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The years Alyssa and the world changed

Big Apple Diaries by Alyssa Bermudez

October 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I think I am reading too many coming-of-age graphic novels for younger readers. Big Apple Diaries normally would have been a 5 a few months ago for me. Yet even though Alyssa Bermudez tells a unique middle school experience due to it being set in a Catholic school, the issues of growing up are the same no matter who you are. No matter if you are half Puerto Rican, Catholic, tall, short, or blond, green eyes, have your parents divorced or together, everyone deals with […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: 2001, Alyssa Bermudez, diaries, Racially mixed families, Sptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, United States - 21st Century

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:313 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: 2001, Alyssa Bermudez, diaries, Racially mixed families, Sptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, United States - 21st Century ·
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