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Promise Boys by Nick Brooks

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emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0


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We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5


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Flip Turns by Catherine Arguelles

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hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.25

A delight

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Wizard and Glass by Stephen King

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75


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The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko

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emotional hopeful tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

Oh, what a moving and special story! Emotional but hopeful, just how I like it

My only complaint is that I wish the author had addressed the racism and intersectionality of adoption and foster care

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Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

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emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Beautiful, heartbreaking, sad, and yet full of hope  

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The World Divided by Piper by Caela Carter

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Oh, Piper! My darling Piper! This book made me cry and clutch my chest and I just fell in love with the story and it’s fierceness 

The goodness inside:
Children’s academic decathlon
Gifted and talented kids
The isolation of being smarter / more advanced than your peers
Age appropriate discussion of intersectionality and privilege
Young feminists realizing the world is not built to empower and support women and femmes and discovering that systemic oppression is reality and it sucks 
A new baby and a new stepdad and a sister who isn’t around and a mom who can’t give you attention you need
What happens when you focus on honesty instead of always choosing “niceness” 
ADHD / neurodiverse rep
Trans / non-binary rep
Tons of medical content but so fascinating to me because I was previously unaware of precocious puberty
BIG FEELINGS!!!!
Beautiful character growth 

I’m so glad this book was able to tackle these topics in a way that was honest and compelling 

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This Town Is on Fire by Pamela N. Harris

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


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The Waste Lands by Stephen King

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0


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The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes

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dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25


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