Review: Pointe

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.Pointe by Brandy Colbert Published by Penguin Young Readers on September 10, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Theo is better now. She's eating again, dating guys who are almost appropriate, and well on her way to becoming an elite ballet dancer. But when her oldest friend, Donovan, returns home after spending four long years with his kidnapper, Theo starts reliving...

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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: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Movie Tie-in Edition) by Jesse Andrews Published by Abrams on July 21, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads The book that inspired the hit film! Sundance U.S. Dramatic Audience Award Sundance Grand Jury This is the funniest book you ll ever read about death. It is a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks. But on the first day of his senior year, Greg Gaines thinks he s figured it out. The answer to the basic existential question: How is it possible to exist in a place that sucks so bad? His strategy: remain at the periphery at all times. Keep an insanely low profile. Make mediocre films with the one person who is even sort of his friend, Earl. This plan works for exactly eight...

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Review: Paper Towns

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.Paper Towns by John Green Published by Speak on June 29, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: Borrowed Buy on Amazon Goodreads Who is the real Margo? Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life - dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge - he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. She has disappeared. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance . . ....

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Review: Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda

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.Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Published by Balzer + Bray on June 2, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the...

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