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During the second half of World War II, a soldier named Yossarian is stationed with his Air Force squadron on the island of Pianosa, near the Italian coast in the Mediterranean Sea. Yossarian and his friends endure a nightmarish, absurd existence defined by bureaucracy and violence: they are inhuman resources in the eyes of their blindly ambitious superior officers. The squadron is thrown thoughtlessly into brutal combat situations and bombing runs in which it is more important for the squadron members to capture good aerial photographs of explosions than to destroy their targets. Their colonels continually raise the number of missions that they are required to fly before being sent home, so that no one is ever sent home. Still, no one but Yossarian seems to realize that there is a war going on; everyone thinks he is crazy when he insists that millions of people are trying to kill him.

Yossarian's story forms the core of the novel, so most events are refracted through his point of view. Yossarian takes the whole war personally: unswayed by national ideals or abstract principles, Yossarian is furious that his life is in constant danger through no fault of his own. He has a strong desire to live and is determined to be immortal or die trying. As a result, he spends a great deal of his time in the hospital, faking various illnesses in order to avoid the war. As the novel progresses through its loosely connected series of recurring stories and anecdotes, Yossarian is continually troubled by his memory of Snowden, a soldier who died in his arms on a mission when Yossarian lost all desire to participate in the war. Yossarian is placed in ridiculous, absurd, desperate, and tragic circumstances-he sees friends die and disappear, his squadron get bombed by its own mess officer, and colonels and generals volunteer their men for the most perilous battle in order to enhance their own reputations.

Catch-22 is a law defined in various ways throughout the novel. First, Yossarian discovers that it is possible to be discharged from military service because of insanity. Always looking for a way out, Yossarian claims that he is insane, only to find out that by claiming that he is insane he has proved that he is obviously sane-since any sane person would claim that he or she is insane in order to avoid flying bombing missions. Elsewhere, Catch-22 is defined as a law that is illegal to read. Ironically, the place where it is written that it is illegal is in Catch-22 itself. It is yet again defined as the law that the enemy is allowed to do anything that one can't keep him from doing. In short, then, Catch-22 is any paradoxical, circular reasoning that catches its victim in its illogic and serves those who have made the law. Catch-22 can be found in the novel not only where it is explicitly defined but also throughout the characters' stories, which are full of catches and instances of circular reasoning that trap unwitting bystanders in their snares-for instance, the ability of the powerful officer Milo Minderbinder to make great sums of money by trading among the companies that he himself owns.

As Yossarian struggles to stay alive, a number of secondary stories unfold around him. His friend Nately falls in love with a whore from Rome and woos her constantly, despite her continued indifference and the fact that her kid sister constantly interferes with their romantic rendezvous. Finally, she falls in love with Nately, but he is killed on his very next mission. When Yossarian brings her the bad news, she blames him for Nately's death and tries to stab him every time she sees him thereafter. Another subplot follows the rise of the black-market empire of Milo Minderbinder, the squadron's mess hall officer. Milo runs a syndicate in which he borrows military planes and pilots to transport food between various points in Europe, making a massive profit from his sales. Although he claims that "everyone has a share" in the syndicate, this promise is later proven false. Milo's enterprise flourishes nonetheless, and he is revered almost religiously by communities all over Europe.

The novel draws to a close as Yossarian, troubled by Nately's death, refuses to fly any more missions. He wanders the streets of Rome, encountering every kind of human horror-rape, disease, murder. He is eventually arrested for being in Rome without a pass, and his superior officers, Colonel Cathcart and Colonel Korn, offer him a choice. He can either face a court-martial or be released and sent home with an honorable discharge. There is only one condition: in order to be released, he must approve of Cathcart and Korn and state his support for their policy, which requires all the men in the squadron to fly eighty missions. Although he is tempted by the offer, Yossarian realizes that to comply would be to endanger the lives of other innocent men. He chooses another way out, deciding to desert the army and flee to neutral Sweden. In doing so, he turns his back on the dehumanizing machinery of the military, rejects the rule of Catch-22, and strives to gain control of his own life.

