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Book Review: The Value of Rain
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Value of Rain Author: Brandon Shire Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 214 Release Date: November 30, 2011 Source: Author —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Sexual Situations, Harsh Language —————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are comfortable with sexual situations and graphic language. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Charles is 14, and after being discovered with his first love he is forced into a mental hospital to cure his sexuality. For the next ten years he endures mental and physical torture as part…
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Book Review: Graffiti Moon
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Graffiti Moon Author: Cath Crowley Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: February 14, 2012 Source: NetGalley ——————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ——————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who swoon worthy moments and wonderfully rendered characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Senior year is over, and Lucy has the perfect way to celebrate: tonight, she’s going to find Shadow, the mysterious graffiti artist whose work appears all over the city. He’s out there somewhere—spraying color, spraying birds…
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Book Review: Saving June
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Saving June Author: Hannah Harrington Publisher: Harlequin Pages: Paperback; 322 Release Date: November 22, 2011 Source: NetGalley —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language; Sexual Situations —————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Key to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good contemporary read. Readers okay with upper YA themes. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When her older sister commits suicide and her divorcing parents decide to divide the ashes, Harper Scott takes her sister’s urn to the one place June always wanted to go: California. On the…
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Book Review: If I Tell
Media Type: Print Book Title: If I Tell Author: Janet Gurtler Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Pages: Paperback; 256 Release Date: October 1, 2011 Source: NetGalley —————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language —————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy realistic fiction with a lot of heart. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Jasmine Evans knows one thing for sure… people make mistakes. After all, she is one. Jaz is the result of a onenight stand between a black football player and a blonde princess. Having a young…
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Courage, a guest post by Helen Laibach
Today I’m pleased to have Helen Laibach, author of A Soul Less Broken here on the blog. I recently finished reading her book and I have to say, it’s heartbreaking and empowering at the same time. Helen is here to share a look into the rape statistics that drive her book. Catherine’s situation is terrifying, and yet very real people face that every day. I’ll let her explain. I’ve heard it said that the definition of courage is “doing what you know is right even when you are afraid.” There are the obvious examples of people who display courage every day…
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Book Review: She Loves You, She Loves You Not
Media Type: Book Title: She Loves You, She Loves You Not Author: Julie Anne Peters Publisher: Little, Brown Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: June 1, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ======================= Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Sexual situations; Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Seventeen-year-old Alyssa thought she knew who she was. She had her family, her best friends, and most importantly, she had Sarah. Sarah, her girlfriend, with whom she dreamed with about the day they could move far away and live out and proud and accepted for themselves, instead of having to hide their relationship. Alyssa…