OBR - Books & Boba 2023 Reads

Oberlin Regional Library's Teen book club -- Books & Boba -- met 10 times in 2023. These are some of the books that were read by attendees throughout the year.

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Book cover for "Avatar, the last Airbender"
Star rating for Avatar, the last Airbender
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Following the war, the new Fire Lord Zuko plans a search for his long-lost mother--and must ask for help from his deranged sister Azula.
Book cover for "Chupacabra"
Star rating for Chupacabra
Average Rating:
5 stars
Book cover for "Crier's war"
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Series:
Crier's war volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
"After the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, designed to be the playthings of royals, took over the estates of their owners and bent the human race to their will. Now Ayla, a human servant rising in the ranks at the house of the sovereign, dreams of avenging the death of her family...by killing the sovereign's daughter, Lady Crier. Crier, who was Made to be beautiful, to be flawless. And to take over the work of her father. Crier...
Book cover for "Front desk"
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Series:
Front desk volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade...
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone"
Star rating for Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
Book cover for "House arrest"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
While under house arrest for one year for stealing a wallet, young Timothy keeps free-verse notes on his life in a court-ordered journal as he deals with having a sick brother and tries to stay out of trouble.
Book cover for "Kill the boy band"
Star rating for Kill the boy band
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Four fan-girls of The Ruperts sneak away to a hotel in Manhattan to see their favorite boy band, but when one of them literally drags Rupert Pierpont to their room and they tie him up, things get complicated--and when Rupert is killed, things go from bad to worse.
Book cover for "Love that dog"
Star rating for Love that dog
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.
Book cover for "The moth-keeper"
Star rating for The moth-keeper
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Kit's excited to prove her worth as a Moth-Keeper, a protector of the lunar moths that allow the Night-Lily flower to bloom once a year, but she quickly finds that life as a Moth-Keeper isn't what she imagined it would be.
Book cover for "Serafina and the splintered heart"
Star rating for Serafina and the splintered heart
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
When a mysterious threat moves towards Biltmore, bringing with it violent storms and flooding, Serafina must fight to defend all she loves and become everything that she is meant to be.
Book cover for "The Tea Dragon Society"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
After discovering a lost Tea Dragon in the marketplace, apprentice blacksmith Greta learns about the dying art form of Tea Dragon caretaking from the kind tea shop owners.
Book cover for "Wintersmith"
Star rating for Wintersmith
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When witch-in-training Tiffany Aching accidentally interrupts the Dance of the Seasons and awakens the interest of the elemental spirit of Winter, she requires the help of the six-inch-high, sword-wielding, sheep-stealing Wee Free Men to put the seasons aright.