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During the second half of World War II, a soldier named Yossarian is stationed with his Air Force squadron on the island of Pianosa, near the Italian coast in the Mediterranean Sea. Yossarian and his friends endure a nightmarish, absurd existence defined by bureaucracy and violence: they are inhuman resources in the eyes of their blindly ambitious superior officers.

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In a career spanning more than seventy years, Ray Bradbury, who died on June 5, 2012, at the age of 91, inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create. A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, teleplays, and screenplays, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time. His groundbreaking works include Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. He wrote the screen play for John Huston's classic film adaptation of Moby Dick, and was nominated for an Academy Award. He adapted sixty-five of his stories for television's The Ray Bradbury Theater, and won an Emmy for his teleplay of The Halloween Tree. He was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, among many honors.

Throughout his life, Bradbury liked to recount the story of meeting a carnival magician, Mr. Electrico, in 1932. At the end of his performance Electrico reached out to the twelve-year-old Bradbury, touched the boy with his sword, and commanded, "Live forever!" Bradbury later said, "I decided that was the greatest idea I had ever heard. I started writing every day. I never stopped."

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Cover of Twilight

author

Stephenie Meyer

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United States

language

English

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Twilight series

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Young adult, Fantasy, Romance

publisher

Little, Brown and Company

release date

October 5, 2005

pages

512

isbn

0316160172

followed by
New Moon

is a young adult vampire-romance novel written by author Stephenie Meyer. It was originally published in hardcover in 2005. It is the first book of the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan who moves from Phoenix, Arizona, to Forks, Washington, and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen. The novel is followed by New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.

Summary

Bella Swan is an accident prone girl who moves to live with her father in Forks, Washington. Her mother Renee is marrying a man named Phil Dwyer, who makes her mother very happy. Bella feels that it would make her mother more comfortable with Phil's traveling job if she were living with her father Charlie Swan, who is the sheriff of the small town.

Having lived in Phoenix most of her life, Bella is not accustomed to the rainy and bleak weather of Forks. She attends the local high school and makes few friends. She sits with Jessica Stanley, Mike Newton and Angela Weber at lunch. Her first week at school, she is told about the odd and mysterious Cullen family who adopted five children, four of whom are dating each other.

Those five teenagers sit together at lunch and Bella instantly notices their unusual beauty, the fact that they never touch their food, and the way that other students avoid them while not understanding why they do so. As Bella attends classes, she finds that the youngest-looking Cullen, named Edward, is in her biology class. When she is assigned as his partner for the class, he reacts poorly to her, acting as if he found her repulsive.

However, over time Edward warms up to her a bit, no longer glaring when she enters the room, or ignoring her throughout class. On a day when Edward is conspicuously absent from Biology, Bella is horrified to find that the class will be blood typing. Upon seeing blood, she becomes woozy.

Mike Newton (who has an obvious crush on Bella) immediately volunteers to take Bella to the nurse. On the way to said nurse's office, they run into Edward, who has arrived just as class is ending. Bella falls sickly to the ground, and Mike is pathetically unable to move her.

Upon being told what's wrong, Edward chuckles, and scoops her up to frustrated Mike's protests. He takes her to the nurse, mocking her for her intolerance for so little blood. Angrily, Bella defends herself by explaining that it's the smell of blood that gets her.

As Bella and Edward spend more time together at school, they become friends, even beginning to sit together at lunch on occasion. But he remains mysterious. She notices that his eyes change color, sometimes golden, sometimes eerily black.

One day, while Bella is in the parking lot at school, she is nearly crushed by a van that is spinning out of control. Edward rushes towards her (reaching her in a split second from the other side of the lot), pushes her out of the way and stops the van with his bare hands (leaving a dent in the metal).

In the ER, Bella is examined by Dr. Carlisle Cullen - Edward's father. She learns that he is a well-loved doctor in this local hospital. Edward is there as well, and she finds that he is not hurt at all. This (along with the fact that she saw him stop a full-size van) peaks her curiosity, but Edward is quick to avoid the topic, telling her she hit her head pretty hard on the concrete. Back at school, they resume their odd friendship, and she asks him at lunch what he is exactly. He smirks and asks her what her theories are. He dismisses her cliche superhero-like guesses with humor, but then seriously asks "What if I'm not the hero, what if I'm the monster?", making her all the more curious about him.

