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How to Keep Rolling After a Fall by Karole Cozzo

GUYS. THIS BOOK. This book could have gone horribly wrong. It could have come off as insensitive. It could have featured a whiny and annoying [...]

The Lost and Found by Katrina Leno

Synopsis: A charming and imaginative new novel about getting lost before you can be found. LOST: Frannie and Louis met in an online support group when [...]

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

It took me a while to write this review because this book… This book changed my life. You know that feeling when you meet a protagonist who just gets it? [...]

Interview with Jessica Khoury

When I picked up The Forbidden Wish earlier this year, I was expecting your standard Aladdin retelling, complete with lots and lots of references to some [...]

Waiting on Wednesday: Serafina and the Twisted Staff

GUYS. Serafina and the Twisted Staff comes out in a week! One week. When Disney-Hyperion sent me these charming middle-grade novels to review, I [...]

Waiting on Wednesday: The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

Can we just talk about this cover for a second?!?!? UM, WHAT? YES. YES YES YES YES YES. I neeeeed this book in my life. I mean this is Benjamin Alire [...]

Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee

Synopsis: Stevie, Max, and Sanger: keeping Austin weird. Stevie Hart is homeschooled, but don’t hold that against her. Sure, she and her best (okay, [...]

The Leaving by Tara Altebrando

Synopsis: Six were taken. Eleven years later, five come back--with no idea of where they've been. Eleven years ago, six kindergarteners went missing [...]

Stacking the Shelves [12]

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and is about sharing the books that you have added to your shelves in the past week. The books can be [...]