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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Overall Rating: 6/10 "Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Overall Rating: 7/10 In a small town beside a river in Old England, the townspeople have a mysterious stranger fall into the pub with a...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Overall Rating: 7/10 "The clearest metaphor I had for my own gender identity in college was the image of a scale. A huge weight had been...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Overall Rating: 5/10 "Yes, the Fuhrer decided that he would rule the world with words. 'I will never fire a gun,' he devised. 'I will not...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Overall Rating: 9/10 Shadow and Bone is about a girl that discovers she has a special power that changes not only her life, but the...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Overall Rating: 10/10 1930's Mississippi is not a safe place to be Black - a lesson that Cassie Logan and her brothers are just beginning...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
Overall Rating: 9/10 In Monkey Beach, the main protagonist Lisa tells the story of her past and cultural heritage living in Kitimat, BC...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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Cul-de-Sac by Joy Fielding
Overall Rating: 8/10 This book is about a little neighborhood cul-de-sac in Florida. It is a mystery novel told from the point of view of...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe
Overall Rating: 9/10 Saye has always lived a privileged and lavish life. But one car crash changes his life forever. One thing I liked...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 10, 20231 min read
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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Overall Rating: 8/10 This book is about a well-off student who doesn't do well in the fancy schools his parents put him in. He is a...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Overall Rating: 10/10 How does a caterpillar become a beautiful butterfly? Not by eating donuts! This is a great read for very young...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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River's End by Nora Roberts
Overall Rating: 8/10 Hollywood comes with beautiful things...but also with devastation. A young girl grows up sheltered from the horror,...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney
Overall Rating: 9/10 As the seventh son of a seventh son, Tom can see things others can't. One day, a Spook comes to make him his...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Trigger by N. Griffin
Overall Rating: 8/10 All Didi wants to do is make her father happy. But all he wants is a prodigy. One thing I liked about this book is...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
Overall Rating: 8/10 When a virus wipes out 98% of America's children, the ones left behind develop strange powers. Scared of their new...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Overall Rating: 8/10 Nahri is a con-woman living in 18th Century Cairo. Ali, the second-born prince of a mythical djinn kingdom. The City...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Plank's Law by Lesley Choyce
Overall Rating: 6/10 The doctors say he's only got a year to live. But first he's made a list - one he wants to complete. Overall, I...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 3, 20231 min read
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A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality by Molly Muldoon and Will Hernandez
Overall Rating: 7/10 This nonfiction book covers some of the ins and outs of asexuality and aromanticism. It has fun visuals and good...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 3, 20231 min read
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Partials by Dan Wells
Overall Rating: 8/10 This novel presents a terrifying dystopian future in which nearly all Earth’s population has already been wiped out...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 3, 20232 min read
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The Splendid City by Karen Heuler
Overall Rating: 1/10 A rebellious witch and a talking cat - no, I'm not talking about Sabrina. Eleanor and her reluctant roommate (who...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 3, 20231 min read
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