This was a choice for last year’s Y.A. Book Club but it lost out to The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and, having now read both, I wish Exit, Pursued By a Bear had won. “There’s a moment when I know that I should scream. But screaming would be hard. And blackness would be easy. Black picks me.” Hermione Winters is a popular cheerleader for the small Canadian town of Palermo, where cheerleaders are bigger sport stars than the teams they root for- like in Bring it […]
Quality YA right here, people.
I read this book all in one go, so that should tell you something right there. It’s Canadian teenager Hermione Winters’ senior year. She’s co-captain of her school’s cheer team, and she’s very serious about it. For her and her best friend Polly, cheer is a sport, and she is an athlete. In fact, for her small town school, the Palermo cheer team is the best sports team they have. But at cheer camp, right before the start of senior year, Hermione is drugged and […]
David Tennant makes everything better.
Here’s something strange: last week I picked up two books at the library without really knowing what they were about. I just knew I heard “about” them and figured they would be a good way to pass a cold, rainy April weekend. What’s weird is that were pretty much the same story…just that one was way, way better than the other. Spoiler/trigger warning Both of these books deal with the rape of a high school student and the repercussions that follow. First lets get the […]