Over a weekend, several of Bella's friends decide to have a bonfire on a beach at La Push, the Quiluete Native American reservation. Bella invites Edward to come, but he declines, telling her that he and his family are not welcome at the reservation. He will not say why. At the bonfire, Bella meets the son of an old friend of her father's, named Jacob Black. As the teens tell scary stories around the fire, Bella becomes intrigued at Jacob's knowledge of the Cullen family. Getting him alone, she coerces him into telling Quiluete legends until he gets to the one that Jacob's father (Bella's father's friend Billy Black) claims is about the Cullen family. According to the stories, they are "Cold Ones", or vampires. Jacob scoffs at the stories, saying his father is a crazy old man. But to Bella, the pieces begin to fit and she puts it all together.

Bella goes out one weekend with Angela and Jessica to Port Angeles, a nearby city. She splits off from the other two, planning to meet them later for dinner. Looking for a specific store, Bella gets lost in the darkening town. Creepy men follow her, and begin cat-calling. Now realizing what the men intend to do, Bella starts to run, but the men have herded her towards yet more creepy men. At the last possible moment, a shiny Volvo - Edward Cullen's car - screeches to a halt and he throws the door open ordering her to get in. Gratefully she does so, and they speed away.

Edward snaps at Bella, asking her why in the world she had been so foolish, and asking her to distract him by babbling on about some boring subject, so that he could calm down. After Bella fails to ease his temper by much, Edward suggests he take her to dinner as a distraction. On their way into the restaurant they run into Angela and Jessica, who head home without Bella.

After dinner (as always, Edward does not eat), in Edward's car on the way back to Forks from Port Angeles, Bella confronts Edward with what she has learned from Jacob. He reluctantly admits to being a vampire, and confirms that so are the rest of the Cullens. She then asks how he knew she needed saving. He explains that he has been following her, feeling a need to protect her. He knew she was coming to Port Angeles because he can read minds... all minds except for Bella's mind. So, he had been listening to Angela's and Jessica's thoughts to keep tabs on her. When she left them, he lost her for a while, but managed to find her by scent just in time. Hearing the would-be-rapists' thoughts about Bella nearly sent him over the edge. He needed Bella to distract him so that he could stop himself from hunting them down and killing them all.

Still driving home, Bella freaks out at how fast he is driving, and he tells her not to worry because he is a "built-in radar detector". Sufficiently soothed, Bella continues to ask questions. She asks if her assumption that when his eyes are golden he is full, and when his eyes are black he is thirsty is right. Surprised at her observance, he confirms that's correct.

Then Bella learns about Edward's family. His "parents" are Carlisle and Esme. His brothers are Emmett and Jasper, and his sisters are Rosalie and Alice. Emmett and Rosalie are in love, so are Jasper and Alice. Jasper can both feel and manipulate the emotions of those around him. Alice has premonitions, and can hazily see pieces of the future. Bella also learns that unlike the Cullen coven, vampires are usually nomads. The Cullens are one of only two covens (that they know of) that do not feed on humans. They jokingly call themselves "vegetarians".

Edward also dispels the myths that they sleep in coffins and have no reflections. However, he says that they truly can't go out in sunlight (the Forks area is almost always rainy). However, that is not because the sun harms them. Edward refuses to tell Bella what happens when he goes out in sunlight, but promises to show her someday.

Now that they are being completely truthful with each other, their relationship begins to turn to romance as the two find they have deep feelings for each other, rather obsessive. However, they never so much as touch hands, Edward makes sure of that. One day, Edward tells her that the sun will be coming out that weekend, and he wanted to show her a place he loves up in the mountains. Enthusiastically, she agrees to go with him, though she doesn't know where.

