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It Started With a Dare by Lindsay Faith Rech
REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Addition: Review e-book from NetGalley Genre: Young adult chick-lit Rating: 3 out of 5 Synopsis: Self-proclaimed nobody CG Silverman sees her move to an upscale new school as her chance to be somebody different. Her devil-may-care attitude attracts the in-clique, and before CG realizes it, a routine game of truth or dare [...]
Share on FacebookThis Girl is Different by J.J. Johnson
Addition: Review e-book from NetGalley Genre: Young adult, chick-lit Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: This girl is different… That’s what Evie has always told herself—and it’s true. Home-schooled by her counter culture mom, she’s decided to see what high school is like for the first time—for her senior year. And what a year it is. As it [...]
Share on FacebookThe Crepe Makers’ Bond by Julie Crabtree
Addition: Review e-book Genre: Young adult Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: Ariel is the head chef in her family kitchen. Cucumber salads, fettuccine carbonara, fish tacos, and peanut butter pie are just a few of the dishes she crafts when she’s feeling frustrated by the world. And it’s turning into a frustrating year. Ariel, Nicki, and Mattie [...]
Share on FacebookDescending by Catherine Chisnell
Addition: Review e-book Rating: 2/5 Synopsis: Emily is a lonely, disillusioned, teaching assistant at a college of Further Education. Jamie is a neglected, unpredictable student. Trapped together in a falling lift, wherever will this lead? Told from Emily’s point of view, this story explores the ambiguity of relationships between staff and students, and reflects on [...]
Share on FacebookOld School Ties by Kate Harrison
Synopsis: Friends – and enemies – reunited! They say your school days are the best days of your life and Tracey Mortimer would agree. Sixteen years ago she ruled! She was the most popular girl in school, had her own gang and was dating the cutest guy in her year. Now she’s 32, stuck in [...]
Share on FacebookThe Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Synopsis: The Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it’s relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the ‘phony’ aspects of society, and the ‘phonies’ themselves: the headmaster whose affability [...]
Share on FacebookA Season of Eden by JM Warwick
Synopsis from Amazon: He’s my teacher. I shouldn’t be alone with him. But I can’t help that he’s irresistible. I let the door silently close at my back. He stared at me, and a taut quiet stretched between us. “I like hearing you play,” I said, moving toward him. He turned, in sync with my [...]
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