by Erin | Apr 7, 2021 | Nonfiction, Short Stories, YA
In this book 70 different authors contribute their stories, advice and reflect on their past bullying experiences. Even today, bullying is always an issue and this book is a good way to see how real it is and how strongly it affects people. I found this to be a...
by Erin | Apr 7, 2021 | Fiction, Horror/Thriller, LGBTQ+ Relationships/Characters, Mystery, Real Life, YA
‘Look Past’ is a terrifying murder mystery story in which Avery is targeted by a highly religious killer for being transgender. After Mary Mathison disappears and her body is found in the woods, Avery starts getting horrible threatening messages. Telling...
by Erin | Apr 7, 2021 | Fiction, Real Life, Romance, YA
‘Definitions of Indefinable Things’ is a beautiful story following characters with mental illnesses and their messy relationships and surprising bonds. Whitney Taylor (the author) manages to combine compelling characters, hard circumstances and awkward...
by Erin | Apr 7, 2021 | Fiction, Real Life, YA
In ‘No Fixed Address’ a young boy named Felix and his mother Astrid are forced to learn how to survive in a very bad financial situation and homelessness. Felix has to keep his living arrangement a secret from his friends at school. But as the...
by Erin | Apr 7, 2021 | Fiction, Real Life, YA
This book mainly follows Nick as he goes through the many struggles of being a more typical teenager stuck in a highly Christian summer camp, while also being haunted by the ghost of author Jack Kerouac. He is important to the plot, but I’m still not entirely...