With You All the Way by Cynthia Hand

e-Audio, 09:38:42Narrated by: Joy Osmanski Release Date: March 30, 2021Published by: HarperTeenRead from: June 17-19, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: Cheating For Readers Interested In: Contemporary,  Romance, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alone, Teachy not Preachy, YA       Ada’s life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheating on her after a humiliating attempt at losing her virginity, and…

This is My America by Kim Johnson

ARC, 389 pages Release Date: July 28, 2020Published by: Random House Books for Young Readers Read from: July 24-31, 2020Stand-aloneSource: Traded for a physical ARC  TW: Racism, Murder, Mention of White Hate groups, past lynching, Death PenaltyFor fans of: Social Justice, The Hate U Give, Just Mercy, Sparkly Covers, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Tear-Jerkers, Diverse Authors,…

The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert

e-ARC, 304 pages Release Date: July 7, 2020Published by: Disney-Hyperion Read from: June 30-July 4, 2020Stand-aloneSource: Edelweiss/Netgalley (I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss/Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.) TW: Voter SuppressionFor fans of: Political YA, Romance, POC MC, POC on…

Kent State by Deborah Wiles

e-ARC, 144 pages            Release Date: April 21, 2020 Published by: Scholastic Press Read from: April 21, 2020 Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  TW: School shooting, Death, True Events…

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