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Review: Don’t Ask If I’m Okay by Jessica Klara

By Kasey | May 13, 2023 - 7:00 am |May 12, 2023 Blogger's Favorites, Book Review and Content, Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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Don’t Ask If I’m Okay
Jessica Klara
Page Street
Published May 9, 2023

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About Don’t Ask If I’m Okay

Heartfelt and bittersweet, this coming-of age story explores the tender space of healing where grief meets love

A year ago, Gage survived a car accident that killed his best friend, Hunter. Without the person who always brought out the best in him, Gage doesn’t know who he is. He likes working as a fry cook and loves his small-town friends and family, but they weren’t in the wreck and he can’t tell them how much he’s still hurting. He just wants to forget … Continue reading →

Review: My Life as a Potato by Arianne Costner

By Kasey | June 12, 2020 - 7:00 am |February 6, 2022 Book Review and Content, Clean Fiction, Contemporary, Middle Grade 8-12

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My Life as a Potato
Arianne Costner
Random House Books for Young Readers
Published March 24, 2020

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About My Life as a Potato

For anyone who has ever felt like a potato in middle school, this hilarious story about a boy forced to become the dorkiest school mascot ever will have readers cheering!

“A grade A, spudtastic (not to mention FUNNY) debut. Arianne Costner sure knows middle school and middle schoolers!” –Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library

Ben Hardy believes he’s … Continue reading →