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Book Review: We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Publisher’s description A wedding harpist disillusioned with love and a hopeless romantic cater-waiter flirt and fight their way through a summer of weddings in this effervescent romantic comedy from...
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Book Review: Love & Other Natural Disasters by Misa Sugiura
Publisher’s description This delightfully disastrous queer YA rom-com is a perfect read for fans of Jenny Han, Morgan Matson, and Sandhya Menon. When Nozomi Nagai pictured the ideal summer romance, a...
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Book Review: Ahmed Aziz’s Epic Year by Nina Hamza
Publisher’s description This hilarious and poignant #ownvoices tween debut about dealing with bullies, making friends, and the power of good books is a great next read for fans of Merci Suárez Changes...
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Book Review: Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlow
Publisher’s description In this unabashedly queer middle grade debut, a week-long amusement park road trip becomes a true roller coaster of emotion when Dalia realizes she has more-than-friend...
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Post-It Note Reviews: Cooking shows, selkies, cool bodies, therapy dogs, and...
Post-it Note Reviews are a great way to display books in your library or classroom, a way to let kids recommend their favorite titles without having to get up in front of everyone and do a book talk,...
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Book Review: Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi
Publisher’s description Fourteen-year-old Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to homecoming in this heartfelt and outright hilarious debut. Parvin Mohammadi has just...
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Book Review: Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke by Andrew Maraniss
When I’m reviewing books for professional publications, I stay quiet about them on social media. I’m always really excited once a review comes out to be able to talk about the book, finally! Here’s...
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Post-It Note Reviews: Friendship, ghosts, true stories, late-night...
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TLT TURNS TEN: Ten Fav Books I’ve Reviewed
I have been with TLT for seven years and over that time, I have reviewed A LOT of books. A LOT. Here are ten of my favorite YA books that have stuck with me over the years for various reasons. Maybe...
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Book Review: Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil
Publisher’s description Inspired by the Greek myth of Iphigenia and the Grimm fairy tale “Brother and Sister,” Michelle Ruiz Keil’s second novel follows two siblings torn apart and struggling to find...
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Book Review: The Problem with the Other Side by Kwame Ivery
Publisher’s description A searing YA debut that follows the joys, complexities, and heartbreaks of an interracial romance between high school sophomores that blossoms during a volatile school...
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Book Review: The Jasmine Project by Meredith Ireland
Publisher’s description Jenny Han meets The Bachelorette in this effervescent romantic comedy about a teen Korean American adoptee who unwittingly finds herself at the center of a competition for her...
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Book Review: Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
Publisher’s description At a time when we are all asking questions about identity, grief, and how to stand up for what is right, this book by the author of A Thousand Questions will hit home with...
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Book Review: Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna by Alda P. Dobbs
Publisher’s description Based on a true story, the tale of one girl’s perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution It is 1913, and...
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Book Review: Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin’s Hijab by Priya Huq
Publisher’s description In this middle-grade graphic novel, Nisrin will have to rely on faith, friends, and family to help her recover after she is the target of a hate crime Nisrin is a 13-year-old...
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Book Review: Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora...
Publisher’s description Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology...
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Book Review: Finding Refuge: Real-Life Immigration Stories from Young People...
Publisher’s description When you read about war in your history book or hear about it in the news, do you ever wonder what happens to the families and children in the places experiencing war? Many...
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Book Review: The Insiders by Mark Oshiro
Publisher’s description Three kids who don’t belong. A room that shouldn’t exist. A year that will change everything. Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead and Meg Medina, this debut middle grade novel...
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Post-It Note Reviews: Graphic novels, a ghost story, time travel, absurd...
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Book Review: Why We Fly by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal
Publisher’s description From the New York Times bestselling authors of I’m Not Dying with You Tonight comes a story about friendship, privilege, sports, and protest. With a rocky start to senior year,...
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