Human rights activist Park, who fled North Korea with her mother in 2007 at age 13 and eventually made it to South Korea two years later after a harrowing ordeal, recognized that in order to be “completely free,” she had to confront the truth of her past. It is an ugly, shameful story of … More In Order To Live by Yeonmi Park
When BFFs Charlie, Taylor and Jamie go to SupaCon, they know it’s going to be a blast. What they don’t expect is for it to change their lives forever. Charlie likes to stand out. SupaCon is her chance to show fans she’s over her public breakup with co-star, Jason Ryan. When Alyssa Huntington arrives as … More Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde
It’s the start of Jordan Sun’s junior year at the Kensington-Blaine Boarding School for the Performing Arts. Unfortunately, she’s an Alto 2, which—in the musical theatre world—is sort of like being a vulture in the wild: She has a spot in the ecosystem, but nobody’s falling over themselves to express their appreciation. So it’s no … More Noteworthy by Riley Redgate
How can you have a future if you can’t accept your past? Mel Hannigan doesn’t have it easy. Mourning the death of her firework of a brother, trying to fit back into a school she’s been conspicuously absent from and struggling to deal with the loss of three friendships that used to mean everything. Struggling … More A Tragic Kind Of Wonderful By Eric Lindstrom
February is always a hectic month for me, not only does everyone decide to be born in this month but there’s only 28 says and let me cry because I could have finished a whole entire book in those two days! I don’t know about you but I feel cheated. This month I worked myself … More February Wrap Up & Haul
Disclaimer this post will mainly focus on Autsim in books as this directly relates to me as I have a brother that is on the spectrum and I’m able to see good rep from bad (most of the time all situations differ) but I do know that we need more hype for ALL disabilities that are in … More Its 2017… Where is the hype for disabilities in young adult books
Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. When groceries are left on the porch, she can’t step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He’s sweet and funny, and he just caught her fishing for groceries. Because of course he did. Norah can’t leave the house, but can she … More Under Rose-Tainted Skies By Louise Gornall
This road trip will have earth-shattering consequences . . . Twins Justine and Perry are about to embark on the road trip of a lifetime in the Pacific Northwest. It’s been a year since they watched their dad lose his battle with cancer. Now, at only nineteen, Justine is the sole carer for her disabled … More Are You Seeing Me by Darren Groth
Hi, Hey, Howareya? I hope everyone’s doing great and you all aren’t to stressed with Christmas and holidays coming up. I know December has been ridiculously busy for me although I feel like I’ve hardly done anything at the same time so that is always fun… Today I’m doing Top Ten Tuesday! This is a … More Top Ten Tuesdays – Books I’m Looking Forward To For The First Half Of 2017
It’s Friday I’ve been awake for more the 3 hours and I haven’t had a coffee? What is this sorcery! I know there must be something wrong with me. I am seriously cramming down for NaNo this weekend so I thought to ease myself into a weekend of writing I’d do a really great tag … More The Diverse Books Tag
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