What's on the Bookshelf: 'The Green'

"Money makes the world go 'round."

"You reap what you sow."

"Life isn't fair."

After reading the latest novel by Karly Kirkpatrick, "The Green," these were the phrases that came to mind. Although they are cliché, the novel is anything but. In fact, for anyone who has faced adversity, it is easy to related to the dreams and desires of Kirkpatrick's heroine, Ari—although most wouldn't agree with how she goes about reaching her goals.

Ari Pisa is a seventeen-year-old honor student at Cambridge High ...