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Wow! I haven’t done one of these in the longest time, but I severely need to get back in the habit of tracking my reading. I feel like everything has gone all helter skelter without me having all of my lists. The last time I attempted to do any kind of reading notes was way [...]
LOST vs. ROWAN THE STRANGE The Nerds Heart YA Tournament seeks to find and recognize the finest in Young Adult Literature in underrepresented categories. All books selected to compete in this tournament fit into at least one and sometimes more of the following: Person(s) of Color (POC), GLBT, Disability/Mental Illness, Religious Lifestyle, Lower Socioeconomic Status. To follow the tournament [...]
Rowan the Strange, by Julie Hearn Oxford University Press – April 2010– Hardcover – 352 pages Source: Purchased for my personal collection Rowan the Strange is set in 1939, just on the eve of England entering the fighting in World War II. Everyday brings fear of bombs and warfare and all live on the edge- [...]
Lost, by Jacqueline Davies Marshall Cavendish Corp – April 1, 2009 – Hardcover – 242 pages Source: Purchased for my personal collection Sixteen-year-old Essie Rosenfeld has had a hard life growing up on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1900′s. Her father dies when she is just ten, and her mother never really [...]
The Summer of Skinny Dipping, by Amanda Howells Sourcebooks Fire – June 1, 2010 – Hardcover – 304 pages Source: Review copy sent by the publisher 16-year-old Mia Gordon has been just been dumped by her boyfriend Jake. After such a shock to the system, she is especially looking forward to reconnecting with her cousin [...]