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“We don’t know the people who live across the street or on either side of us.”

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

July 22, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

cbr11bingo – Remix!  Zuri Benitez is of the rambling Benitez family. They live in Brooklyn – in Bushwick – in a one bedroom apartment where she and her four siblings share the living room as their bedroom, where block parties are regular and boisterous, and where she and her family and the neighborhood take care of each other. This is why Zuri views the new family across the street with suspicion. When a developer bought the property and revamped it into a flashy new home, […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: Brooklyn, cbr11bingo, classics, gentrification, Ibi Zoboi, Jane Austen, poetry, retellings, Romance, twist on a tale, YA, Young Adult

cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:48 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: Brooklyn, cbr11bingo, classics, gentrification, Ibi Zoboi, Jane Austen, poetry, retellings, Romance, twist on a tale, YA, Young Adult ·
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“One should not make a pet out of a wild beast.”

Damsel by Elana K. Arnold

July 18, 2019 by cosbrarian 6 Comments

cbrbingo11 – Cannonballer says! In the kingdom of Harding, heir to the throne Emory must go through the ritual every king has had to take on before being granted the crown: slay a dragon, rescue the damsel captive there, and make her your queen.  Emory conquers this task as he conquers all of his conquests, and the young woman he takes back to his kingdom is like the ones who came before: no memory of her past or her time in the dragon’s lair, nameless, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, abuse, award winners, cbrbingo11, Dark Fantasy, elana k arnold, Fairy Tales, feminism, Here Be Dragons, New Adult, printz honor, Trigger Warnings, twist on a tale, Young Adult

cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, abuse, award winners, cbrbingo11, Dark Fantasy, elana k arnold, Fairy Tales, feminism, Here Be Dragons, New Adult, printz honor, Trigger Warnings, twist on a tale, Young Adult ·
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