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These books have been reviewed by students and are listed alphabetically by title.

Katie.com
Review by Abby
I recently read the book Katie.com. This book was an autobiography written by Katharine Tarbox. This book was about a girl who swims for a team in New Canaan. She meets a guy named "Mark" online. She talks to him back and forth for about six months. Finally they decide to meet each other at a swim meet that Katie has. Katie doesn’t tell anyone about her plan to meet "Mark". When she finally meets him something happens that changes her life forever.

The author used detail, but not too much. This book is also full of suspense and action. I think that this book was very interesting and good. I recommend this book for anyone ages 11 and up. This book teaches a very important lesson about the internet. On a scale of 1-10 I would give this book a 9. After reading this book I am going to be careful about who I talk to and what I say.

Kissing Kate Dutton Books, 2003, 198 pages
By Lauren Myracle
Review by L.F. - 2004-2005

Lissa thought about it all the time. It bothered her and she didn’t know why? Was she a mistake? Was there something wrong with her? Her misery started on the night of Rob’s party. Lissa and her best friend, Kate decided they would check it out. Lissa didn’t expect that they would stay long because it was full of people that gave of a strong smell of alcohol. But later, Lissa found herself in Rob’s gazebo, outback. She was with Kate. Kate was drunk she wasn’t. They were talking about what it would be like to kiss another girl. One thing led to another and let’s just say something happened that is making Kate ignore Lissa.

I loved this book; it was full of new friendships, happiness, sadness, and confusion. Lauren Myracle has a way of putting you in a trance with her words. You never want to put the book down. Kissing Kate is a great teen fiction that people who like sad, but with happy ending books should read.