Just because you're heading back to school doesn't mean you can't have fun sharing the ups, downs, and woes of some of YA literature's best characters as they head back to school.
You'll laugh, you'll cry, and these books will take you mind off
your Algebra homework. . . at least for a little while.
So dig in and Happy Reading!
You'll laugh, you'll cry, and these books will take you mind off
your Algebra homework. . . at least for a little while.
So dig in and Happy Reading!
The Truth Commission
By: Susan Juby
This was going to be the year Normandy Pale came into her own. The year she emerged from her older sister’s shadow—and Kiera, who became a best-selling graphic novelist before she even graduated from high school, casts a long one. But it hasn’t worked out that way, not quite. So Normandy turns to her art and writing, and the “truth commission” she and her friends have started to find out the secrets at their school. It’s a great idea, as far as it goes—until it leads straight back to Kiera, who has been hiding some pretty serious truths of her own. Susan Juby’s The Truth Commission: A story about easy truths, hard truths, and those things best left unsaid.
By: Susan Juby
This was going to be the year Normandy Pale came into her own. The year she emerged from her older sister’s shadow—and Kiera, who became a best-selling graphic novelist before she even graduated from high school, casts a long one. But it hasn’t worked out that way, not quite. So Normandy turns to her art and writing, and the “truth commission” she and her friends have started to find out the secrets at their school. It’s a great idea, as far as it goes—until it leads straight back to Kiera, who has been hiding some pretty serious truths of her own. Susan Juby’s The Truth Commission: A story about easy truths, hard truths, and those things best left unsaid.
You're a Poet and You Didn't Know It!
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The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy
By: Kate Hattemer Witty, sarcastic Ethan and his three best friends are students at Selwyn Arts Academy, which has been hijacked by For Art’s Sake, a sleazy reality-television show. In the tradition of Ezra Pound, the foursome secretly writes and distributes a long poem to protest the show. They’re thrilled to have started a budding rebellion. But the forces behind the show are craftier than they seem. The web of betrayal stretches farther than Ethan could have ever imagined, and it’s up to him, his friends, and a heroic gerbil named Baconnaise to save Selwyn. In a school filled with talent, Ethan provides a voice that shines in its ability to come off as your average, socially awkward, yet entirely relatable teen. Additionally, a story like this may require its readers to suspend disbelief, however, Hattemer's deft narrative style illuminates a story that is well-plotted and with well conceived characters creating an entirely believable reading experience. Those in the market for romance will find it, but really this is a story about friendship and relying on your passion and ideals in order to fight for what you believe in. It is also a book about hamsters . . . kidding! |
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