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Top Ten: Young Adult Books

January 11, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Being a young adult is to inhabit a complex and confusing world. When books address this phase of life beautifully, they can be breathtaking. Here are my top ten YA books of 2019. Stargirl Writer: Jerry SpinelliPublisher: Laurel Leaf Thinking about Stargirl makes me smile, for the character of Stargirl is impossibly sweet, impossibly wonderful. […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Hell and High Water, No. 9 on the Shade Card, One, Pig Heart Boy, Running Girl, Set in Stone, Stargirl, The Lies We Tell, Top Ten, Touching Spirit Bear, Wolf Cry, Young Adult

Touching Spirit Bear

September 2, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I’m usually not one of those readers who sits and finishes a book in a day. Unless a story is really compelling, I get distracted easily. I have a hundred other things to do each day, and I do them without being drawn back to my book. I also usually keep track of a storyline, […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Ben Mikaelsen, reading, review, Touching Spirit Bear