Review: Damage Done

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Damage Done by Amanda Panitch Series: Stand Alone Published by Random House Books for Young Readers on July 21st 2015 Genres: Family, Young Adult-Contemporary Pages: 304 Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads 22 minutes separate Julia Vann’s before and after. Before: Julia had a twin brother, a boyfriend, and a best friend. After: She has a new identity, a new hometown, and memories of those twenty-two minutes that refuse to come into focus. At least, that’s what she tells the police. Now that she’s Lucy Black, she's able to begin again. She's even getting...

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Review: The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend

This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence.THE DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger Series: Stand Alone Published by Little Brown, Poppy on September 7th 2010 Genres: Emotions & Feelings, Family, Young Adult Pages: 280 Source: Bought Goodreads Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn’t think she’s the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. She’s also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush. In fact, Bianca hates him. And when he nicknames her “the Duff,” she throws her Coke in his face. But things aren’t so great at home right now, and Bianca is desperate for a distraction. She ends...

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Review: Positively Beautiful

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Positively Beautiful by Wendy Mills Series: Stand Alone Published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens on March 3rd 2015 Genres: Emotions & Feelings, Family, Young Adult-Contemporary Pages: 368 Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads 16-year-old Erin is a smart if slightly dorky teenager, her life taken up with her best friend Trina, her major crush on smoky-eyed, unattainable Michael, and fending off Faith, the vision of perfection who’s somehow always had the knife in for Erin. Her dad, a pilot, died when she was very young, but Erin and her mom are just fine on...

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Review: Half Bad

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence.Half Bad by Sally Green Series: , Half Life Trilogy #1, Published by Penguin on March 4, 2014 Genres: Boys & Men, Family, Fantasy & Magic, Fiction, General, Young Adult Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads In modern-day England, witches live alongside humans: White witches, who are good; Black witches, who are evil; and sixteen-year-old Nathan, who is both. Nathan’s father is the world’s most powerful and...

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