Review: Purple Daze

Title: Purple DazeSeries: NoGenre: Young Adult- HistoricalAuthor: Sherry ShahanPublisher: Running Press TeensRelease Date: March 22, 2011Book: Sent by publisher “Purple Daze is a young adult novel set in suburban Los Angeles in 1965. Six high school students share their experiences and feelings in interconnected free verse and traditional poems about war, feminism, riots, love, racism, rock ‘n’ roll, high school, and friendship. Although there have been verse novels published recently, none explore the changing and volatile 1960’s in America– a time when young people drove a cultural and political revolution. With themes like the costs and casualties of war, the consequences of sex, and the complex relationships between teens, their...

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