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spring 2024 • Crisis & Change

Behind the Iron Curtain

by Fatima Shafi

We’re Here Because We’re Here: A Review of Ground Zero

by Orin Sim

winter 2023 • Finding Meaning

The Scrooges in Our Hearts

by Vincent Chang

The Thing About Jellyfish: An Exploration into the Human Mind

by Adya Sarin

Reimagining Life's Purpose: Insights from Pixar's Soul

by Maya Ahmed Lone and Maria Basovska

fall 2023 • Now and Then

One of Hercule Poirot’s Many Adventures

by Madison Thermidor

A Mind Doesn’t Have a Color

by Ananya Verma

summer 2023 • Courage

As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow: Finding the Courage to Persevere

by Finnegan Kelly

The Gilded Ones: Courage Before Tribulations

by Alison Hu

spring 2023 • Violence and Healing

A Traumatic Ember

by Konrad Tittel

The Firekeeper's Daughter: Battling the Ties Between Violence and Identity

by Adya Sarin

winter 2022 • Dreams and Desires

A Review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

by Lily Wang

A Review of the 2014 Adaptation of Annie

by Nubiana Smiley

Dreams of Worldly Desires

by Marium Ihsan

fall 2022 • Citizenship

A Review of The Night Diary

by Jack Green

Won’t You Be My Neighbor: A Heartwarming Documentary

by Pahal Bhasin

summer 2022 • Who Am I?

Exploring Love in Luca

by Natalie Tai

The Midnight Library: For the Life We Live

by Taylor Merrett

The Faculty of Wonder

by Nargis Kachrumathur

spring 2022 • Time and Space

A Review of Dune

by Lyla Cheary

A Review of The Girl from Everywhere

by Skylar Liu

winter 2021 • Love

The Perfect (Groundhog) Day

by Izzy Weitzman

Love Is the Cure for All Things

by Ruoxi Zhao

fall 2021 • The Media That Raised Us

Our Daily Dilemma

by Adya Sarin

The Expressionless World Without Books

by Taylor Merrett

True or False? The Dilemmas of a Good Journalist

by Patryk Karpowicz

Girl Gone Viral

by Eleanor Colston

summer 2021 • Connection and Isolation

Confetti Girl: Who Am I?

by Melanie Zavala Mendoza

Gravity

by Neissa Raymond

spring 2021 • Life and Death

“Pobody’s Nerfect!” Except, of Course, The Good Place

by Satya Shaw

We All Die, So Why Don’t We Die Well?

by Rachel Gai

The End of the Beginning: A Review of Human Nature

by Katie Lamm

winter 2020 • Silence

The Quiet and the Storm

by Raavee Tripathi

A Review of A Quiet Place

by Lucca Carlevarini

Waging an Inner Crusade

by Dylan Zhang

fall 2020 • Strength and Influence

The Triumph of Roasted Meat Over Rational Thinking

by Yifei Wang

Little Women Speak Big Words

by Nanyee Lin

summer 2020 • Fun and Creativity

On Ruta Sepetys’s Novel: What Between Shades of Gray Teaches Readers

by Rajvi Shroff

Experiencing Adventure: A Review of Up

by Pahal Bhasin

spring 2020 • Nature

Are We Scar?

by Aditya Naik

The Numerous Sides of a Mountain

by Pragya Natarajan

Beartown and Its Implications for Society

by Izzy Weitzman

The Beauty of Earth: A Review Of Nature Anatomy

by Jaden Flach

winter 2019 • Fulfillment

A Review of Apollo 11

by Max Mesh

The Pursuit of Perfect: A Book of Advice

by Mac Fabens

fall 2019 • Education

First Chair: A Review of Grit

by Olivia Bailey

A Review of If You Build It

by Lyla Cheary

summer 2019 • Fear and Anxiety

A Review of True West

by Abraham Weitzman

A Review of My Anxious Mind

by Sofia Mesh

spring 2019 • Society and the Individual

Darkest Hour: A Shining Moment

by Destin Fryman

No Justice For Justyce

by Pie Rasor

A Review of My Year in the Middle

by Alexandra Collins

winter 2018 • Reality and Perception

The Hazards of Escaping Reality

by Satya Shaw

(Wo)Man Up

by Nargis Kachrumathur

fall 2018 • The Adventurous Spirit

A Wildly New Take on Adventure

by Megan Kelleher

Adventures in Life and Beyond

by Raavee Tripathi

summer 2018 • Storytelling and Narrative

The Mitchellian Narrator

by Heer Cheema

A Wrinkle in Quality

by Destin Fryman

spring 2018 • The Speed of Now

Brave New World: Is It Really?

by Fizza Raza

The Victory of FUN®?

by Xinru Yin

winter 2017 • Creation and Destruction

A Review of Arrival

by Nathan Zhang

Kubo and the Two Strings: Destruction and Creation

by Daniel Goetz

Gods and Other Monsters

by Pie Rasor

fall 2017 • Unity and Division

A Review of March

by Lila Hazan

Shadows and Light

by Lulu Rasor

summer 2017 • Resilience

A Review of Anna and the Swallow Man

by Ameena Naqvi

The Red Flower: A Review of The Jungle Book

by Andrew Lu

spring 2017 • Simplicity and Complexity

Walden, or the Hypnotic Book

by Zainab Umar

A Review of 12 Angry Men

by Ayla Schultz

winter 2016 • Mysteries of the Universe

Cloning and Cyborgs and Bionics, Oh My!

