Category: Reviews
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Crying Laughing By Lance Rubin
“Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she’s hilarious. It might be a long wait though. After bombing a stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie’s been keeping her jokes to herself. Well, herself and her dad, a former comedian and her inspiration. Then, on…
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I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman
Alone they are lost. Together they are found. “Around the time that Freya loses her voice while recording her debut album, Harun is making plans to run away from everyone he has ever loved, and Nathaniel is arriving in New York City with a backpack, a desperate plan, and nothing left to lose. When a…
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Mini Book Review Post!
Stranded by Jocelyn Shipley Something’s Not Right. “Ever since his girlfriend’s accidental death by overdose, Kipp has been overwhelmed by grief and living on the street. But to honor her memory, he finds help and gets clean. Then, just as he feels like his life is back on track, everything comes crashing down. He gets…
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Differently Normal by Tammy Robinson
“For Maddy, life is all about routine. It has to be, to keep her autistic sister happy and healthy. With just Maddy and her mother as Bee’s full time carers, there’s no time in Maddy’s life for complications like friends, let alone a boyfriend. So when Bee joins a new Riding for the Disabled stable…
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The unexplainable disappearance of Mars Patel By Sheela Chari
“Missing kids, spy drones, A mysterious tech billionaire, and a team of misfit misfits on a mission to their Friends.” “Kids are disappearing from HG Wells Middle School, and the adults don’t seem to care. When Mars Patel’s friend Aurora goes missing, he and the rest of his detention crew band together to…
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10 Things I Can See From Here By
Think positive. Don’t worry; Be happy. Keep calm and carry on. “Maeve has heard it all before. She’s been struggling with severe anxiety for a long time, and as much as she wishes it was something she could just talk herself out of, It’s not. She constantly imagines the worst, composes obituaries in her head, and…
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Graphic Novel Sundays!
Allergic by Lloyd & Nutter This sad/cute story is about a girl named Maggie who wants a pet more than anything. On her birthday her parents decide to take her to the pet store to get a dog. But when Maggie is holding the dog, she starts swelling up. Her parents rush her to the…
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Graphic Novel Sundays!
Twins by Johnson and Wright This cute book tells the story of Francine/Fran and her twin sister Maureen Carter as they fight make up and then fight again. Follow them through their school lives while they run against each other for school president, confess true feelings to each other and learn that they need each…
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Graphic Novel Sundays!
Hey guys, so I want to start doing something called graphic novel Sunday, where I review graphic novels every Sunday. Because who doesn’t love a good graphic novel? I will try to post them in groups of two or more books of a similar topic, but sometimes they will just be random. Here we go.…
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