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Bestest. Ramadan. Ever

Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. by Medeia Sharif Author Bio:  Medeia Sharif is a Kurdish-American author. This was not on any of the lists I consulted, but I couldn’t resist a YA book with Ramadan in title since it is starting imminently. … Continue reading

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Absolutely Truly

Absolutely Truly: A Pumpkin Falls Mystery by Heather Vogel Frederick Everything was about to be perfect. Truly’s father was finally coming home from Afghanistan and leaving the service, so they’d bought a home in Austin, Texas just a block away … Continue reading

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Garden Princess

Garden Princess by Kristin Kladstrup Princess Adela loves her gardens, yet not in that distant dreamy way you might assume of a princess.  She actually loves the act of gardening, weeding, planting bulbs, all of it.  It’s a huge part … Continue reading

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Eleanor and Park

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell Like many teenagers, Park is trying to fly under the radar.  Neither cool enough to be popular, or uncool enough to be excluded, he aims for near invisibility.  Eleanor has no choice.  Her family … Continue reading

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Sapphire Blue

Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier This is the second book in the Ruby Red trilogy. Book 1: Ruby Red Book 3: Emerald Green Sapphire Blue picks up where Ruby Red left off.  Sort of.  The prologue is about two characters that you’ve met in … Continue reading

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Envy

Envy by Anna Godbersen This is the third book in the Luxe series:  The Luxe (#1), Rumors (#2) Sometimes I think Anna Godbersen might hate her readers.  I can’t think of any other reasonable explanation for why she makes such … Continue reading

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Snowed In

Snowed In by Rachel Hawthorne Ashleigh Sneaux’s parents are getting divorced and her mother has whisked her away to a quaint frozen island in the great lakes.  In the tiny community it doesn’t take long to acquire a new self-proclaimed … Continue reading

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Let It Snow!

Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances When YA heavyweight authors like John Green and Maureen Johnson get together to write Christmas themed short stories, everybody wins.  The three tales in this book are intertwined with characters crossing between the stories … Continue reading

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A La Carte

A la Carte by Tanita S. Davis Elaine loves to help out at her mother’s restaurant. It’s one of the only places that she feels like she belongs.  At school she’s somewhat of an outsider ( Although it’s really unclear … Continue reading

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I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You

I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You Cammie Morgan goes to a very exclusive all-girls school. But it’s not the rich girl’s academy that it appears to be.  It’s a training ground for spies. … Continue reading

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