Alice Vol. 2 No. 2

The Best Kind of People
by Zoe Whittall
“What if someone you trusted was accused of
the unthinkable?”
George Woodbury, a teacher working for a prestigious prep
school, is arrested for sexual impropriety. The Best Kind of
People follows his wife, Joan, who’s angry and in denial, his
daughter Sadie, who goes from a popular high school senior
to an outcast, and his son Andrew, who assists in his father’s
defense, but remembers the unhappiness of his teenage years.
The family must relearn how to live their lives while
questioning George’s guilt.
sister of a brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people, uses her
power to exploit and torture his enemies. Akos, coming from
a peaceful nation called Thuyhe, and his brother are captured
by the Shotet. He will stop at nothing to get him out alive.
Both Cyra and Akos must decide to help each other, or follow
their in family’s footsteps and destroy one another.
Why We Came to the City
Kristopher Jansma
Jansma tells a story about young friends who are
just five years out of college starting their lives in New
York. The characters are finding their way through the
big city: editor Sara Sherman; her boyfriend astronomer
George Murphy, who’s dealing with addiction;
“loudmouth poet” Jacob Blaumann, who is no longer the
poet he used to be; William Cho, an investment banker;
and Irene Richmond, an “enchanting artist.” When one
friend falls incredibly ill, the characters are forced to step
back and look at their lives and relationships as well as the
one they have with the city they all chose.
In Why We Came To The City, Jansma is living up to the
high expectations set by his first book The Unchangeable
Spots of Leopards as he describes his hometown through the
eyes of young adults.
Carve the Mark
by Veronica Roth
Roth, who is known for writing thrilling scenes that keep
readers invested throughout all of her work, is the best-selling
author of the Divergent series. Carve the Mark is a sci-fi novel
that tells the story of Cyra and Akos, who have developed
a unique power called currentgifts. Both characters’ gifts
have made them vulnerable to the control of others. Cyra, the
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