However, as the appointed day nears, Edward tells her to reconsider going with him, warning her of the danger of being alone with him far from help - from witnesses. Undaunted, Bella tells Charlie and her friends that she is going shopping in Seattle that day. After Edward comes to pick her up this news infuriates him. He makes it clear that he does not trust himself to not harm her. However, Bella wants to prove her faith in him, and they continue. In Bella's slow-moving truck (as she insisted) they drive to the base of a trail, and they hike for three hours until they reach the edge of the most beautiful meadow Bella has ever seen.

Bella runs out into the meadow, and turns to watch him enter the sunlight. When he does, his skin sparkles as if millions of tiny diamonds are embedded in his skin. They lie down next to each other, and for the first time try touching faces and holding hands.

Edward always seems to be concentrating on self-control. At one point Bella leans too close, and he leaps up and runs to the edge of the clearing. Slowly coming back, he explains that it is hard for him to stave off his animal instincts - though he loves her, he is always tempted to kill her. The day that they first met, his expression was not disgust, but rather thirst. Her blood smelled better to him than any other. Then taunting her, proclaiming the fact that he is the perfect predator (his looks, his smell, his innate charm, everything draws humans into their doom), he demonstrates his vampire strength and speed by circling the meadow in the blink of an eye, and snapping a giant limb from a tree and throwing it.

Seeing her fear, his face falls. Apologizing sadly for his rudeness he lies back down beside her, and tries to describe what it's like to be near her. Explaining how maddeningly intoxicating and irresistibly delicious she smells to him (and he has super senses), he says the iconic line: "You are exactly my brand of heroin", and lies his head on her chest, listening to her heart.

The sun begins to set, and they reluctantly head for home. Edward suddenly enthusiastically throws her on his back and runs down the mountain at a blinding speed, reaching the road in minutes. This so dizzies Bella that back at the truck she falls over and has to sit for a while to avoid being sick. Edward laughs and apologizes, sitting beside her. When she has recovered herself, he leans in and kisses her for the first time. She responds wildly and kisses him back passionately. He hastily pushes her away, and then it is her turn to apologize. So, in a bittersweet mood, they fire up the old red truck and head back to town.

Not wanting to part just yet, Bella asks Edward to stay. After Charlie goes to bed, he sneaks in her window. They lie on her bed holding each other. Embarrassed and sheepish, she asks if he finds her sexually attractive. He laughs and replies "I may not be human, but I am a man." However when she adds "I was hoping that someday....you and me...." he becomes sad, and stiffly replies that that would be impossible, as he can never afford to lose any type of control when he is with her, she is too fragile.

Edward tells her that vampires cannot sleep, but that he will stay with her as she sleeps. In the morning, he takes her to meet his family. He is amazed when she tells him that despite the fact she is about to walk into a house full of vampires, she is scared they won't like her, not afraid for her life. The Cullen house is out in the woods, and beautiful. Edward explains that the reason that the Cullens are rich is because Alice is so good at predicting the stock market.

The entire family is waiting for her inside, and they all love her at once, and she is welcomed as practically a member of the family. Esme is especially delighted that Edward has found somebody to love, she being very motherly. Only Rosalie doesn't like Bella (which is unexplained until the sequel "New Moon"). Jasper, though friendly, stays far from her because he still has trouble staying on the "vegetarian" diet. Edward plays a lullaby he wrote for her on the Cullen's grand piano.

Edward also gives Bella a short tour of the house, stopping by Carlisle's room (more of an office since he doesn't sleep). On the walls are many pictures from all different time periods. Edward asks Carlisle to tell his history, and Carlisle tells Edward to tell it, since he knows it as well as he.

Pointing to a painting of old London, Edward tells of how Carlisle lived in the 1600s in England, the son of a very self-righteous religious leader that busied himself hunting down "evil". Carlisle was a disappointment because he was slow to accuse people without solid proof. One night while hunting down vampires that were actually real for once, he was cornered and attacked. However, the vampire being weak nearly to the point of being crippled, couldn't finish the job before slinking away.

Carlisle managed to hide from those who would have killed him upon finding he had been bitten. When the change was complete, he wandered the countryside, refusing his thirst out of the pure goodness of his heart. However, one day he realized he could feed on animals, and had been ever since.

