Andy Jackson and Rob Washington are stars of their high school basketball team and great friends.  When Rob is killed in a car driven by Andy who had been drinking, Andy’s world turns upside down.  As he drowns in guilt and grief, others try to help him come to terms with the accident and loss of his friend. His girl friend, family, and teachers struggle to recover the vibrant Andy they once knew.  This heart breaking story is told from the perspective of a variety of characters through dialogue, letters, poems, and news articles which allow you to piece together a very honest and complete picture of how the tragedy is affecting Andy and his friends and keeps the pace fast and readers interested.

Reviewed by Mrs. Walker

Reviewed by Lucia Sanchez

This book is about a religious and innocent girl and a total reject who fall for each other. Later she tells him she has a deadly sickness called lukemia. He tries to find a way to save her but finds out she isn’t taking her medication. The moral is she changes a non-caring guy into something better. He actually realizes what his life is about and becomes goal-oriented. This book is so emotional. You will love it. It has romance and everything.

Find all Nicholas Sparks book in the Fiction section under FIC Spa. If you like A Walk to Remember, you might also like Lurlene McDaniel’s books under FIC McD.

Reviewed by Mariana Escobedo

I read Othello in my AP Literature class first semester and it has become one of my top pieces of writing so far. It’s based on jealousy and the perceptions of interracial relationships. Othello, the so-called leader of Cyprus, who is also a moor, calls Cassio to be his head Lt. instead of Iago. Iago seems to be a great man to everybody’s face but betrays every single person he interacts with, including his wife. He makes Othello believe that his faithful wife is cheating on him with his partner Casio. This of course is all a lie. Throughout the play Iago makes little remarks about Othello’s wife and Casio being togehter and by the end of the play, Othello goes nuts. He ends up killing his loving wife then realizing the truth and hating himself so much that he kills himself. It’s a great love story gone bad.

Find all of Shakespeare’s works in the nonfiction section under 822.3 Sha.