Reviews
Swing
by Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
With their beautiful verses, Alexander and Hess create a world that you are drawn into to find out what happens to Noah and Walt, AKA: Swing!
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Love, Hate, & Other Filters
by Samira Ahmed
Maya’s world is filled with typical teenage angst and controlling parents, but it is also one where hate and fear drive people to make unfair assumptions about her.
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Long Way Down
by Jason Reynolds
Will’s elevator ride takes a supernatural turn as he works to follow a vengeful rule in this lyrical novel written by a true word genius.
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The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
This novel, written in verse, is an accurate depiction of a teenager’s struggle to find herself amongst the expectations of family and friends.
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The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
by Pablo Cartaya
A greedy land developer might not realize he is up against an ENTIRE family when he meets and tries to take on Arturo Zamora and his family’s restaurant in this quick middle school read!
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Wilder Girls
by Rory Power
Wilder Girls is a science fiction novel set in the future where an evil disease (?) has infested everything and everyone on an island off of Maine.
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
by Erika L Sanchez
I’m Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is definitely a novel about self-discovery, art, and family but with a bit of mystery… who was the real Olga??
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Ramona Blue
by Julie Murphy
Ramona Blue is another beautiful read by Dumplin’ author, Julie Murphy. It deals with growing up, being yourself, and love— but in some unexpected ways.
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Fish in a Tree
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Fish in a Tree is a beautiful treasure of a novel about a 6th grader, Ally, who struggles with a reading disability, and ultimately finds herself surrounded by not only her own strength but that of the friends she makes.
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Monday's Not Coming
by Tiffany D. Jackson
Tiffany D. Jackson’s teen psychological thriller is both suspenseful and touching. It brings forth a mystery that needs to be read, if not for her creative story telling, but for the social and racial issues it brings up that are so vital for our young readers to think about.
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