Brosgol, Vera. Anya’s Ghost. New York: First Second, 2011. This graphic novel is about Anya, a first generation Russian immigrant, and the challenges she faces with making friends at her American private school,
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Yang, Gene Luen. American Born Chinese. New York: Square Fish, 2006. Genre: Graphic Novel Intended Audience: 14 and up Personal reaction to the book American Born Chinese was an interesting graphic novel, one that I
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Araki, Mari & Kashyap, Keshni. Tina’s Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2012. Genre: Graphic Novel, Contemporary Intended Audience: 14 and up Personal reaction to the book This graphic novel is
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Hicks, Faith Erin. Friends with Boys. New York: First Second, 2012. Genre: Contemporary, Graphic Novel Recommended Age Group: 13 and up Personal reaction to the book Friends with Boys is a graphic novel by Faith
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Carroll, Emily. Through the Woods. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014. Genre: Graphic Novel, Short Stories Intended Audience: 14 and up Personal reaction This graphic novel was scary, but delightfully so. Through the Woods
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Lockhart, E. We Were Liars. New York: Delacourte, 2014. Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, Psychological Thriller Intended Audience: 14 and up Personal reaction to the book In Lockhart’s We Were Liars, the main character and
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Lockhart, E. Dramarama. New York: Hyperion, 2007. Genre: Contemporary Intended Audience: 14 and up Personal reaction This was the second book by E. Lockhart that I’ve read this fall, and I adored it. This novel
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Murphy, Julie. Side Effects May Vary. New York: Balzer & Bray (Harper), 2014. Genre: Contemporary Recommended Audience: 16 and up Personal reaction to the book In this novel, sixteen-year-old Alice is living under the
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Sales, Leila. This Song Will Save Your Life. New York: Macmillan, 2013. Genre: Contemporary Intended Audience: 14 and above Personal reaction to the book This Song Will Save Your Life is about a music-obsessed loner
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This has been a very strange week. This is one of the first weeks I’ve spent where my main job(s) are all working from home, so Thanksgiving didn’t feel as much like
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