book review
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Given by Natsuki Kizu (A Manga Review)
Given isn’t your normal story of a band being formed. A boy named Uenoyama meets Mafuyu when he’s trying to nap in his favorite napping spot. Uenoyama notices that the guitar Mafuyu has with him has rusted chords and needs to be tuned so he does it for him. After…
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American Born Chinese Review
For this week I ended reading “American Born Chinese” by Gene Luen Yang, which was a story following 3 different people. We are learning about the Monkey King who has learned different form of kung fu to attend a party for the gods, goddesses, and deities. The party Doesn’t go…
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I Am not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez was such a moving story that once I finished it, I almost immediately wanted to open it back up ad read it again. The story follows a girl named Julia after her older sister Olga’s death (she was hit by…
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Forever… by Judy Blume
This young adult classic of Forever… by Judy Blume is a love story between Katherine and Michael as they are about to graduate from their senior year of high school. Forever deals with the struggles of first love, the pressures of sex, sexuality, young pregnancy and suicide attempts in this…
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Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
“To really be a nerd, she’d decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one.” -p. 227, Rainbow Rowell – Fangirl Fangirl follows two twins, Cath and Wren, as they enter their first year of college away from their dad and trying to grow into themselves without each…
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