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Review: Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity by Kristin Elizabeth Clark

By Kasey Giard | June 21, 2017 - 7:00 am |June 20, 2017 Book Review and Content, Contemporary, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

Jess, Chunk and the Road Trip to Infinity
Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux Books for Young Readers
Published November 8, 2016

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About Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity
The last time Jess saw her father, she was a boy named Jeremy. Now she’s a high school graduate, soon to be on her way to art school. But first, Jess has some unfinished business with her dad. So she’s driving halfway across the country to his wedding. He happens to be marrying her mom’s ex-best friend. It’s not like Jess wasn’t invited; she was. … Continue reading →

Review: A Week of Mondays by Jessica Brody

By Kasey Giard | March 27, 2017 - 7:00 am |March 27, 2017 Book Review and Content, Contemporary, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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A Week of Mondays
Jessica Brody
Farrar Straus Giroux
Published August 2, 2016

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After a horrible Monday in which her local rock-star boyfriend dumps her and she makes a fool of herself at a speech in front of the whole student body, Ellison Sparks makes a promise. She vows she’ll make things right if she could only have a chance to do things over. So, when the next morning dawns Monday all over again, she realizes she has exactly that chance. As Ellie scrambles to fix everything that went wrong the first time (and second time and third time…), Ellie begins to wonder if maybe the things she fights for so desperately aren’t the … Continue reading →

Review: The Row by J. R. Johansson

By Kasey Giard | October 10, 2016 - 7:00 am |January 9, 2017 Book Review and Content, Contemporary, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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The Row
J. R. Johansson
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Available October 11, 2016

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About The Row

A death sentence. A family torn apart. One girl’s hunt for the truth.

Seventeen-year-old Riley Beckett is no stranger to prison. Her father is a convicted serial killer on death row who has always maintained that he was falsely accused. Riley has never missed a single visit with her father. She wholeheartedly believes that he is innocent.

Then, a month before the execution date, Riley’s world is rocked when, in an attempt to help her move on, her father secretly confesses to her that he actually did carry out the murders. He takes it … Continue reading →

Review: Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban

By Kasey Giard | July 4, 2016 - 7:00 am |August 11, 2016 Blogger's Favorites, Book Review and Content, Clean Fiction, Historical, Middle Grade 8-12

Paper Wishes
Lois Sepahban
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

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Ten year-old Manami loves her home on peaceful Bainbridge Island. Then her family and other Japanese American members of the community are forced to relocate to internment camps. Manami tries to smuggle her family’s dog, Yujiin, into the camp, but is forced to leave him behind. The foreign circumstances and grief over her lost dog cause her to stop speaking. Instead, Manami expresses herself through drawings she creates every night. She draws memories of Yujiin and writes asking him to find her family. She will only find her voice again if she can work through her guilt over losing Yujiin.

This realistic debut tackles a … Continue reading →