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Tag: Love
Offering Hope to Those Who No Longer See a Way Out, a guest post by Victoria Vinuesa
REMEMBER: There’s always someone, somewhere, who is glad that you were born.
Falling in Love with the Terrible Years, a guest post by Nina Moreno
So, yeah, I wrote about grief again. Sam’s and mine. Maybe yours. And yet…Our Way Back to Always is absolutely that swoony, tropey love story I always hoped to write. Because life—even in the terrible years––can be really funny like that.
Giving Black boys space to exhale in Love Is a Revolution, a guest post by Renée Watson
Tye is inspired by the young men I’ve taught over the years—the boys who stayed after school for the poetry slam class, always ready with a new verse to share, the boys who were too shy to approach their crush, and the boys who were proud to call themselves feminists.
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Coming of Age and the Reality of Others, a guest post by Sara Zarr
Like Kyle in Goodbye from Nowhere, like everyone who wants to grow up, I have to press against the ways I wish people (and life, and stories) would just be who and what we want them to be instead of who and what they are.
Book Review: Frankly in Love by David Yoon
I absolutely loved this book. It’s smart, funny, sweet, sad, cute, and thoughtful in all the best ways.
Book Review: Love from A to Z by S. K. Ali
Easily in the top five books I've read so far in 2019. This is a beautiful, complex, and important book that centers the Muslim experience and shows the power of anger, peace, and connection.
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Book Review: Night Music by Jenn Marie Thorne
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.
Book Review: Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Readers who like really complex relationships will love this book about best friends Sophie and Peter and what happens after Sophie donates a kidney to Peter. Life never really goes as planned, does it?
Book Review: I Love This Part by Tillie Walden
Publisher’s description Two girls in a small town in the USA kill time together as they try to get through their days at school. They watch videos, share earbuds as they play each other songs and exchange their stories. In the process they form a deep connection and an unexpected relationship begins to develop. In […]
Book Review: Kaleidoscope Song by Fox Benwell
Publisher’s description Fox Benwell delivers a harrowing and beautifully written novel that explores the relationship between two girls obsessed with music, the practice of corrective rape, and the risks and power of using your voice. Neo loves music, and all she ever wanted was a life sharing this passion, on the radio. When she meets […]
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