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Review: How We Ricochet by Faith Gardner
How We Ricochet
Faith Gardner
HarperTeen
Published May 24, 2022
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About How We Ricochet
Intimate, impactful, and incisive, this newest novel from Faith Gardner, critically acclaimed author of GIRL ON THE LINE, is an unflinching look into the devastating consequences of a mass shooting for one girl and her close-knit family, for readers of THIS IS HOW IT ENDS and ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES.
It seems sometimes a charade that we continue celebrating in the face of relentless tragedy.
How dare we? But then . . . what else is there to do?
Betty’s mom needed new pants for her job.
That was why Betty was at the … Continue reading
Review: Limitless Roads Café by Samantha Picaro
Limitless Roads Café
Samantha Picaro
Published May 15, 2023
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About Limitless Roads Café
Kinsey Fontana relies on lists to navigate the world as an autistic teen. #Goals list: win her dream event planning internship (she knows it’s an ironic dream); master the art of masking; and gain Mom’s approval. Instead, she works at a café hiring teens with disabilities. Although she loves the … Continue reading
Review: Worldwide Crush by Kristin Nilsen
Worldwide Crush
Kristin Nilson
SparkPress
Published July 11, 2023
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About Worldwide Crush
Rory Calhoun is a teen popstar with perfect teeth and messy hair who’s inspiring first crushes all over the globe. Millie Jackson is just one of the millions of fans who love him—but that doesn’t mean her heart doesn’t break for him every single day in this laugh-out-loud coming-of-age story.
How many of Rory’s fans collect “data” about him in a special notebook hidden in their underwear drawer? Or … Continue reading
Review: Andy and the Extroverts by Jessica K. Foster
Andy and the Extroverts
Jessica K. Foster
Winding Road Stories
Published May 16, 2023
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About Andy and the Extroverts
Seventeen-year-old bookish Andy has no friends. When her over-involved mother has the audacity to ship her off to summer leadership camp, she’s thrust into an introvert’s nightmare. Everyone is a Communicator with a capital C, icebreaker activities are … Continue reading
Review: Ode to My First Car by Robin Gow
Ode to My First Car
Robin Gow
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Published June 20, 2023
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About Ode to My First Car
By the critically praised author of A Million Quiet Revolutions , this YA contemporary sapphic romance told in verse is about a bisexual teen girl who falls in and out of love over the course of one fateful summer.
It’s a few months before senior year and Claire Kemp, a closeted bisexual, is finally starting to admit she might be falling in love with her best friend, Sophia, who she’s known since they were four.
Trying to pay off the fine from … Continue reading