Title: Again Again Author: E. Lockhart Type: Young Adult Fiction Pages: 304 Published: 2020 Adelaide’s life has been turned upside down by her brother’s addiction, her family’s separation and her devastating breakup with Mikey. With an aching heart and an unfinished school project hanging over her head, threatening her final grades, Adelaide chooses to stay at her boarding school for the summer, walking professors’ dogs and … Continue reading Book Review: Again Again
Title: The Yield Author: Tara June Winch Type: Fiction Pages:352 Published: 2019 August Gondiwindi flies back to Australia, rents a car and drives seven hours inland to the aptly named town of Massacre Plains. This is the small town where August grew up in the care of her grandparents. It’s a place “where the sun slap[s] the earth with an open palm.” It’s the place … Continue reading Book Review: The Yield
Title: One of us is lying Author: Karen McManus Type: Fiction, Mystery Pages:282 Published: 2017 One of Us is Lying is a teenage-take on themes as dark as murder and depression, and although other writers are unsuccessful in developing such deep plots for a younger audience, Karen M. McManus writes with an enjoyable voice that establishes her story very effectively that, additionally, is targeted well … Continue reading Book Review: One of us is lying
Title: Little Universes Author: Heather Demetrios Type: Fiction Pages: 368 Published:2020 I feel that there was a lot going on in this book, however. There was nothing light-hearted about it. It was supremely dark, and there is very little light or hope in this book. While most of that is due to Hannah, Mae also experiences some things as well. When Mae and Hannah’s parents … Continue reading Book Review: Little Universes
Title: Happy and you know it Author: Laura Hankin Type: Fiction Pages: 384 Published: 2020 Laura Hankin’s debut is a quick read, a novel that could be categorized as a beach book. Its the type of book you can read all day until you finish it. Summary:After Claire is fired from her band, she’s trying to pay her way through New York City life, and … Continue reading Book Review: Happy and you know it
Title: The Break Author: Katherena Vermette Type: Fiction Pages: 288 Published: 2016 By opening this book, the reader should be prepared to be plunged into the deep winter darkness of Winnipeg. Snowy city streets and bone-chilling dampness fill the pages as slow and steady as a snowstorm in January. When Margaret Atwood describes a book as ‘very tough and real’ you know you’re in for … Continue reading Book Review: The Break
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