by Lulu Rasor

Red and Blue: A Review of The Martian

by Olivia Bailey

fall 2016 • Human Dignity

Popularity: The Teenager's Enigma

by Ameena Naqvi

Zootopia: A Land of Humans Without Humans

by Aditya Naik

summer 2016 • Happiness

The So-Called Elusive Art of Happiness

by Valerie Zhang

Outsized Insights: A Review of Inside Out

by Oscar Luckett

spring 2016 • Myth and Magic

Hold Your Breath: The Force Awakens

by Samarth Jajoo

A Feminist in Damar

by Ammarah Imran

winter 2015 • Heritage

A Review of The Giver

by Vanita Sharma

A Review of Beasts of the Southern Wild

by Mustafa Khan

fall 2015 • Power

Electric Wind

by Nathan Zhang

A Review of A Time to Dance

by Ammarah Imran

Selma: One Battle on the Road to Justice

by Meher Kaur

summer 2015 • The Stranger

A Review of A Step from Heaven

by Valerie Zhang

A Review of Brown Girl Dreaming

by Meera Bhalla

spring 2015 • Climate Change

A Review of the Omnivore's Dilemma

by Skyler Sallick

Interstellar: A Glimpse of the Future

by Chase Frey

winter 2014 • The Word

A Review of the Movie Spellbound

by Daisy Cohen

A Review of The Book Thief

by Gertie-Pearl Zwick-Schachter

fall 2014 • Discovery and Progress

Flavor of India

by Tanmaya Murthy

Movie Review: Surviving Progress

by Maya Mesh

summer 2014 • Numbers & Symbols

Believing in Da Vinci's Code

by Rachael Wang

Staying Alive: A Review of the Hunger Games

by William Lohier

spring 2014 • The Psyche

Why We Should Follow the Ape Inside

by Sharon Lin

A Review of Wonder

by Vanita Sharma

Heard Without a Voice

by Zeeshan Hassan-Andoh

winter 2013 • The Nature of Truth

The Thing Around Your Neck: A Review

by Caie Kelley

Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes

by Krishna Rao

The Award for Most Truthful Goes to…

by Misbah Awan

fall 2013 • Beauty and the Senses

Ugly: A Review

by Akash Mehta

A Review of Cave of Forgotten Dreams

by William Lohier

Living in a Chemical World

by Grace Luckett

summer 2013 • The Soul of Gender

Media Lies: A Review of Miss Representation

by Gemma Laurence

A Brave Move

by Caroline Hochman

spring 2013 • The Heroic Spirit

A Review: Goliath by Tom Gauld

by Sam Miller

A Review of The Endurance

by Uday Schultz

winter 2012 • The God Issue

Belief and the Beast: A Review of Life of Pi

by Zach Kligler

The Alchemist: Spirituality, Religion, and Life Experience

by Rachel Narducci

fall 2012 • Money and Value

An Invisible Thread: A Story of Fate and Friendship

by Zach Kligler

A Review of The Corporation

by Uday Schultz

summer 2012 • Exploring Time

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

by Sharon Lin

What is Time? A Review of The Fabric of the Cosmos

by Sidarth Jayadev

Hugo: A Mystery Within a Mystery

by Zachary Armine-Klein

spring 2012 • A Lens on Learning

Stealing Childhoods One Student at a Time

by Sam Miller

Review of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sam Fraley

winter 2011 • Ethics and Morality

A Look at Life Through the Paparazzi

by Charlie Calder

Good and Evil in the Harry Potter Series

by Elizabeth Berg

fall 2011 • Creativity and Imagination

Wish Upon a Time, The Legendary Scimitar: A Review

by Sofiy Inck

A Review of Inception: The Obscurity of Dreaming

by Madi Friedman

summer 2011 • Exploring Humor

It’s Kind of a Funny Story Book Review

by Gemma Laurence

A Review of: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

by Khalid Husain

spring 2011 • Conflict and Peacemakers

Finding Peace in Yoga

by Madi Friedman

Review of Life of Pi: An Adventure Story about Adventure Stories

by Gautama Mehta

winter 2010 • The Question of Meaning

A Review of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

by Naomi Chasek-MacFoy

A Review of Wall-E

by Sam Miller

winter 2010 • Finding Your Spirit in Art

A Review of The Book Thief: Reflections of a Wannabe Book Thief

by Ali Merrill

The Art of Islam

by Colette Gerstmann

A Review of Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time

by Naomi Chasek-MacFoy

fall 2010 • Competition and Achievement

A Review of Akeelah and the Bee

by Sam Miller

A Review of The Hunger Games

by Akash Mehta

A Review of The Arrival

by Anya Dunaif

summer 2010 • The Body in Balance

A Review of Garbage Dreams: One Man's Trash Is a Zaballeen's Treasure

by Greer Sallick

A Review of Susanne Gervay's Butterflies

by Katie Champlin

A Review of Food, Inc.

by Elizabeth Berg

spring 2010 • Rituals and Traditions

A Review of Carolyn Pogue's A World of Faith: Introducing Spiritual Traditions to Teens

by Katie Hartman

Matisyahu: Chasidic, Jewish, White... Reggae Singer?

by Anna Freedman

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