Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Go Ask Alice… If You Can Find Her!

Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson

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One of the breakout books of the YA genre was Go Ask Alice, the purported diary of a nameless teenage drug addict and runaway. However, the story behind that book and its follow-up, Jay's Journal, is far more convoluted and amorally exploitative than anyone would expect. I have actually read Go … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:38 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

I need these books in a completed edition!

Asadora! V02 by Niaoki Urasawa

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Asadora! V02 starts with a short flashforward to “now” (or the “now” of the story), we are teased by a theme introduced but not explored in book one. Two scientists find a clue to proving Asa might not have been seeing things the day of the tsunami that destroyed her home and tore her family … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:86 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Science Fiction, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: , , , ·

A theme of Love

Lost and Found by Kate Banks

Me and Ms. Too by Laura Ruby

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These two books have nothing in common except they are both modern stories, with a classic feel and are sweetly presented. Still, I will put them in one review as I really am unable to write a 250 worded review for either one of them solo. Lost and Found by Kate Banks and illustrations by Galia … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:85 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

Nelly and Elizabeth took a little trip

Nellie vs. Elizabeth: Two Daredevil Journalists' Breakneck Race Around the World by Kate Hannigan

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Nellie vs. Elizabeth: Two Daredevil Journalists' Breakneck Race Around the World by Kate Hannigan and Rebecca Gibbon  on illustrations is a fun story about two very different women, but who found a way to make history. Nellie is Nellie Bly. Outgoing and willing to go three extra miles for the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:83 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

Let me get my britches on!

Revolutionary Prudence Wright: Leading the Minute Women in the Fight for Independence by Beth Anderson

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What do we want? Freedom! When do we want it? As soon as we put on some britches and head to the bridge! Beth Anderson brings to life Prudence Wright, who, even as a young girl, had a "spark of independence" in her. As an adult she organized the women of her town to help protect it as the men … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:82 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

A sister’s love, a sisters struggle

Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers by Lina Al-Hathloul

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Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers by Lina Al-Hathloul and Uma Mishra-Newbery is a poetic story inspire by a real woman and the way she learned to fly, and how her country considered it illegal and punished her. The real Loujain grew up with her siblings in Saudi Arabia and to drive a car (fly) as a … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:81 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: , , , , , ·


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