Phoebe finds out who her real family is when she is hit with multiple tragedies at once. She leaves her fiance and looses her job…
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The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
The People We Keep is a book that discovers a girl’s redefinition of the word family. Not feeling worthy of love tears apart 16 year…
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The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther
The title speaks to the theme of the entire novel. This book takes on the friendship of two siblings and one’s journey in true love.…
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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
This unique take on a classic novel utilizes poetry to portray what feels like endless thoughts of a young boy about to commit a terrible…
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How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Before the book was published, I overheard several people discussing it, thus I find it amazing that it hasn’t been more well known. I was…
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A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
TW: Islamophobia, xenophobia Beginning this book made me uneasy since it spends a lot of time setting up the plot and telling rather than showing.…
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Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak
I should start by saying that reading this book is challenging. It is a family history told in the form of a patchwork quilt, bouncing…
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Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
TW: racism, assault, violence, police brutality, murder/death Anger is a Gift is a very challenging book for a variety of reasons. Please be advised that…
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Circe by Madeline Miller
“You threw me to the crows, but it turns out I prefer them to you.” Madeline Miller adapts the story of Circe, the daughter…
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You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow
“How glorious it is to drown” Emory sees her brother Joey, being pushed farther and farther by the waves into the deep part, he is…
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