Book: Cherry Money Baby by John M. Cusick, Candlewick on Brilliance Audio, September 2013 Book Info: Purchased audiobook, and received book for review from publisher. Running time: 7 hrs, 21 mins. Read by: Sarah Elmaleh. Also available in hardcover or e-book, 400 pages from Candlewick About the book: Cherry Kerrigan loves her simple life, her […]
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I read In the Band for Cybils but it’s a book that was on my radar anyway because I gravitate to music-themed books. In the Band is about a girl drummer who has to forfeit her big out of state college plans to stay home and help take care of her mother and little sister […]
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It’s a shame that the first time this book got my attention is during banned book week, when both this title and Eleanor & Park were in the news. Regardless, I’m happy that the book challenge put Yaqui on my radar so I could read this unforgettable book about a bullied girl. Yaqui Delgado Wants […]
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I’ve been reading a lot of realistic YA lately, and about the topic of bullying in particular. Leslie Stella’s YA debut Permanent Record introduces an underdog to root for in Badi. The guy is a target of bullies in one school, and can’t catch a break in his new school either. Permanent Record covers some […]
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Blythe Woolston’s Black Helicopters is a powerful little book that cuts to the bone. It is scary and harrowing and reads like a dystopian but is very much set in the present. There are a lot of layers to the novel, so much that I’m afraid I’ll need to re-read it a couple more times […]
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Book: Coaltown Jesus by Ron Koertge, Candlewick on Brilliance Audio, Oct. 8 2013 Book Info: Audible purchase, Running time: 1 hr, 17 mins. Read by: Nick Podehl. Also available in hardcover, 128 pages from Candlewick. Jesus lends a hand, literally, to aid a fourteen-year-old grieving for his brother. Walker is wracked with grief and guilt […]
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