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The Serafina series released its latest installment Serafina and the Seven Stars in 2019. Having read two books in the four-book series, The Sidekick staff designer Noor Fatima reviews Serafina and the Seven Stars to see if the book holds up the quality of its predecessors.

Serafina pounces to life in Serafina and the Seven Stars

Noor Fatima, Graphic designer November 15, 2022

Please read this with discretion as it will include spoilers. The first time I picked up a book in the Serafina series was in middle school. I found a copy of Serafina and the Twisted Staff at the Judith...

The Sidekick’s Wren Lee reviews Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu for the upcoming authors event at William T. Cozby Public Library on Feb. 24.. She also connects the novel with the Riot Grrrl movement, which is an underground feminist punk movement that originated in the 1990s.

Mathieu creates fictional feminist revolution based on personal experiences

Wren Lee, Executive Design Editor February 16, 2018

Young adult fiction’s latest feminist sensation Vivian Carter is ready to fight back.   Moxie is a young adult fiction novel written by author Jennifer Mathieu, who has written various other...

Sidekick staff writer Pramika Kadari holds a copy of The Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins. The Overachievers is a nonfiction book that explores the problematic pressures of today's society, focusing on eight high school and college students’ lives.

Robbins exposes society’s ugly side in The Overachievers

Pramika Kadari, Staff Writer December 8, 2017

    In New York, there are preschools with a lower acceptance rate than Harvard, where children with parents who are obsessed with their success levels are sent.  This is only one of the many...

“Lone Survivor” gains interest

May 5, 2011

By Chase Porter Staff Writer After the recent events involving Osama bin Laden's death the book, "Lone Survivor," has taken up growing interest because of its involvement with the U.S. Navy SEALs. The...

Book review: Eat Pray Love

January 29, 2010

by Melissa Brisco Staff Writer I am generally not a big fan of autobiographies. Normally, I find them boring and I quickly lose interest. However, Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love is one of...

Review for Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

December 18, 2009

I am not what you would call an avid science fiction fan. In fact, I think I can count the number of Sci-Fi books I’ve read on one hand. But after finishing reading Flower for Algernon by Daniel Keyes,...

Review for Lightning Bug by Donald Harington

October 8, 2009

Most works of contemporary fiction focus on either prevalent issues or infamous historical events. However,  in Donald Harrington's second novel, Lightning Bug, the reader is introduced to the world...

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