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Review: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

By Kasey Giard | March 28, 2018 - 7:00 am |April 14, 2018 Blogger's Favorites, Book Review and Content, Contemporary, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
Balzer + Bray
Published on February 28, 2017

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About The Hate U Give
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.

Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the … Continue reading →

Review: The Walled City by Ryan Graudin

By Kasey Giard | October 20, 2017 - 7:00 am |October 19, 2017 Book Review and Content, Contemporary, Historical, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

The Walled City
Ryan Graudin
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published on September 8, 2015

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About The Walled City
DAI, trying to escape a haunting past, traffics drugs for the most ruthless kingpin in the Walled City. But in order to find the key to his freedom, he needs help from someone with the power to be invisible….

JIN hides under the radar, afraid the wild street gangs will discover her biggest secret: Jin passes as a boy to stay safe. Still, every chance she gets, she searches for her lost sister….

MEI YEE has been trapped in a brothel for the past two … Continue reading →

Review: The Radius of Us by Marie Marquardt

By Kasey Giard | January 14, 2017 - 7:00 am |January 13, 2017 Book Review and Content, Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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The Radius of Us
Marie Marquardt
St. Martin’s Griffin
Available January 17, 2017

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Gretchen lives a small life. It started the night a man forced her to the ground and then told her to run, his own terror taking hold of her. Now she keeps to the small safe neighborhood surrounding her home, places where nothing bad can happen. And then she meets the boy who looks like him. Like the one who attacked her. When she meets Phoenix, though, she isn’t afraid. Something about the way he listens, the way he asks the right questions, the way he carries his own trauma and fear, makes her trust him. Soon she’s tangled up in … Continue reading →