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I didn't know anything about Wu Chien Shiung until I read this book. I feel like more people should know her. Also give her a Nobel Prize please.
A cute story about two boys who love each other. I really liked the diversity in the illustrations, but I wondered if the eye shape given to the two that was supposed to indicate Asian descent was appropriate or not? I need to do more research on that.
So cute! How a gay couple finds a baby left on a subway platform and decides to start a family. I really liked it.
Leighton is such a strong character. Even if I didn't always think what she was doing was right, I did understand why she would be taking the actions she does. Leighton, her sisters, and her mother are not safe at home, but her mother doesn't seem ready yet to admit that something has changed about Leighton's father. Everyone else in their small town keeps looking away. The house repairs itself, and the crows keep coming.
Leighton does have a few bright spots: her friendship with Sophia, and growing relationship with Liam McNamara. Can she do what needs to be done to save herself and her family?
It's a hard read at times, because this book is about domestic violence and what it does to families and teens. It's still really good, and ends on an uplifting note.
Leighton does have a few bright spots: her friendship with Sophia, and growing relationship with Liam McNamara. Can she do what needs to be done to save herself and her family?
It's a hard read at times, because this book is about domestic violence and what it does to families and teens. It's still really good, and ends on an uplifting note.
It feels weird to say I enjoyed a book about a friendship break-up, but I did. I don't think we talk enough about what it's like to break up with a friend, and sometimes those scars last just as long as a romantic relationship breaking up.
Cleo and Layla have been best friends for years, but now they are growing apart. That growing apart blows up spectacularly, in a way that makes it difficult to be friends again. But how did it happen?
The format of this one is a little tricky. It flips back and forth through time, which worked better for me at the beginning than it did towards the end. At the end I was having a hard time figuring out how far away December was from the present. I think it works in a way to make you more sympathetic to Cleo at the beginning, and then you slowly realize that she has a lot to do with the break-up at the same time. I've been the Cleo before and had a friendship blow up without knowing why.
More like this, please.
Cleo and Layla have been best friends for years, but now they are growing apart. That growing apart blows up spectacularly, in a way that makes it difficult to be friends again. But how did it happen?
The format of this one is a little tricky. It flips back and forth through time, which worked better for me at the beginning than it did towards the end. At the end I was having a hard time figuring out how far away December was from the present. I think it works in a way to make you more sympathetic to Cleo at the beginning, and then you slowly realize that she has a lot to do with the break-up at the same time. I've been the Cleo before and had a friendship blow up without knowing why.
More like this, please.
This book would be excellent for teachers doing poetry units. I love how it explains the different forms of poetry. Each one also addresses something that would make the world a better place and whether or not the author has been able to live up to that thing.
A cute story that encourages girls to dress up as figures other than princesses.
I liked the story well enough, but I had a hard time figuring out exactly what the blue spinning was as a worldbuilding too. I didn't really get it, and I felt like not getting meant that the story just sort of floated for me. I did appreciate the gender thing not being a big deal.
