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Katheryn, Neela, and Kevin fawning over Coriolanus Snow

Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes — did we just fall in love with a dictator?!

By Neela Ravi, Kevin Pham, and Katheryn Consuegra December 10, 2023

DISCLAIMER: This review will contain major spoilers about The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. A tall, chiseled man with blonde curls captured the audience of the movie theater on opening...

Three books that include romanticized abusive relationships. From left to right: After by Anna Todd, Nightfall by Penelope Douglas, and November 9th by Colleen Hoover

Op-Ed: The harm of romanticizing abuse within books

By Adrianna Guadalupe, Staff Writer December 13, 2022

“Abuse can feel like love.” The amount of books that romanticize abusive relationships, like the quote above from Penelope Douglas’s Nightfall, has been increasing one by one. Along with the rising...

Our Missing Hearts is a dystopian novel that explores anti-Asian violence and discrimination.

‘Our Missing Hearts’: a dystopian novel’s reminder of our society’s shortcomings

By Natalia Nguyen, Copy Editor November 14, 2022

Heart-rendingly descriptive, Celeste Ng’s Our Missing Hearts illustrates a dystopian society that is uncomfortably close to our own. The book is a deeply disturbing and cautionary tale warning readers...

An assortment of APUSH textbooks in APUSH teacher Nathan Wendt's classroom.

College Board to Texas schools: Follow AP curriculum or lose AP status

By Sakina Hafeez, Sumedha Mohanty, and Naadiya Walji September 23, 2022

  Earlier this year, College Board announced Texas schools could lose their AP Status if they do not rigorously follow the AP curriculum. The announcement came following concerns that recent ...

John Green's Anthropocene Reviewed is timely and relatable to adolescents amid the pandemic.

John Green’s first nonfiction book : The Athropocene Reviewed

By Abigail Nunez, Staff Writer November 8, 2021

  The Y.A author John Green’s new and first nonfiction book  The Anthropocene Reviewed was published on May 8, 2021. The book is a collection of personal essays that talk about...

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