All the Wind in the World
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Keep your eyes open . . . your head down . . . and your love secret. Sarah Jac Crow and James...
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"A sweet summer read about a boy looking for love and the lengths he will go to to find it." —Teen...
LGBTQ Young Adult
The Waltz of Devil’s Creek
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Judith Campbell is dying, and she cannot take the painful truth about where her son came from to the...
Adult Historical
How to Make a Wish
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If you really want something, the stars won't help you. You have to reach out and take it. Grace...
young adult lgbtia romance fiction
Dalysian Hope (Dalysia #1)
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A young girl. An ancient war. Secrets and lies around every corner. Who will you trust? Sophie...
Young Adult Fantasy Romance
Bright Midnights (Limerent #2)
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Amelie has always been different. Most high school students find life challenging, but 17-year...
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Goddess in the Stacks (553 KP) rated Like Water in Books
Dec 17, 2018
Much of the angst in this book comes from Savannah not knowing if she has the same disease her father does, and she's not sure if she wants to know. Altogether, in this book we have chronic illness, hispanic teens, bisexual, lesbian, and genderqueer teens, small-town angst....there's really a LOT of demographics covered in this book.
I like Savannah, but I don't like her love interest, Leigh, very much. Leigh does NOT have her shit together, and between drinking and doing drugs, all while underage, she poses a very real threat to Savannah's well-being.
I'm a little nonplussed by the ending of the book. It leaves a few questions unanswered, but not in a cliff-hanger-y way. It's more of a possibilities-left-open kind of way. Which makes sense for a "first love" romance. It's not necessarily a "true love" story. It reminds me of John Green novels in that way.
So - it's a great book for representation, but don't expect a tidy, wrapped-up ending. You won't find that here.
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Four Three Two One
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In this contemporary YA novel, a girl reunites with the three other survivors of a bus bombing that...
Four Three Two One Courtney C. Stevens Young Adult Young Adult Fiction
Everyone has most likely heard the quote, "History is written by the victors." Although the quote is often attributed to Winston Churchill, it is not known who originally said it. However, the author does not matter, only the truth of the quote.
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers’ Edition Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong by James W. Loewen is part of his campaign to correct mistakes that have been taught in schools for years. His most famous work, Lies My Teacher Told Me, was originally published in 1995.
This history book is geared toward "young readers". I, as an adult, found the information interesting and some was outright surprising to me. However, I think young readers would find it wordy. This was not a book to sit and read cover to cover. I needed time to reflect, discuss, and to research sections for more information.
Adding it to an advanced or higher level history course to complement a traditional history textbook would be an asset to the student's education. Allowing both books to be read at the same time would probably help encourage the reader's curiosity to not just accept what the textbooks offers as history as fact.
