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The Art of Growing Up by John Marsden

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This book starts with a powerful chapter about young children and teens who are troubled and how we treat them differently as soon as they become young adults – losing our compassion and expecting them to act like the rest of us rational beings when really it isn’t possible after the dysfunctional upbringing they’ve endured. After reading this I thought the whole book was going be similar – a real challenge to my way of thinking. The rest was…… ok. Some of the writing I […]

Never say never

Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen

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Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong had been on the radar for a while. I was not completely convinced until a few weeks ago when I saw it sitting next to another book at the library that I wanted. I figured it was a sign to get it them. I went home and read it. Prudence Shen’s story is decent. It is a solid story about friendship and being a teen with issues. It has its stereotypical moments (the nasty cheerleaders, the basketball jock trying to […]

“…Let me assure you, Lula – nobody’s normal.”

Weird Girl and What's His Name by Meagan Brothers

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I was so reluctant to start this book. The cover just screams “twee” and “manic pixie dream girl” but someone here, who knows who, had written a sufficiently glowing review that it made it to my TBR list and well – there are rules. Once it’s on the TBR, I have to at least try it. But believe me, I wouldn’t have otherwise. And man would I have missed out. Weird Girl and What’s His Name is such a sweet, tender, funny book. The pace […]

She had me at Dolly Parton.

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

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Dumplin’, whose real name is Willowdean, is a smart, kind, capable, funny, and fat (her term) 16-year-old in small-town Texas. Being sixteen is sucky enough, am I right?!, but the “fat” part causes even more trouble than one would expect for Dumplin’ since her mom is the local pageant queen-turned-pageant director, still living on her own pageant days, staying thin to fit in a 30-year-old dress. She was herself once Miss Teen Blue Bonnet and you better believe that’s a big effin’ deal in Clover […]

A Meh Grows in Brooklyn

Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

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When I was growing up, my mother always told me that, if I couldn’t think of something nice to say, I shouldn’t say anything at all.  Good thing I thought of something nice to say about this book, or this review would’ve been a lot harder to write. August is a Tennessee girl who gets taken to Brooklyn after bad stuff goes down back home.  After a lot of time spent staring out the window, she eventually makes friends with a trio of talented, intelligent, […]



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