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‘Every Other Weekend’

January 13, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Abigail Johnson, Every Other Weekend

Teens Lean on Each Other When Adults Can’t Deal in this New YA Novel

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‘The How and The Why’

December 3, 2019December 2, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Cynthia Hand, the How and the Why

A YA Novel About an Adopted Teen and her Birth Mother, Seeking Answers

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Slay Queen

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments AAVE, black gamers, Brittney Morris, Slay, YA novel Slay

A Debut YA Thriller About the World of Black Gamers

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L’Amour Fou

October 15, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Serpent and Dove, Shelby Mahurin

‘Serpent and Dove,’ a Fun, Frenchy YA Fantasy Romance

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Don’t Read, Don’t Tell

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments A Day In The Life Of Marlon Bundo, Alex Gino, Banned Books Week, Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey, George

Pretty Much Every Volume in Banned Books Week Has LGBTQ Content

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Boyfriend

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Mary H.K. Choi, Permanent Record

In ‘Permanent Record,’ a College Dropout Dates a Pop Star

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Taking The Leap

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments As Many Nows As I Can Get, Shana Youngdahl

‘As Many Nows As I Can Get,’ a Beautiful YA Novel About a Bad Relationship

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‘When the Ground is Hard’

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Malla Nunn, When the Ground is Hard

In this Teen Novel, Swaziland in the 1960s Feels a Lot Like America Today

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‘Patron Saints Of Nothing’

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Patron Saints of Nothing, Randy Ribay, Rodrigo Duterte

A Filipino-American Teen Immersed in Duterte’s Drug Crackdown

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‘Let Me Hear A Rhyme’

June 19, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Biggie Smalls, Let Me Hear A Rhyme, Malik Shafir, Malik-16, Tiffany D. Jackson

Remembering Non-Hipster Brooklyn in the 90s, and a Hip-Hop Mystery

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‘Girl Gone Viral’

June 3, 2019June 2, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Arvin Ahmadi, Girl Gone Viral

Ready Player Whatever in a Young-Adult VR Dystopia

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The Devil Went Up to Minnesota

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Jacqueline West, Last Things

In Teen Horror Novel ‘Last Things,’ the Crossroads Reinvented

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‘Barely Missing Everything’

April 29, 2019April 30, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Barely Missing Everything, Matt Mendez

An Affecting Young-Adult Debut About the Lives of Mexican-American Teens in El Paso

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Normal Kid, Hooked on Oxy

April 15, 2019April 19, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments

‘Heroine,’ a Realistic Novel About a High-Performing Student Athlete With an Opioid Habit

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You’re Supposed to be Uncomfortable

March 26, 2019March 22, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments A.S. King, Dig

The Harsh Truths and Hopeful Teens of A.S. King’s ‘Dig’

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