Next, Edward points to a painting of Renaissance Italy. There are four figures, all looking like Gods, one very much like Carlisle. He explains that Carlisle stayed with these patrons of the arts for a while: Marcus, Caius, and Aros. (These characters are introduced in the next book in the series). However, he left them because he couldn't stand their blood-soaked and ruthless lifestyles.

Eventually, Carlisle ended up in America, and discovered his talent for being a doctor. Becoming extremely lonely over the years, he had been contemplating creating a companion. During the Spanish Influenza epidemic in the 1910s, Carlisle came across a dying 17-year-old boy, past any hope of recovery. His mother, also dying, suddenly gripped Carlisle, and begged Carlisle to save her son - inexplicably insinuating that she knew what Carlisle could really do. When she died, Carlisle wheeled Edward to the morgue, and bit him. From then on, Edward had been his son and closest friend.

Edward also told of the other Cullen's histories. Esme jumped off a cliff after having lost a baby. Carlisle fell in love with her, and changed her. Rosalie was bleeding to death in an alley when Edward and Carlisle came upon her (explained in the third book). Later, Rosalie was out in the mountains and found Emmet mauled by a bear. Loving him at once, she carried him all the way back to Carlisle, afraid that she wouldn't be able to change him. Carlisle did not change Jasper or Alice. The pair wandered into the area one day, Alice having seen a vision of them, and they wanted to live the Cullen lifestyle. Jasper was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War when he was made a vampire. Oddly, Alice has no recollection of when or where she came from, a total mystery to this day. Edward also ashamedly tells of a time when he went through a rebellious stage, and left Carlisle to hunt humans. He tried to feed on only "bad" people, like murderers, but one day he looked in the mirror, saw his dark, blood red eyes, and penitently returned to his father.

In Edward's room, Bella claims to Edward that she was not afraid of him. Seeing through this, he teases "you really shouldn't have said that", and pounces on her, landing on top of her on his couch.

Just then, Alice and Jasper burst in, and Alice announces that there will be a thunderstorm that evening, so the Cullens are able to play baseball without the sound of their equally thunderous batting drawing attention. Bella tags along. They take Emmett's Jeep up a road until it ends, then the vampires run. Left behind by the others, Edward tells Bella to get on his back, but remembering how sick she felt last time, she refuses. Leaning her against the Jeep he kisses her softly until she agrees, then kisses her hard once, and like their first kiss he has to stave her off. Making it clear that he is far from completely mastering his self-control around her, he exclaims she'll be the death of him, then slings her up, and they run to join the others in another clearing.

Bella and Esme (as referee) watch the others play baseball, and all is well until suddenly Alice halts the game, warning that other vampires are on their way...the bad kind. Three vampire nomads - Laurent, James, and Victoria - enter the clearing and are intrigued by the gathering. Zeroing in on Bella, they ask if the Cullens will share their "snack". When Edward moves protectively to shield Bella, James, the Tracker, notices. Now it is too late, this is what James loves: a challenge.

To save Bella, the Cullens split up. Jasper and Alice will take Bella to Phoenix (the idea being that James would not expect her to go where she said she was going), Esme changes clothes with Bella and along with Rosalie will try to draw James off, and Emmett, Edward, and Carlisle will hunt James down - though Carlisle abhors violence he sees no other way. Bella stops by home, Edward telling her she only has moments to grab some things, and make an excuse to Charlie why she must leave so that he won't worry and search for her. It breaks her heart, but she must break his heart. She shrieks at him that she hates it here, and is going back to her true home, even throwing in the last words her mother had said to him before he left him. Sobbing on Alice's shoulder, she falls asleep as Jasper drives the three of them to Phoenix.

Jasper, Alice, and Bella are stuck in a hotel room together. Bella feels awful - guilty and frightened. Jasper begins to use his ability to calm her. Talking with Alice while Jasper is out, Bella learns that usually people die when bitten by a vampire because like a shark, they go into a feeding frenzy.

