Hardcover, 192 pages Release Date: May 8, 2018 Published by: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Read from: June 24, 2018 Stand-alone Source: Library TW: Racism For fans of: Historical Fiction, Verse, POC, YA, Realistic Fiction From the Young People’s Poet Laureate Margarita Engle comes a searing novel in verse about the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943. …
e-ARC, 368 pages Release Date: March 6, 2018 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: March 18, 2018 Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Edelweiss and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.) For fans of: Verse, Diverse Reads, #OwnVoices, Poetry, Contemporary, Body Image, Debut…
ARC, 320 pages Release Date: October 24, 2017 Published by: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Book Read from: October 22-23, 2017 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of: Contemporary, Family, Diversity, Realistic Fiction, YA A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RULE Or, you can call it a gun….
I don’t normally talk about the audio books I listen to because most of them are backlist, but I really want to start! So, I’m starting Listen Up to write short reviews on the books that I listen to! Audio, 4 hours Release Date: August 1, 2017 Published by: Zondervan Read from: September 6-8, 2017 Stand-alone Source: Library (e-Audio through…
As y’all know, I’m a Library Science student at University of North Texas. This semester I have the pleasure of taking an AWESOME class called Seminar and Trends in YA! This semester the focus is YA books! One of the things we have to do is read some books from a list my Prof has…
ARC, 302 pages Release Date: October 4, 2016 Published by: HMHM Books for Yooung Readers Read from: October 7, 2016 Stand-alone Source: Publisher For fans of: Body imagery, Verse, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, YA Fifteen-year-old Shay Summers is trying to cope with the death of her father, being overweight, and threats from a girl bully in school. When…
