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Meg Wolitzer

October 15, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Cybils Reviews: Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer and Dark Metropolis by Jacyln Dolamore

I am knee deep in Cybils reading, and this weekend I read both Belzhar and Dark Metrpolis. Belzar by Meg WolitzerJam Gallahue finds herself at a special school for “emotionally fragile” teens. Last year, her beloved Reeve Maxfield died and she is having a hard time dealing with this loss. Her roommate is a young […]

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