Student Book Reviews: Introduction

Inspired by Mrs. Scott's 8th grade English classes, this guide showcases book reviews written by Carrollton students. Whether you're working on independent reading, a class project, or looking for your next leisure read, check out what your peers are recommending!

How to navigate this guide: The book reviews are divided by genres -a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter (Oxford Dictionary).

Granted, books may fall into multiple categories: A historical adventure thriller novel, for example.

However, based on the submitted student reviews, each book will be listed only under one of its overall genres.

Thus, it is recommended that you browse through each tab and see which titles are listed-- you never know, you may learn something new about a particular book, author, or genre!

If you would like to submit your own book review, please send an email to carrolltonlibraries@carrollton.org with the following information:

Subject Heading

• "Book Review [Title of Book by Author Name]"

Body of Email- The Book Review

Your book review should include:

• a brief (a couple of sentenses) synopsis-- without spoilers.
  Provide genre, setting, and plot.
   
• What were your initial thoughts about the book? Did it change as you read, or remain the same?
  Ex. "The first couple of chapters focused on world building, but by the middle it quickly picked up the pace and I couldn't put it down" or "My first thought when reading was this was going to be about _____, but by the end I realized it was about _______."
   
• Who would you recommend this book to?
  ​​​​​​​(Even if YOU did not enjoy the book, think about who might)
   
• What would you rate it? 

RATING SYSTEM:

Amazing: ✯✯✯✯✯

Great: ✯✯✯✯

Good: ✯✯✯

Okay: ✯✯

Not great: ✯