Category: young adult
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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers is a startlingly realistic novel of the Vietnam War. It tells the story of Richie Perry, a young seventeen-year-old from Harlem who is unable to afford college. Thinking he needs to find an alternative he volunteers for the army where is sent to Vietnam. While there he finds himself…
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On the Run is the first book in the More Than Conquerors series by DJanee. It opens with Sophie as she tries to escape a compound controlled by a group she refers to as Firebursts. As she tries to find her way out she gets attacked by what she calls a killer and narrowly manages…
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Eragon, book one of The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, set the stage for a great fantasy series. It tells the story of young Eragon, a boy who is only fifteen when the story opens. While hunting in the Spine, a mountain range near the farm where he lives with his uncle and cousin, he…
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The book Keep Close by Kristen Wade was odd in that it doesn’t follow the stereotype for the typical story about an alien invasion. I say that because it doesn’t reveal the existence of the aliens right away and instead builds the tension for a while before the reveal. The story is about two teenagers,…
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Today’s book is an odd one but a good one. I can legitimately say that this is possibly the only one I’ve come across that falls into this particular unique mix of genres. It is a ghost story that is neither horror nor mystery. At the same time it is a story about sport, specifically…
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I recently received a book for the holidays that is probably the weirdest conglomeration of themes that I have come across recently. It felt like it was a combination of Christian, LGBTQ+, and horror, which I have to admit was a very unusual combination to read. The book in question is Hell Followed With Us…