Young Adult

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“an engaging book that will give kids a feel for current issues in our natural environment and draw attention to the controversies of humans versus nature . . .”

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"Emotionally raw and ruthlessly honest . . ."

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"In music, impact comes from steady improvement, pruning, intensifying, through intelligence, sensitivity."

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“The roots are messy indeed, but the tree blossoming from them is brilliant.”

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“The reader closes the covers more frustrated than enlightened.”

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Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate the Magic of Reading and Writing YA is a fantastic book. Full stop.

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Villalobos’ book is the type that readers will want to read for a second time. Highly recommended as a piece of good teen nonfiction.”

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"Homa found another way to record her thoughts. 'I used the tail of my toothbrush to write on the wall. The act of writing helped me memorize my thoughts.'”

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This book about a young transgender (trans) man is simply brilliant.

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This unique graphic novel deserves high praise for direction and purpose.

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“This courageous memoir is a worthy addition to the growing trans canon.”

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“a vitally important book.”

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Social media is a pervasive presence in teenage lives nowadays, yet there is a double standard, as there has always been in the female narrative: Rather than teaching boys not to rape or peers not

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“The latest graphic novel from Doug TenNapel proves once again that a full story can be told in pictures, and that it can be as affecting and detailed as it could be in book form. . . .