Tag: young adult
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The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
Goodreads Amazon Genre: YA fantasy In the beginning, there was the Namsara: the child of sky and spirit, who carried love and laughter wherever he went. But where there is light, there must be darkness—and so there was also the Iskari. The child of blood and moonlight. The destroyer. The death-bringer. These are the legends…
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Giveaway: Down in the Belly of the Whale
Hello everyone! Today I’m going to be discussing Down in the Belly of the Whale by Kelley Kay Bowles, who writes cozy mystery, young adult, and nonfiction. This book is a YA contemporary that follows the perspective of Harper, a teenager facing the ubiquitous feeling of not fitting in. She has an inexplicable sense for other people’s…
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Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
Goodreads Amazon Genre: fantasy Project Runway meets Mulan in this sweeping YA fantasy about a young girl who poses as a boy to compete for the role of imperial tailor and embarks on an impossible journey to sew three magic dresses, from the sun, the moon, and the stars. Maia Tamarin dreams of…
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The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith
My rating: 3.9/5 stars (petty, but I don’t want to give it 4 full stars lol) Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books 385 pages Goodreads Amazon TW: rape, sexual assault Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night her brother’s best friend rapes her, Eden’s…
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