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Winger

May 15, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: Winger by Andrew Smith

“Welcome to the eleventh grade, loser.” – page 61 If books could go through puberty, this is what you would get: funny, sarcastic, and heartbreaking all at once.  A little voice crack here, a little embarrassment there.  Ah, the glory of the teenage years. (Thank God I never have to live through them again.) Bonus […]

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