September 19, 2011

Bluford High Blood Is Thicker Than Water is an awesome book. It’s about a boy named Hakeem whose father has cancer. He has no job so they have no place to stay. He has to move so he leaves his exgirlfriend Dorcy & his friends. They move in with their Aunt and Uncle in Detroit. Hakeem doesn’t get along with his cousin Savon that well, and after awhile something mysterious happens. Girls and boys would like this book if you like a lot of action and problems that you will have to figure out.

– Mykiera Colbert

Carter Finally Gets It (CCHS) October 18, 2010

This is one of the funniest books I’ve read in a long time. Carter is a bumbling, stumbling, honest freshmen who is worried about making his mark in high school, especially with the ladies. Any sight of exposed skin, however, sends his ADD into overdrive and he has no control over what comes out of his mouth. He quickly finds himself in humiliating and hysterical situations with the jocks, his friends, and a hot girl who’s prone to smack him in public. Fortunately his friends often come to his rescue, along with his less socially-challenged older sister, and you’ll find yourself really liking Carter as he figures out who he really is.

Guys and girls will like this one. Carter seems like a friend you might know, and you’ll chuckle and cheer him on during his freshmen troubles. Come check this one out today!

~Collins Hill Media Specialist

Uglies (CCHS)

The book, Uglies, takes place in the future: a time period where we no longer exist. This book is about a girl named Tally Youngblood; in her world there are only two cities in the town where she lives. There is either Pretty Town or Uglyville. You stay in Uglyville until 16, and you turn pretty through an operation and you live in the pretty town forever. Tally’s choices soon become limited when her friend Shay runs away from the town to smoke. She is either given a choice to betray her friend and tell the truth or stay ugly for the rest of her life. Which one does she choose?

I really recommend you to read this wonderful story full of mystery. I could not put this book down. It keeps its audience enthusiastic about what will happen on the next page. If you are struggling to read because you think it’s too long, don’t; you won’t even realize when you done with it.

Collins Hill High Reader  ~  Class of 2012