Review: 100 Sideways Miles

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.100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith Published by Simon & Schuster on December 18, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary, Young Adult-Realistic Fiction Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Finn Easton sees the world through miles instead of minutes. It’s how he makes sense of the world, and how he tries to convince himself that he’s a real boy and not just a character in his father’s bestselling cult-classic book. Finn has two things going for him: his best friend, the possibly-insane-but-definitely-excellent Cade Hernandez, and Julia Bishop, the first girl he’s ever loved. Then Julia moves away, and Finn is heartbroken. Feeling...

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Review: The Truth About Alice

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley 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.The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu Published by Roaring Brook Press on June 3, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary, Young Adult-Realistic Fiction Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads veryone has a lot to say about Alice Franklin, and it’s stopped mattering whether it’s true. The rumors started at a party when Alice supposedly had sex with two guys in one night. When school starts everyone almost forgets...

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Review: The Impossible Knife of Memory

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.The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson Published by Viking Juvenile on January 7, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary, Young Adult-Realistic Fiction Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads For the past five years, Hayley Kincaid and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that have tortured him since his return from Iraq. Now...

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Review: Goodbye, Rebel Blue

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.Goodbye, Rebel Blue by Shelley Coriell Series: Stand Alone Published by Harry N. Abrams on October 1st 2013 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary, Young Adult-Realistic Fiction Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Rebecca Blue is a rebel with an attitude whose life is changed by a chance encounter with a soon-to-be dead girl. Rebel (as she’s known) decides to complete the dead girl’s bucket list to prove that choice, not chance, controls her fate. In doing so, she unexpectedly opens her mind and heart to a world she once dismissed—a world of...

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Review: Out of Reach

Out of Reach by Carrie Arcos Published by Simon Pulse on October 16, 2012 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary, Young Adult-Realistic Fiction Source: Borrowed Buy on Amazon Goodreads How do you find someone who doesn’t want to be found? A girl searches for her missing addict brother while confronting her own secrets in this darkly lyrical novel. Rachel has always idolized her older brother Micah. He struggles with addiction, but she tells herself that he’s in control. And she almost believes it. Until the night that Micah doesn’t come home. Rachel’s terrified—and she can’t help but feel responsible. She should have listened when Micah tried to confide in her. And she only feels more guilt when she receives an anonymous note telling her that Micah is nearby and in...

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