Anna Tschetter
This was beautiful and emotional! My only wish is that the authors included more information on their research and specifically the "hibakusha" or Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors of the atom bombs. But! I'm a librarian so I can find that out myself! :)
This was really sweet! I'm excited to see where Ako's new passion for skating takes her and I hope she dumps her loser boyfriend.
Oh this one was EXTRA scary. I do not like the thing with the really long neck - no thank you.
Dune is good! It's complicated because there are some parts that are so wild and I'll say it - bad! - like massive hatred of fat people, women don't really get to do much, weird racism, too much invented language to be accessible, strange abbreviations, but on the whole it is really compelling. And for a book written 60ish years ago it can be really readable!
This was really sweet! I've been a Nora - trying to hold friendships together so much it triggers anxiety - and Iris - burying myself in work to avoid something so scary so it really resonated with me. I think it will for a lot of teens, too.
This is a book for all the teens who left their small towns because they thought they'd die if they stayed. It gets better. Maybe we can't go home again but we can still live in the sun.
I'm not sure all of the information/symptoms about CTE are accurate but I do think teen readers would like it. It's not for me, but that's fine!
I enjoyed but didn't love this. It was a lot to pack into a novella and maybe would have been better suited to a full novel. But I liked how Fellian took control of her own life at the end.
This year is ending up to be a year of manga and adult fiction (because Alex Awards) so I had heard of this but when it was in Libby, I grabbed it. While the story is a fairly standard magic school/training story (not a bad thing!) the art is INCREDIBLE and really stood out to me. Definitely, I'm intrigued and will continue on.
This was great! As someone who lived in rural mid Michigan the author really captured how bleak it can be. With the combination of the history of medical experimentation on minorities and the voiceless and vulnerable, it makes for a chilling and plausible story.
This is beautiful and sad and funny and well deserving of a Printz honor! My absolute favorite poem is “I gain a ribbon shirt in bloodlines” and I cried reading it. It's just perfect.
Recommended for all readers everywhere especially for those who feel out of place.
Still cute and fun. If you like cooking, fantasy bestiaries, or just Dungeons and Dragons this series is for you!
I had a hard time getting into the plot but I liked the world building and the non-European based fantasy.
A little slow to start but once I got immersed in the world and spent more time with The Book I got really into it. I love the meta-ness of the plot and the circular nature (spoiler? who knows?). The story does curl around itself like the pages of a book in the wind, I assume is intentional. I can't wait for the next book to come out!
Great fun for anyone who read at least one Bronte sister book. It made me laugh out loud numerous times (the duck! the bike!)!
Perfectly fine! I wanted a little more out of it - more characterization, more details, more. . . .everything! - but still a relaxing, fun read.
It took me way longer to read this than it should have because once again, I inadvertently started a pandemic book in a pandemic. It was beautifully written but hard to read.
This book was SO GREAT! It has amazing characters - yes, including the Claw and le Splotch! - and Barry does such a great job of capturing so many different teenage girl experiences. Plus, it's hilarious and still thought-provoking at the same time. I loved everyone.
It took me a bit to get into this, probably because it's been a while since I read an actual, non-genre adult book, but I'm glad I stuck with it. It's got an inanimate object as a POV character which is one of my favorites and lots of family secrets.
Oh my heart! This is an incredible read with two brave, inspiring, and realistic characters!
