But wait…it’s just the middle of January! But I managed to get through all of the January 2013 new young adult releases I planned to read, and then some. A few were a bit disappointing and some exceeded my expectations. I loved Cinders & Sapphires, which was definitely my favorite out of what I’ve read… Continue reading What I’m Reading: 5 February 2013 YA Releases
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Odd One Out: Looking for Alaska by John Green
Looking for Alaska by John Green Source: local library Format: audiobook Published: 2005 by Dutton Juvenile Synopsis: Miles “Pudge” Halter is abandoning his safe-okay, boring-life. Fascinated by the last words of famous people, Pudge leaves for boarding school to seek what a dying Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” Pudge becomes encircled by friends whose lives are everything but… Continue reading Odd One Out: Looking for Alaska by John Green
We’re All Mad Here: Splintered by A. G. Howard
Little known fact about me: my senior year of high school and part of my first year of college, I worked at Hot Topic. Not because I was particularly punk or goth, though I did like the discount on band t-shirts (and that I could wear band t-shirts and jeans to work). No, the real… Continue reading We’re All Mad Here: Splintered by A. G. Howard
Conversations about Race in YA literature
I’ve seen a few conversations going on this week about the frequency and way in which race is portrayed in young adult literature. I think it’s great that this discussion is taking place. The first is part of a larger topic that effects the literature community: the adoption of Common Core standards. Now that much… Continue reading Conversations about Race in YA literature
Ghosts and Serial Killers: Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff
Paper Valentine was one of my most anticipated reads of January 2013. When I first read the blurb for Brenna Yovanoff’s book, it appealed to me more than The Space Between, which I liked, an Th e Replacement, which I haven’t gotten around to reading yet but plan to some day. The city of Ludlow is gripped by the hottest July… Continue reading Ghosts and Serial Killers: Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff
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