Here's my second round-up of the year of books I've read and loved, starting with a brand new just-published thriller, When I Am Through With You by Stephanie Kuehn.
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Here’s a roundup of several books I’ve read and enjoyed so far in 2017, including We Are Okay by Nina LaCour, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, and Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown.
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Today is the publication day for Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst. Like M-E Girard’s Girl Mans Up, I have a special history with this novel, and I’m so thrilled to celebrate its launch today.
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Today is the publication day for Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard, one of this fall’s bumper crop of YA books about LGBTQ teens — and this one’s special to me. Let me tell you why.
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In 2013 I wrote a post about my favorite YA novels about lesbian and bisexual girls. That was three years ago, so I think it's high time for an update.
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Recently I read Ashley Hope Pérez’s gut-wrenching historical novel, Out of Darkness, which was one of the most critically acclaimed YA novels to be released last year. It garnered several starred reviews, praise in the The New York Times Book Review, and was awarded a Printz Honor. Sometimes I read critically acclaimed books and wind up wondering if I missed something because I don’t understand why they were so highly praised. This was not the case with Out of Darkness.
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