Book: Chef's Kiss Author: Jarrett Melendez (Illustrated by Danica Brine, colored by Hank Jones, and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou) Reviewer: Sammi B, 10th Grade Ben Cook has always loved to read and write, but it’s also been what his…
Book: Crooked Kingdom Author: Leigh Bardugo Reviewer: Quinn A, 10th Grade "Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return". Leigh Bardugo takes readers back into the swirling realm of Grishaverse--the world…
Book: If He Had Been With Me Author: Laura Nowlin Reviewer: Zara Jackson, 9th Grade The main character, Autumn, is a normal girl at high school with her friends and her boyfriend. Finn, her neighbor, is a popular guy who…
Book: Speak Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Reviewer: Sachi, 9th Grade Speak, written by Laurie Halse Anderson, depicts the struggles of Melinda Sordino, a high school freshman, as she navigates her new life as an outcast. This sudden separation from her…
Book: It's Kind of a Cheesy Love Story Author: Lauren Morrill Reviewer: Nathan R., 12th Grade As the title presumes, this story is one that really exemplifies the stereotypical “cheesy love story.” However, instead of entailing simply to the common…
Book: Love & Olives Author: Jenna Evans Welch Reviewer: Sammi B., 10th Grade Olive, also known as Liv, has always distanced herself as far away from the myth of Atlantis and her father as possible. After her father left…
Book: How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories Author: Holly Black Reviewer: Quinn A., 10th Grade As the ending of The Folk of the Air series glides readers to the resolution of their momentous journey in the…
Congratulations tot he winners of the 2021 Solano County Library Teen Writing Contest! Poetry Jaya Wartson Lucy Kuhn Nathan Bowman Short Stories Lilyana Atkinson Niah Madigan Nathan Anthony E. Jar Essays Hannah Bowman Ella Baty Juliana Dionisio Each of our…
Announcing the winners of the 2020 Solano County Library Teen Writing Contest. Poetry Winners Jaya Wartson Amritjot Chahil Nathan Bowman Short Story Winners Niah Madigan Kirsten Dana Vinluan Sophia Samulde Essay Winners Melany Menezes Tianeh Parsi Hannah Bowman Congratulations to…
Please enjoy the Solano Library "Write On!" eMagazine featuring winners from the 2019 Teen Writing Contest and 2020 Teen Photography Contest!