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The student news site of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

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Top 5+5 of 2021: Books

Grace Sharma and Nicole Liu
January 30, 2022
All of Us Villains: Great potential, unremarkable execution

‘All of Us Villains’: Great potential, unremarkable execution

Megan Zhang, Staff Writer
December 30, 2021
Open a banned book, open your mind

Open a banned book, open your mind

Aafreen Ali, Team Leader
October 3, 2020
Salt Houses is author Hala Alyans debut novel. It follows three generations of the Yacoub family as they struggle with war, loss and assimilation.

“Salt Houses”: Finding a balance between war, loss and a cacophony of identities

Uzma Rentia, Editor-in-Chief
March 27, 2018
From Twinkle, With Love is set for release on May 22. As per tradition, I attempted to recreate the cover of the book with a debatable degree of success.

Add “From Twinkle, With Love” to your spring reading list

Adithi Ramakrishnan, Editor-in-Chief
February 9, 2018
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman is a coming-of-age novel that discusses the implications of and stigma surrounding mental illness.

To Read or Not to Read: “Challenger Deep” by Neal Shusterman

Adithi Ramakrishnan, Editor-in-Chief
August 28, 2017
When Dimple Met Rishi is an endearing contemporary novel about a teenage, Indian-American romance. The books eye-catching cover has been recreated multiple times online by its readers, so I decided to try my hand at it.

To Read or Not to Read: “When Dimple Met Rishi” by Sandhya Menon

Adithi Ramakrishnan, Editor-in-Chief
June 28, 2017
The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, as detailed in Ruta Sepetys Salt to the Sea, is considered a disaster more deadly than the sinkings of the Titanic and Lusitania combined. Sepetys raw and inventive writing style makes this a fast-paced and emotional read.

To Read or Not to Read: “Salt to the Sea” by Ruta Sepetys

Adithi Ramakrishnan, Editor-in-Chief
August 30, 2016
Jamie Parker, Sam Clemmett, and Poppy Miller star in The Cursed Child, the eighth installment in the Harry Potter series. The Palace Theatre is currently showing the play in two parts, as the nature of the story was too complex to shorten it to one.

“The Cursed Child” is a magical mishap

Adithi Ramakrishnan, Editor-In-Chief
August 9, 2016
The Archived is followed by The Unbound, continuing Mackenzies story in the realms of the living and the dead.

To Read or Not to Read: “The Archived” by Victoria Schwab

Adithi Ramakrishnan, Editor-in-Chief
July 30, 2016
To Read or Not to Read: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan

To Read or Not to Read: “The Hidden Oracle” by Rick Riordan

Adithi Ramakrishnan, Editor-in-Chief
June 30, 2016
Shadow and Bone was published in June 2012.

To Read or Not to Read: “Shadow and Bone” is a magical end to the summer

Adithi Ramakrishnan, Staff Writer
August 24, 2015
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