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Quick and to the point reviews of some recent YA titles. Post-it note reviews are a great way to display books in your library or classroom and an easy way to offer a more personal recommendation.
In Wreck, Tobin has a lot of choices to make—ones most high school juniors don’t generally make, thank goodness. She’s choosing what to do with her future, which is typical, but she also has to choose how to interact with her dad, Steve, who has ALS and frontotemporal dementia, and what to do about his request to possibly assist in his death.
A father with ALS asks his daughter to do the nearly unthinkable in this moving exploration of mortality, family, and impossibly difficult decisions.
Post-It Note reviews are a great way to display books and offer a more personal recommendation than just the flap copy. This roundup includes new books from Cynthia Lord and Lisa Graff as well as a sure-to-be-popular graphic novel.
Get out your TBR lists! New books starring a girl who must devour the energy of men in order to survive, a murderer, a boy with cerebral palsy, girls who summon a pair of ancient creatures, and so many other compelling characters.
Author Hal Schrieve writes about the way that queer people and many others are seen as monsters; the threat of breaking violent systems through survival, solidarity, and love; and hir forthcoming novel, Out of Salem, a Teen Zombie Werewolf Witchy Faerie fantasy murder mystery.
My first note for this book was "Ack! This book is SO LOVELY immediately." That's pretty much how I felt throughout the read of this moving look at pressures, identity, first love, and the desire to be seen.
March's LGBTQIA+ new books include a graphic novel, a book for younger readers about Stonewall, a King Arthur retelling starring a girl, and a Teen Zombie Werewolf Witchy Faerie fantasy murder mystery.
Today Kathi Appelt's new YA book, ANGEL THIEVES, comes out. She joins us to share about the importance of Place when crafting a story and the multiple layers that only that particular place can hold.
This completely enjoyable story asks what you would do differently---or the same---if you got a second chance. Or a third, fourth, or twentieth chance. Readers who can suspend their disbelief and just go with the time loop premise will love this character-driven look at choices, consequences, and possibilities.
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