In order for someone to become one of the undead, they must be bitten but not drained, and that takes more self-control than most have. The vampire venom works in them then, for three days of unimaginably excruciating pain, one of the many reasons Alice says Edward refuses to change Bella. Later, Alice has a vision of a dark room with mirrors, and she cries out "Bella!" before coming to. Jasper is concerned for her, and sits with her while she draws the room from her vision. Bella looks over her shoulder, and recognizes it as the ballet studio she went to as a child. This worries the two Cullens even more. The cell rings, and Bella answers in hopes that it's Edward. It's James. In the background Bella hears her distressed mother. James says he will let Renee go if Bella meets him in the ballet studio. He gives her until noon to break away from her protectors, which seems impossible to Bella.

The three head to the Phoenix airport, where Bella and Edward will meet up and fly somewhere safe. However, worried sick about her mom, Bella goes to a bathroom that she knows has two exits, and runs out the far side, just barely managing to get away from Jasper, and jumping into a nearby cab.

Arriving at the ballet studio, James is waiting for her. She is revealed to find that he had been playing a home video from her house in the background of the phone call to trick her into thinking that he had her mom. James sets up a camcorder so that Edward can watch him kill Bella later. He sniffs her, mocks her, trips her as she tries to flee, breaks her leg, and throws her into the mirrored wall. She lies bleeding to death amid shards of glass on the floor, and James goes in for the kill, biting her wrist.

Just then the Cullens rush in, and drag James off of her. Three of them: Edward, Alice, and Carlisle kneel over Bella. Alice braces Bella's head as Carlisle works on her leg. Edward holds her hand and begs her to live. Bella's whimpers turn to screams as the place where James bit her wrist begins to burn. Carlisle (who was the one to change the others) realizes what is happening, and tells Edward he will have to suck out the venom or she will become a vampire. Terrified, he proclaims he can't, that he'll be unable to stop himself from draining her dry. But Carlisle urges that he must because the only other person that could is himself, and her leg must be tended to immediately.

Steeling himself, Edward sucks on her wrist, which initially makes Bella hurt worse, and Alice has to brace her harder, but then after awhile she starts to feel sleepy and the pain numbs. All that is left to be seen is if Edward can stop himself before killing her...and he does, triumphantly proclaiming "her blood tastes clean". By this time James is dead (having been ripped to shreds and set on fire - that's how you kill a vampire) and the ballet studio is burning down. Edward picks her up, and Bella loses consciousness as he carries her.

Waking up days later in the hospital, Bella finds herself hooked up to various machines, sporting casts, an IV in her arm, a bandaged hand, and Edward at her bedside. He tells her that Alice had seen the videotape that James was making in a vision. To add to the insult, James had told that he knew where Alice came from. He even knew her last name. The reason she couldn't remember anything was because she had been locked away in a dark cold hole of an insane asylum because of her visions. Her unfeeling family had faked her death and sent her there to rot. James found her and wanted to make her his, but an older vampire beat him to it, and he had wanted vengeance ever since.

After Bella is through absorbing this story, Renee comes into the room, Carlisle having called her (Alice had too much fun fabricating an "accident" at a hotel), and Edward pretends to be asleep. To please her mom, she proclaims Edward to be just a crush, and her mom leaves. Edward then tells Bella that he really is just a crush, and she can't believe he could think that! Bella demands Edward to promise to never ever leave her. He feels that all this is his fault, and will only agree to promise not to leave her so long as she needs him. He kisses her softly and the heart monitor goes wild.

Disappointing her mom, Bella says she wishes to continue living with her dad, and goes with the Cullens back to Forks, where she apologizes profusely to Charlie. Months later, the delighted Alice gets Bella all dolled up - who is not sure why. Edward comes and picks her up, in a tux, and she is horrified that he takes her to the prom.

However, Edward is suave enough that despite the fact that her leg is still in a cast, she has a good time. At the prom, Jacob shows up and says that his dad payed him in car parts (he loves to fix up old cars) to come tell her to beware of Edward. Embarrassed, he shrugs and leaves.

