By: Leila Mottley Sixteen year old Adela Woods is pregnant. Her parents send her away to Florida to stay with her grandmother. This story follows her journey. While she is in Florida, she meets Emory, who introduces her to the Girls – other teenage moms, some of whom don’t have a real home. The girlsContinue reading “The Girls Who Grew Big”
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The List of Suspicious Things
By: Jennie Godfrey Many thanks to Sourcebooks Landmark for the ARC of this book!!! Miv is a 12 year old girl. Her mother’s sick, and there is a serial killer around killing women called the Ripper which makes her dad want to move. Miv gets the idea that with her best friend Sharon, she isContinue reading “The List of Suspicious Things”
Honey
By: Isabel Banta “Sometimes a song sounds exactly the way you want your life to feel. Sometimes it makes you believe you can change it.” In 1997, Amber Young received an opportunity of a lifetime, a chance to be in an all girl singing group, Cloud9. Being surrounded by some uber talented people Gwen MorrisContinue reading “Honey”
Red Clay Suzie
By: Jeffrey Dale Lofton “If you let fear make your decisions, you’ll never be what you are meant to be.” This is a very popular book. It follows Philbet, a gay, physically deformed boy, who grows up in the south with a very conservative family. He gets bullied a lot and tries to figure outContinue reading “Red Clay Suzie”
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