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Young Adult Fiction

White Bird by R. J. Palacio
Graphic novel, Young Adult Fiction

White Bird

January 9, 2023

What can’t R. J. Palacio do? I mean, first the bestselling Wonder, of course made into a popular movie, and now spin-off stories based on characters from Wonder… and in…

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Children's Literature, Contemporary U.S. Literature, Young Adult Fiction

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

August 1, 2019

Absolutely fantastic story about a middle-school-aged girl born with no arms getting through life. It’s a first-person narrator with a wry tone and wonderful sense of humor. She’s adopted, and…

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Beyond the Bright Sea
Contemporary U.S. Literature, Young Adult Fiction

Beyond the Bright Sea

June 10, 2019

A friend brought this for my daughter (8), but the book is too “mature” for her, in both plot and style. It’s a pretty good story, a coming-of-age tale about…

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Canonical?, Young Adult Fiction

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

August 18, 2018

A former student of mine, let’s call her “Madison,” insisted I read this book because it’s her favorite book and she reads it annually. This is a lot of pressure…

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Canonical?, fantasy, Young Adult Fiction

A Wrinkle in Time

June 1, 2018

Here’s my contribution to the “unpopular opinion” trope going around social media: I do not like this book. I tried, but I failed to see what people seem to appreciate…

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Contemporary U.S. Literature, Young Adult Fiction

The Giver

September 21, 2017

Rather depressing story about what we might give up if we wanted a perfect world of “Sameness”: colors, music, real feelings, holidays, family bonds. Don’t get attached to the kid…

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