Author Archives: Curtis Driscoll

Little Wound’s Warriors  Title: Little Wound’s Warriors   Director: Seth McClellan   Copyright Date: 2017   Genre: Documentary   Awards or Honors: None  Reading Level: 13+   Plot Summary: The film follows students from Little Wound High School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The students live on the reservation and like living there, but they acknowledge they face challenges. The story gives a history of The Battle of Wounded KneeContinue reading “Little Wound’s Warriors”

Paper Towns   Title: Paper Towns   Author: John Green   ISBN: 9780142414934  Publisher: HarperCollins    Copyright Date: 2008   Genre: Mystery, Romance, Teen  Awards or Honors: 2009 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult book.   Reading Level: High School Grades 9-12  Plot Summary: The story follows Quentin, who is at home in the last semester of his senior year in high school in Florida. Margo, his neighbor, getsContinue reading “Paper Towns”

The Maze Runner  Title: The Maze Runner   Author: James Dashner    ISBN: 9780385907026  Publisher: Delacorte Press   Copyright Date: 2009   Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller   Awards or Honors: The Book is a New York Time Best Seller   Reading Level: Older teen   Plot Summary: Thomas wakes up in a box with supplies as it rises to the top of a place that isContinue reading “The Maze Runner”

There’s Someone Inside Your House   Title: There’s Someone Inside Your House  Author: Stephanie Perkins  ISBN: 9781101590027  Publisher: Dutton Books  Copyright Date: 2017  Genre: Mystery, Horror, Slasher  Awards or Honors: None  Reading Level: Older Teens 16 and above  Plot Summary: Chapter one begins with a young high school girl named Hayley being murdered by a mysterious stranger. Chapter Two jumpsContinue reading “There’s Someone Inside Your House”

Bone Gap   Title: Bone Gap   Author: Laura Ruby     ISBN: 9780062317605   Publisher: Balzer+Bray   Copyright Date: 2015   Genre: Teen, fiction, mystery, fantasy   Awards or Honors: Michael Printz Award Winner   Reading Level/Interest Level: Teenager and young adults   Plot Summary: The book follows a young man named Finn as he investigates the disappearance of a young 19-year-old woman named Roza in the town of Bone Gap. As Finn lives life in farm town BoneContinue reading “Bone Gap”

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me   Bibliographic Information:  Title: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me  Author: Mariko Tamaki     ISBN: 978-1-250-31284-6   Publisher: First Second Books   Copyright Date: 2019   Genre: Graphic Novel, LGBTQ, Teen, Romance   Awards or Honors: Michael Printz Award Finalist, 2020 Walter Dean Myers Award   Reading Level: Teenager   Plot Summary: The graphic novel follows Freddy Riley, a 17-year-old girl in love with her high school classmateContinue reading “Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me”

Midwinter Blood   “That we are not just one, but a multitude.”   Title: Midwinter Blood   Author: Marcus Sedgwick   ISBN: 978-1-59643-800-2  Publisher: Roaring Book Press   Copyright Date: 2013   Genre: Teen, Magic, Fantasy   Awards or Honors: Michael Printz Award Winner   Reading Level: Teenager   Plot Summary: Midwinter Blood follows seven different stories in different time periods on the island of Blessed and the power of a strange flower thatContinue reading “Midwinter Blood”

Dig  Title: Dig  Author: A.S. King    ISBN: 978110994917   Publisher: Dutton Books   Copyright Date: 2019   Genre: Young adult fiction, Family,   Awards or Honors: Michael Printz Award Finalist and Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner   Reading Level: Teenager, young adult   Plot Summary: The story starts in 2018 and follows the Hemmings family across multiple generations and their issues in their lives. Some characters are introduced with names, like brothers Jake andContinue reading “Dig”

Title: Speak No Evil   Author: Iweala Uzodinma   ISBN: 9780062199096   Publisher: HarperCollins  Copyright Date: 2018   Genre: LGBTQ, Fiction, Teen   Awards or Honors: Michael Printz Award Finalist   Reading Level: Teenager   Plot Summary: The book follows the stories of Niru, a son of Nigerian immigrants who live in Washington D.C., and Meridith, a white student also in the Washington D.C. area. Niru has a good life,Continue reading “Speak No Evil”

The Wolf Among Us   Title: The Wolf Among Us   Production Company: Telltale Games   Copyright: 2013   Genre: Comic, Fantasy   Awards or Honors:None  Playing Level: Rated M for Mature.   Plot Summary: The Wolf Among Us follows fable characters from European fable tales, which now live in a section of New York City in the 1980s called Fabletown. These characters include Bigby Wolf,Continue reading “The Wolf Among Us”