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You Should See Me in a Crown Book Review
Becky Albertalli meets Jenny Han in a smart, hilarious, black girl magic, own voices rom-com by a staggeringly talented new writer. Liz Lighty has always believed she’s too black, too poor, too awkward…
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How to be Remy Cameron Book Review
Everyone on campus knows Remy Cameron. He’s the out-and-proud, super-likable guy who friends, faculty, and fellow students alike admire for his cheerful confidence. The only person who isn’t entirely sure about Remy Cameron…
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The Stars and the Blackness Between Them Book Review
“Told in two distinct and irresistible voices, Junauda Petrus’s bold and lyrical debut is the story of two black girls from very different backgrounds finding love and happiness in a world that seems…
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Outlawed Book Review
The Crucible meets True Grit in this riveting adventure story of a fugitive girl, a mysterious gang of robbers, and their dangerous mission to transform the Wild West. “In the year of our…
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Night Owls and Summer Skies Book Review
You have to step off the trail to find your path . . . When her mother unceremoniously dumps her at Camp Mapplewood for the summer, Emma Lane’s hopes of repairing their fractured…
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The Gravity of Us Book Review
Teen boys find love when their parents’ NASA mission uproots their lives in this sweet debut perfect for Adam Silvera fans. As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal…
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Her Name in the Sky Book Review
Seventeen-year-old Hannah wants to spend her senior year of high school going to football games and Mardi Gras parties. She wants to drive along the oak-lined streets of Louisiana’s Garden District and lie…
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Robin’s Lake Book Review
Robin is beautiful, talented, and popular while Asher is on the opposite end of the social spectrum. But after a chance meeting, the two hit it off and become friends. In clumsy-sweet fashion,…
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Colorblind Book Review
Harper has a secret… and it’s not that she likes girls. She has a special gift: she can see how old other people will be when they die. Nothing she does changes this…
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Representation is important
As a fiction writer, I hate to admit this (especially aloud), that I really don’t read much. Yeah, I know, that’s strange. I did when I was younger, but as we grow up…