This one was off to a slow start, and it was pretty much slow throughout. What compelled me to finish this book to the end was wondering whether this Clearview group was legit or if there was something more to them. You also follow through Bex and her life at home, which doesn’t seem very pleasan...
This was a striking novel, less for the plot than for the author's ability to convey a point of view so entirely opposite to my own and make me empathize. I've read enough history to know that the folks colloquially known as "Preppers" are not necessarily crazy, but I am staunchly on the side of gun...
Ann Angel has assembled a collection of short stories about "secret selves" from a variety of YA authors, from established ones like Chris Lynch and Ellen Witlinger, to debut authors. Some of the secrets are obvious ones teens would face, like their sexual activities or their outsider quirks. A few ...
One of those books that grabs your attention from the beginning! Lots of twists and always has you thinking. A rough and gritty novel about a teenage boy who has lost his brother, but exactly how well did he know his brother (perhaps not as well as you might think.) A book I would highly recommend. ...
A really hard, powerful book about love, loss, and family. Matt is a very angry teenage boy, but considering his father and the home he lives in, and losing his brother his rage is understandable. His father is not a nice person, and his inability, and unwillingness to cope with the loss of son, and...
Matt is suffering. Feeling pulled down under the emotion trauma of his mother’s death many years ago and now just recently his brother’s death in Iraq, Matt has the constant hammering from his father and he feels like he is ready to explode. Matt wants some closure and he wants to find his way in ...
I wanted to read this book for so long, I had some.. high expectations. But PE didn't fail.It's heart-wrenching story, and yet there's hope. I could feel the anger and all that teenage angst of the hero. And the narration didn't repulse me, even if PE is told in first person. 4 solid stars.
There’s an honesty to Matt’s voice with him owning up to his attraction to Shauna, him frankly talking about his reactions to her, and later on him being so matter of fact -even resigned- to how things were with his father. I liked the guy even when he pulled some dick moves because I also felt sorr...
Matt has a lot to deal with. His father drinks too much, his mother walked out, and now his brother has been killed in combat. He does have a friend -- a girl named Shauna who he's been close to since childhood. After he gets kicked out of school for a fight that wrecked a glass trophy case, he's ab...
Personal Effects by E.M. Kokie was a good novel that centered around loss, struggle, fear, hope, discovery, acceptance, and bravery.Matt Foster- the angry, grieving main character. He was the type of guy who was all tough and macho on the outside, but totally conflicted and fragile on the inside. I...
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