Hello, dear readers! John Corey Whaley’s third book Highly Illogical Behavior is on sale today! You may know this author from his highly acclaimed books Where Things Come Back and Noggin. Today the author stops by to share his awesome Highly Illogical Behavior book soundtrack. The eclectic playlist fits the book to a T and […]
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In When We Collided, Jonah and Vivi fall for each other one summer. Their romance provides a distraction for Jonah, who is reeling after his father’s death, and for Vivi, who is grappling with bipolar disorder. Vivi is outgoing and vivacious and favors a bold, vintage style. She’s an instant sensation in charming Verona […]
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Theodore Finch and Violet Markey meet at the top of the school bell tower, both intending to jump. Violet is lost after the death of her sister, and Finch struggles with an undiagnosed mood disorder. Finch saves Violet, though the school assumes it’s the other way around since that behavior is not out of the […]
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Belzhar gets its name from The Bell Jar– Sylvia Plath’s 1963 book. In Meg Wolitzer’s Belzhar, a group of Vermont boarding school students are studying Plath in an exclusive English class. Their writing assignment is to keep a journal, and this is the vehicle that takes them to “Belzhar,” a place where they can revisit […]
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