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Rachel D.

Biography

Rachel D.

Teen Board Member

Coral Gables, Florida

Hey guys, I'm Rachel and I've been writing for Teenreads for three years now. I'm obsessed with lending my favorite books out to my friends, so Teenreads is really where I get to do that, but online. When I'm not reading, I'm probably making a robot or writing for my school's newspaper. Though I don't have a favorite genre per se, I really love fantasy or historical pieces. There's just something about being taken completely out of your everyday world that keeps pulling me in. Since I'm entering my last year of legal childhood (and hence, as a Teen Board member as well), I'm making this one my best! Happy reading!

Top Five Favorite Books:
1. RULES OF CIVILITY by Amor Towles
2. The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
3. KANE AND ABEL by Jeffrey Archer
4. ANNA AND THE SWALLOW MAN by Gavriel Savit
5. ROSIE GIRL by Julie Shepard

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Reviews by Rachel D.

by Laura Moriarty - Fiction, Young Adult 13+

Imagine a United States in which registries and detainment camps for Muslim-Americans are a reality. Fifteen-year-old Sarah-Mary Williams lives in this world, and though she has strong opinions on almost everything, she isn’t concerned with the internments because she doesn’t know any Muslims. She assumes that everything she reads and sees in the news is true, and that these plans are better for everyone’s safety. So when she happens upon Sadaf, a Muslim fugitive determined to reach freedom in Canada, Sarah-Mary at first believes she must turn her in. But Sadaf challenges Sarah-Mary’s perceptions of right and wrong, and instead Sarah-Mary decides to do all she can to help Sadaf escape.

by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne - Fantasy, Fiction

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first to be presented on stage. It was always difficult being Harry Potter, and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes darkness comes from unexpected places.

by Gavriel Savit - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult 12+

Anna Łania is just seven years old when the Germans take her father, a linguistics professor, during their purge of intellectuals in Poland. Then Anna meets the Swallow Man. He is a mystery, strange and tall, a skilled deceiver with more than a little magic up his sleeve. And when the soldiers in the streets look at him, they see what he wants them to see. Over the course of their travels together, Anna and the Swallow Man will dodge bombs, tame soldiers and even, despite their better judgment, make a friend. But in a world gone mad, everything can prove dangerous. Even the Swallow Man.

by Kathryn Holmes - Fiction, Young Adult 12+

Sophomore Hallie Calhoun has just endured the most excruciating six months of her life. Once the rumors about her and the preacher's son, Luke, made their way around school, her friends abandoned her, and Hallie has completely withdrawn. Now, on a hike in the Smoky Mountains with the same people who have relentlessly taunted her, Hallie is pushed to her limit. Then Hallie, outgoing newcomer Rachel, and Hallie's former friend, Jonah, get separated from the rest of the group. As days go by without rescue, their struggle for survival turns deadly.