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Exit, Pursued by a Bear - E. K. Johnston
I chose to read this book for two reasons, it’s a 2019 YRCA Title, and because I love Shakespeare, which might not make sense, except...
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Twilight: the Relationship Killer?
Four(ish) years ago, after a semester of reading Thomas Hardy and Naturalism I started reading the Twilight series over the...
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Boy Meets Boy – David Levithan
Dear Boy Meets Boy… my high school was pretty damn progressive, but even we didn’t have the “Drag Queen Clique.” First of all, that there...
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Eleanor & Park – Rainbow Rowell (2013)
Wow. Just wow. I haven’t been this impressed with a book in a long time. I didn’t want to like it, it’s my nemeses’ favourite book, so I...
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Sister Wife – Shelley Hrdlitschka (2008)
Books with subject matter as controversial as this one can often ring false, and bias. I was surprised that this was not always the case...
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The Chosen One – Carol Lynch Williams (2008)
I could not put this book down. Honestly, from the moment I picked it up at the library yesterday afternoon, on the walk to the bus, on...
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The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins (2008)
I know, hot topic. But I would like to state that this is my second time reading the Hunger Games, and truthfully, I feel much the same...
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No Future For You Vol.2 – Brian K. Vaughan, Joss Whedon, Georges Jeanty (2008)
A continuation of season 8, a rogue Slayer gets caught up using her power for evil. Giles seeks out Faith to eliminate the threat in...
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Meridian – Amber Kizer (2010)
The first creatures to seek me were the insects; my parents cleaned the bassinet free of dead ants the morning after they brought me home...
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The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman (2008)
One night a two-year-old child wanders from his house and into the night. His wandering and curiosity saved him from the man who had come...
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The Long Way Home vol.1 – Joss Whedon & Georges Jeanty (2007)
Now as any avid Buffyite knows devastation hit when the show ended in Season Seven. Our beloved Joss had not intended to end the series...
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks – Emily Lockhart (2008)
Frankie Landau-Banks is a sophomore at Alabaster Preparatory. Frankie becomes the champion of the Geek Conglomerate, a group of...
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The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation – Sid Jacobson & Ernie Colón (2006)
Do you remember where you where on September 11th, 2001? I do. I was in my high school World Issues class, then watched the second plane...
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MAD Magazine – January 2010
I enjoyed this magazine much more than the issue of Girls’ Life that I read. It was funny, engaging, and I can completely understand the...
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Elsewhere – Gabrielle Zevin (2005)
Liz Hall is dead. At fifteen she died after she was hit by a car, which is how she ends up on the S.S. Nile bound for Elseworld....
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