Return to President Obama’s White House in this anthology for young women by young women, featuring stories from ten inspiring junior staffers who joined his administration right out of college with the hope of making a difference. Meet ten amazing young women who were so inspired by Barack Obama’s inclusive feminist politics that they decided […]
#Giveaway Review A HEART IN A BODY IN THE WORLD by Deb Caletti @DebCaletti @simonteen Ends
A HEART IN A BODY IN THE WORLD About The Book: Title: A HEART IN A BODY IN THE WORLD Author: Deb Caletti Pub. Date: September 18, 2018 Publisher: Simon Pulse Formats: Hatdcover, eBook, Audiobook Pages: 368 Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Audible, B&N, iBooks, TBD When everything has been taken from you, what else is there to do but run? So that’s what Annabelle does—she runs […]
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#Giveaway Review BAN THIS BOOK by Alan Gratz @AlanGratz @TorTeen 9.16
TOUR SCHEDULE Synopsis An inspiring tale of a fourth-grader who fights back when her favorite book is banned from the school library–by starting her own illegal locker library! It all started the day Amy Anne Ollinger tried to check out her favorite book in the whole world, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, from the school library. […]
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#Giveaway Review 10 THINGS I CAN SEE FROM HERE by Carrie Mac @CarrieMacWrites @RandomHouseKids 3.23
Perfect for fans of Finding Audrey and Everything, Everything, this is the poignant and uplifting story of Maeve, who is dealing with anxiety while falling in love with a girl who is not afraid of anything. Think positive. Don’t worry; be happy. Keep calm and carry on. Maeve has heard it all before. She’s been […]
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Review Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz @MelissadelaCruz @HarlequinTEEN
This was probably the book that broke me this year. Jasmine is an overachiever that seems to have it all. She is captain of the cheerleading squad, an A++ student, and now a National Scholarship winner but it all comes crashing down when her parents tell her she can’t accept the award because she is in […]
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#Giveaway Review The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones by Wendelin Van Draanen @WendelinVanD @KnopfBFYR
Award-winning author Wendelin Van Draanen gives us a brilliantly fresh and funny story about a boy learning to become the brave hero of his own life. Perfect for fans of Counting by 7sand The Fourteenth Goldfish. My secret life is filled with psychic vampires, wheelchair zombies, chain-rattlin’ ghosts, and a one-eyed cat. But they’re nothing […]
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#Giveaway Review HOW TO SET A FIRE AND WHY by Jesse Ball @llabessej @PantheonBooks 7.21
MY THOUGHTS This is a story for those that enjoy a bit of anarchy in their reading. Lucia Stanton lives with her elderly aunt with limited means since her father died and her mother is now in a mental institution. This has been her reality since she was small. Now in high school, she […]
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Giveaway Review RUN by Kody Keplinger @Kody_Keplinger @IReadYA 7.16
My Thoughts Two girls from opposite side of the track find friendship and courage to overcome their baggage and become better and stronger individuals. Bo has more baggage than any high school junior should ever have to carry. Her mother is a drug addict, her father ran off when she was a child and […]
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#Review It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas @firoozehdumas @HMHCo
I loved Dumas first two memoirs and went to see her speak and it was HILARIOUS! My son’s best friend is Persian and as neighbors we always had the best time at their extended family parties. This cute and quirky story about adapting to a new culture is just wonderful. Also, what really drew […]
