by Jacqueline Woodson
Laurel Daneau has moved on to a new life, in a new town, but inside she’s still reeling from the loss of her beloved mother and grandmother after Hurricane Katrina washed away their home. Laurel’s new life is going well, with a new best friend, a place on the cheerleading squad and T-Boom, co-captai...
(4.5 stars, deducted a few points for personal quibbles with the way the story is told and that some parts felt kind of glossed over. But seriously. Immensely compelling story from an author whose every work seems to be gold.)The horror of this book comes on slowly and without being graphic and extr...
Gritty. Laurel loses her mother and grandmother in a flood. After living with her aunt for a couple of years, she moves to a little town called Galilee with her father and brother. Now 15, she becomes a cheerleader and starts dating the star basketball player. Unfortunately, T-Boom introduces her t...
3.5 stars I was a little reluctant to pick up this book when I first saw it because it was a lot different from the genres I usually read. But I wanted to try something new, so I made a trip to the library and luckily, the book was there, like it was waiting for me all along lol.So yeah, it's basica...
3.5 stars. As you can probably guess from the premise, this book is gritty, dark, and very sad. Considering the subject matter revolves around meth and a lot of personal hurt, I can’t say I “liked” this book, but I did enjoy reading Laurel’s story.The writing: This is very fast-paced, which was nice...
I expected so much more out of this book - I thought I would feel something (anything) for the main character, Laurel, but I just didn't. It took me a while to figure out the order of events because it jumped around so much. That may have been the point, but it didn't do it for me. The book is so sh...
Thoroughly enjoyed this one...I wasn't sure at first if I would, but I found myself drawn into the mind of a meth addict.The whole novel has a stream-of-consciousness feel to it, even though Laurel doesn't actually start talking about the present until the last chapters. She talks a lot about gettin...
Probably like 2.5 stars Full review to come!
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