Edward and Bella exit the dance to sit outside. He asks her what she thought they were going to do if not prom (still frustrated by the fact that he can't read her mind). She tells him she was hoping he would make her a vampire. He is angry and sad because he has already tried to convince her that's not what she wants. Perking up, he mischievously asks if now is a good time, and puts his mouth on her neck. Bella gets scared but excited...and he turns it into a kiss, saying "Did you really think I'd give in that easily?"

Our story ends with Bella on Edward's lap, the two of them looking out at the Twilight, and with a sigh Edward comments on how there's always another ending.

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Booked, by Kwame Alexander-jOSPEH KARNEZIS

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Booked, by Kwame Alexander-jOSPEH KARNEZIS

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Alexa Hernandez: I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson 

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Alexa Hernandez: I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson 

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Reid Hogan

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Justin Boettger - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

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Justin Boettger - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

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Elisha is a young Jewish man, a Holocaust survivor, and an Israeli freedom fighter in British-controlled Palestine; John Dawson is the ca...

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us and All Your Perfects , a "brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn't let go, long after you've finished it" (Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author) about a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can't stop thinking about her first love- soon to be a major motion picture starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. It Ends with Us is "a glorious and touching read, a forever keeper. The kind of book that gets handed down" ( USA TODAY ).

Lily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She's come a long way from the small town where she grew up-she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily's life seems too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He's also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn't hurt. Lily can't get him out of her head. But Ryle's complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his "no dating" rule, she can't help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan-her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.

An honest, evocative, and tender novel,

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It Ends with Us: A Novel (1) [Hoover, Colleen] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. It Ends with Us: A Novel (1)

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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner Fahrenheit 451 , hers is a gripping story set in a postapocalyptic world where a replacement for the United States demands a tribute from each of its territories: two children to be used as gladiators in a televised fight to the death.Katniss, from what was once Appalachia, offers to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she is entirely focused on survival at any cost. It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the importance of holding on to one's humanity in such inhuman circumstances. It's a credit to Collins's skill at characterization that Katniss, like a new Theseus, is cold, calculating and still likable. She has the attributes to be a winner, where Peeta has the grace to be a good loser.It's no accident that these games are presented as pop culture. Every generation projects its fear: runaway science, communism, overpopulation, nuclear wars and, now, reality TV. The State of Panem-which needs to keep its tributaries subdued and its citizens complacent-may have created the Games, but mindless television is the real danger, the means by which society pacifies its citizens and punishes those who fail to conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it makes this the right book at the right time. What happens if we choose entertainment over humanity? In Collins's world, we'll be obsessed with grooming, we'll talk funny, and all our sentences will end with the same rise as questions. When Katniss is sent to stylists to be made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked in front of them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that I'm no more self-conscious than if a trio of oddly colored birds were pecking around my feet, she thinks. In order not to hate these creatures who are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It isn't just the contestants who risk the loss of their humanity. It is all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not only the Games but the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this is the first book in a series, not everything is resolved, and what is left unanswered is the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We know what she has given up to survive, but not whether the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to learn more.
If there really are only seven original plots in the world, it's odd that boy meets girl is always mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the good guy never is. Yet we have , The Giver , The House of the Scorpion -and now, following a long tradition of Brave New Worlds, The Hunger Games . Collins hasn't tied her future to a specific date, or weighted it down with too much finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000 Megan Whalen Turner is the author of the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia . The next book in the series will be published by Greenwillow in 2010.

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Grade 7 Up -In a not-too-distant future, the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to have all the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic as they form alliances and friendships in the face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will definitely resonate with the generation raised on reality shows like 'Survivor' and 'American Gladiator.' Book one of a planned trilogy. Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK
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Amazon.com: The Hunger Games: 9780439023481: Collins, Suzanne: Books

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'Brutally candid, Dig is well worth the intellectual and emotional investment.'
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'Dig represents the counter-intuitiveness of the best of the YA genre in being an ingeniously choreographed cautionary tale for all ages.'
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'Brutally candid, Dig is well worth the intellectual and emotional investment.' Shelf Awareness 'Dig represents the counter-intuitiveness of the best of the YA genre in being an ingeniously choreographed cautionary tale for all ages.' ReadPlus

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EXCELLENT!

