Anna Tschetter

I wanted to like more because I really enjoyed the author's first book, The Deep Sky but this one just didn't really work for me. The premise was solid but the worldbuilding was a bit a mess and the characters felt a little flat. It also doesn't help that I've been rereading the Expanse series and that series does many of the same elements - interstellar gate travel, mysterious builders, a badass former solider - better in every way.

This was a great comic about two people from two very different worlds: a Star Wars-esque situation where rebels are fighting against an oppressive empire and a peaceful, socialist commune where everyone is accepted and cared for. I loved the message and the art was great!

Bro, this was good!

This was on our high school's summer reading list a while ago and I finally picked it up while at the desk the other day. (Don't tell.) I enjoyed it but it's definitely the first volume. I have a feeling if I continue I will be emotionally devastated.

Amazing and heartbreaking. Since this is about child sexual assault I knew it would be a hard read but it's also funny and inspiring. Della is such a force to be reckoned with and I'm so glad that she gets to have friends and a sister and a foster mom who cares. Francine, her foster mom, is such a lovely person. Her insistence that other people's stories are their own is such a powerful thing. No one is allowed to tell your story and you get to decide how to tell it. That's an important lesson for all of us, but so powerful for kids/teens.