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I'm torn. I really liked parts of this book. But parts of it didn't sit right with me. The handling of the one trans character swung the spectrum from, "yes, this is how you talk to him," to "no, no, no, no, no don't call him not-quite-a-boy." Don't refer to him as confusing, don't say you like ...
Actual rating: 4.5 starsInitial thoughts: Clean is a very solid book. It explores life at a youth rehab from the perspective of five teenagers committed to it. They each battle with different addictions and have to face up to their problems. The writing varies from first-person prose to script-style...
70 authors contribute stories to this anthology about their experiences with bullying as victims, bullies, or observers. Normally for anthologies I go through each story separately, but I’d feel weird about doing that with this book since these are all personal stories the authors are contributing...
A serious, intense, and heart-wrenching look at illness and addiction.In Amy Reed's latest heart-wrenching contemporary novel, we meet Evie, who dreams of the cheerleading moves she used to do, dates the school's hottest jock, and is loved by her family. Now Evie is Cancer Girl, and her best friends...
This book is utter tragedy. This is the other side of cancer. I truly enjoyed this read, but I had to take breaks every now and again just because it was so hard to keep reading because of how heavy it would get. It shows that life isn't something you can guess what will happen next, the unexpected ...