Tag: contemporary
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Wing Jones – Katherine Webber
Title: Wing Jones Author: Katherine Webber Year Published: 2017 Source: own copy Goodreads link:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25909375-wing-jones Synopsis: “Jandy Nelson meets Friday Night Lights: a sweeping story about love and family from an exceptional new voice in YA. With a grandmother from China and another from Ghana, fifteen-year-old Wing Jones is often caught between worlds. But when tragedy…
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Three Fantastic #UKYA | Birdy, Radio Silence & Beautiful, Broken Things
I had a massive reading binge over the Christmas break. What with the office being closed and being on a blogging break, I certainly had the time to get down to it. Here are three fantastic young adult books that I read over the break. Birdy – Jess Vallance Birdy is a fantastic, thrilling ride…
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Holding Up The Universe – Jennifer Niven.
Title: Holding Up The Universe Author: Jennifer Niven Year Published: 2016 Source: Won an arc at YALC 2016! Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28671039-holding-up-the-universe *picture from Waterstones.com Synopsis: “Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed “America’s Fattest Teen.” But no one’s taken the time to look past her weight to get to know who she really…
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The Square Root of Summer + My Summer Time Capsule.
Title: The Square Root of Summer Author: Harriet Reuter Hapgood Year Published: 2016 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27420164-the-square-root-of-summer Synopsis: “Last summer, Gottie’s life fell apart. Her beloved grandfather Grey died and Jason left her – the boy to whom she lost her virginity (and her heart) – and he wouldn’t even hold her hand at the funeral! This…
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Silence Is Goldfish – Annabel Pitcher
Title: Silence Is Goldfish Author: Annabel Pitcher Year Published: 2015 Source: Physically owned! Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25250548-silence-is-goldfish “My name is Tess Turner – at least, that’s what I’ve always been told. I have a voice but it isn’t mine. It used to say things so I’d fit in, to please my parents, to please my teachers. It…
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All The Rage – Courtney Summers
Title: All The Rage Author: Courtney Summers Published: 2016 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28320374-all-the-rage “”My dad used to say makeup was a shallow girl’s sport, but it’s not. It’s armour.” Kellan Turner is not the golden boy everyone thinks he is and Romy Grey knows that for a fact. But when she speaks up, she is branded a…
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The Gap of Time – Jeanette Winterson.
Title: The Gap of Time Author: Jeanette Winterson Year Published: 2015 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25214259-the-gap-of-time Synopsis: New Bohemia. America. A storm. A black man finds a white baby abandoned in the night. He gathers her up – light as a star – and decides to take her home. London. England. After the financial crash. Leo Kaiser knows how…
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Afterworlds – Scott Westerfeld
Title: Afterworlds Author: Scott Westerfeld Year Published: 2014 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20759444-afterworlds Synopsis “Darcy Patel has put college and everything else on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. Arriving in New York with no apartment or friends she wonders whether she’s made the right decision until she falls in with a crowd of other seasoned and…
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The Lost and The Found – Cat Clarke.
Title: The Lost and The Found Author: Cat Clarke Year Published: 2015 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20685157-the-lost-and-the-found Synopsis: “LOST. When six-year-old Laurel Logan was abducted, the only witness was her younger sister. Faith’s childhood was dominated by Laurel’s disappearance – from her parents’ broken marriage and the constant media attention to dealing with so-called friends who only ever wanted…
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