Scythe (Arc of a Scythe #1)
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A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and...
Sex Criminals: Volume 2: Two Worlds, One Cop
Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
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"Older teens and adults will chuckle as well as learn from this Eisner and Harvey Award-winning...
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Jayden's Cybermountain (The Sanctum Series #1)
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Jayden's Cybermountain (The Sanctum Series) Book 1 (previously, Jayden & the Mysterious Mountain) ...
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Fever in Books
Jun 15, 2023
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The Fever
By Diane Hoh
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Duffy has a mysterious fever that has robbed her of her strength and left her helpless in her hospital bed. Now she's beginning to suffer from delirious dreams . . . or did she really witness a murder? Only the murderer knows for sure . . . and that makes Duffy the next victim.
Such a trip back to my teens!! I absolutely love these books and this one had a crazy little story. I need to get more of the point horrors!
Kristy H (1252 KP) rated Our Own Private Universe in Books
Feb 18, 2021
Aki Simon is ready to start living her life. At fifteen, she believes she's bisexual, but she's only dated boys, and only her best friend, Lori, knows about her feelings. So when Aki and Lori go on a church trip to Mexico, Aki vows to stop sitting around and start living. This becomes possible when she meets Christa, another student on the trip. Christa, older and more worldly, clearly seems to like Aki as much as Aki likes her. But how does Aki--whose father is a pastor and along on this trip--experiment with Christa on this trip? How does she figure out if she likes, or even loves, Christa? And if she does, how does she tell her religious parents?
I've read several books by Robin Talley and really loved them all. This one was a little young for me, but I think it would be an excellent read for the teen age group. It covers a range of vital and big themes for teens: bisexuality, coming out, safe sex, parental expectations, religion and being gay, etc. There's a moment when Aki is trying to track down dental dams, and she's researching how to use them. I'm honestly not sure I've ever seen that in a book, and it's so important and honestly, really cool. I would have loved to find a book like this when I was a teen trying to figure out a lot of various things.
Unfortunately, a lot of the plot of UNIVERSE is based on the premise of one character lying to another, which I really do not care for. It gets off to a slow start. And there is a lot of teen drama, with Lori and other kids on the trip at the center. Maybe it wouldn't seem so melodramatic for teens, who live in that world, but it's a bit much and gets repetitive.
Still, I love how important this book is, covering coming out and featuring such a diverse cast of characters. It's serious yet romantic. I would certainly recommend it for teens grappling with their sexuality, those coming out, or those wanting to support their queer friends or kids. 3.5 stars. (Also, if you are older and queer (or even if you're not), read Robin Talley's PULP. It's amazing.)