Tag Archives: Gateway Mondays

If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser When DeShawn and his friends talk about the future they don’t say, “when  I grow up,” they say, “if  I grow up.”  For them, the possibility of prison or an early death is very … Continue reading →

If I Stay by Gayle Forman Life or Death?  These are Mia’s choices.  She is outside her body watching what goes on around her. Her parents have been killed in a car accident and she is in a coma.  Should … Continue reading →

Flash Burnout by L. K. Madigan Blake is your average teenager.  He has a girlfriend named Shannon who he hangs out with after school, he takes photography,  and he bums rides off his older brother and parents.  As his relationship … Continue reading →

The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams Why I Checked It Out:  Because I am trying to read something other than dystopian fiction. Why I Liked It:  You are engulfed from the first page in deft storytelling.  I read this … Continue reading →

After by Amy Efaw What could possibly drive a person to abandon a newborn baby in the trash? After by Amy Efaw is the story of 15-year-old Devon Davenport, soccer star, straight-A student and now, attempted murderer. As Devon meets with … Continue reading →

Hate List by Jennifer Brown Valerie Leftman’s boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Valerie is implicated in the shooting because Nick picked his targets based on a hate list of people they created together. Returning from summer break, … Continue reading →

Hold Still by Nina LaCour Caitlin is just trying to navigate the life of a teenage girl and all that it entails: school, friendships, family; change, love, loss; grief, joy, identity. When her best friend, Ingrid, commits suicide, Caitlin is … Continue reading →