I’m back in the reading and review zone, and happy to share a book that captured my attention recently. It’s called Breaking News by Frank Morelli. Before we get to my review, here’s a bit about the book:
Things don’t usually come to a screeching halt at the RAT, also known as Ridgewood Arts & Technical School, Ridgewood City’s most prestigious progressive institution. But that’s what happens when Headmistress Hardaway interrupts class and announces, “A scandal has rocked the fundraising committee!” Everyone’s a suspect and Hunter Jackson, student council special investigator, vows to root out the student who’s heartless enough to steal donation money or die a death of a thousand forensic notes trying. He’s not alone. Ridgewood Roar news editor, Anthony Ravello, and the rogue, indie-press pioneer, Liberty Lennon, plan to do some journalistic digging of their own in a race against each other to scoop the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth to their faithful readers…or at least their versions of it. With the truth getting murkier by the day, all students at the RAT can do is gobble up news bytes and wash them down with locker-side gossip as they try to unmask the classmate responsible for the missing funds.
My Review:
What a charming book! I’m a middle-grade and young adult fiction fan, and I had a blast with this one. I love how the writer told the story too. It’s told through journal entries, memos, and breaking news written by the young characters. Both characters have very strong voices, and it was so fun to see the drama of the stolen money play out. I occasionally wondered how popular paper newspapers are at schools anymore, but that wondering didn’t ruin my enjoyment of the story.
There’s lots of humor in the book, and I enjoyed every moment. I highly encourage you to read it, and I’m sure young readers will enjoy it too.
Make sure to add it to your reading list on GoodReads. Be sure to purchase a copy on Amazon, or support local bookstores by purchasing it through Bookshop.org.
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Sounds like fun!
It is about journalism and the school newspaper which are two things my daughter is into too.
The cover art is an old fashioned kind of vibe I like it .
I like the cover and the blurb
It does sound like an interesting book.
Thank you for your two prompts during the Theme Reveal. My story has included both time travel and “a storm system that isn’t exactly weather.”