Book Review: Once and for All

Sarah Dessen is back, and my teenage heart is in love all over again.

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Book Review: The Duke of Bannerman Prep

A modern reimagining of The Great Gatsby

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Book Review: The Upside of Unrequited

Molly Peskin-Suso has had 26 crushes, but never a boyfriend. Not even a kiss. But during her 17th summer, her twin sister falls head over heels for the girl of her dreams, their moms are finally allowed to marry, and not one, but two boys take an interest in Molly. Love, it seems, is all around. Will Molly be able to take the risk?

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Book Review: Dreamland Burning

In 1921, a rash argument over a pretty girl propels 17-year-old Will Tillman into a hotbed of racial tension in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As he begins to understand what Jim Crow really means, he faces difficult decisions between what is expected and what is right. Nearly 100 years later, 17-year-old Rowan Chase discovers a skeleton under the floorboards of her family’s backhouse. As she investigates the murder, she learns firsthand that history isn’t entirely in the past.

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Book Review: The Truth of Right Now

The Truth of Right Now is not a lighthearted read, but it’s an important page-turner for young readers growing up in today’s America.

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Review: Caspian & Breeze

Gunay Moon's poetic imagery brings the Bosphorus Strait, and the seagulls who call it home, to vivid life in Caspian and Breeze: A Tale of Courage and Adventure

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Book Review: Of Fire and Stars

Audrey Colthurst’s debut novel, Of Fire and Stars, is a captivating story that follows the young royals as they grapple with the roles they’ve been assigned and their true passions.

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Book Review: Beast

Hairy all over and rapidly approaching seven feet tall, 15-year-old Dylan resents how perfectly he fits his nickname: Beast. After a particularly bad first day of sophomore year, Dylan climbs out onto his roof to get some peace and quiet, and wakes up in the hospital. His leg is broken, and he’s been enrolled in group therapy for self-harmers. Though he’s determined to stay detached in group, to say nothing and hear nothing, he can’t help but notice beautiful, confident Jamie—and she notices him, too. The two connect in a way Dylan’s never connected with another person before—let alone a girl—but Jamie has a secret. It shouldn’t change anything, but it changes everything.

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Book Review: Holding Up the Universe

Libby Strout is no longer “America’s fattest teen,” but her biggest fear in returning to school for the first time since fifth grade is that her classmates won’t look past her weight. Nonetheless, she’s ready to leave the house where she’s been grieving her mother’s death, and embrace everything high school has to offer. Meanwhile, Jack Masselin’s devil-may-care attitude may seem effortless, but nobody knows how hard he has to work, because nobody knows about his face blindness—how, even among his closest friends, he feels as though he’s surrounded by strangers. That is, until a vicious prank lands Jack and Libby in the same counseling group, and they’re forced to see beyond each other’s masks.

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Book Review: Phantom Limbs

Otis and Meg were neighbors, best friends and sweethearts, until tragedy left Otis’ little brother dead and both families shattered.

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