"Berniece ain't gonna sell that piano.".

Set in Pittsburgh, this haunted story of the history behind and conflict over a 137 year old ornately carved upright piano has everything I love in a drama. Unforgettable characters with animated humorous voices, the presence of a determined spirited visitor, and a storyline that takes the reader places you didn't expect to go into the past.

"Berniece ain't gonna sell that piano."

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EXCELLENT! "Berniece ain't gonna sell that piano.". Set in Pittsburgh, this haunted story of the history behind and conflict over a 137 year old ornately carved upright piano has everything I love in a drama. Unforgettable characters with animated humorous voices, the presence of a determined spirited visitor, and a storyline that takes the reader places you didn't expect to go into the past.

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Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.

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Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter,...

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Read 154k reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy - until he is rescued by an owl, taken to Hogwa...

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Read 74.8k reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Sixty years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed nov...

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Kadi Baker: The Phantom of The Opera by Gaston Leroux 

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Sorelli, a principal dancer in the beautiful, new, and fabulous Paris Opera House ( circa 1880) is angry, her dressing - room has been invaded, by half a dozen hysterical young ladies, ballet dancers. The frightened performers have seen the legendary Phantom (Ghost), claiming to have noticed a very ugly man, but well dressed in the passageway. The superstitious but brave woman, opens the door quiet slowly and takes a careful peek. The shadowy in gaslight, reddish walls give a strange ambiance, b ...more

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Sorelli, a principal dancer in the beautiful, new, and fabulous Paris Opera House ( circa 1880) is angry, her dressing - room has been invaded, by half a dozen hysterical young ladies, ballet dancers. The frightened performers have seen the legendary Phantom (Ghost), claiming to have noticed a very ugly man, but well dressed in the passageway.

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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

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Mrs. Maslowski's book: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

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Mrs. Maslowski's book: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

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Narrated by Death itself, The Book Thief offers a unique and profoundly sad fictional window into Nazi Germany at the onset of World War II. The story follows Liesel Meminger, a 9-year-old girl who's taken in by an older German couple, Rosa and Hans Hubermann, when her mother can no longer care for her. Haunted by the death of her younger brother, Liesel takes comfort in a book that was dropped by one of the gravediggers at his burial, despite the fact that she's illiterate. That changes when her kindly new "Papa" begins teaching her how to read. The knowledge ignites a passion for books, and stealing them, that serves as a distraction for Liesel from the grim reality of life under the Nazi regime. When the Hubermanns take in Max Vandenburg, a young Jewish boxer hiding from the Nazis, he and Liesel form a bond over their shared nightmares and past trauma that soon becomes unshakeable. Markus Zusak's insightful 2005 novel is an enduring ode to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of senseless cruelty and violence. A global sensation, The Book Thief has sold more than 16 million copies worldwide, spent over 500 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, and was adapted into a hit film in 2013. - Megan McCluskey

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Narrated by Death itself, The Book Thief offers a unique and profoundly sad fictional window into Nazi Germany at the onset of World War II. The story follows Liesel Meminger, a 9-year-old girl who's taken in by an older German couple, Rosa and Hans Hubermann, when her mother can no longer care for her.

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Mrs. Maslowski's book: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed

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Mrs. Maslowski's book: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed

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[ARC Provided by NetGalley, my review is unbiased]
I'm also a book blogger

While I loved slowly uncovering the mystery of this woman that had faded into the background of these lauded men, I felt it was often to overshadowed by Khayyam's obsession with the guy she just met. I found Khayyam to be a very frustrating character - she's clearly flirting with this new guy, while at the same time being mad at her boyfriend for posting pictures of himself with other girls. Hello, double standards.

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ARC Provided by NetGalley, my review is unbiased] I'm also a book blogger While I loved slowly uncovering the mystery of this woman that had faded into the background of these lauded men, I felt it was often to overshadowed by Khayyam's obsession with the guy she just met.

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Kaylynn Sudar: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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Kaylynn Sudar: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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Jose Nevarez: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

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Jose Nevarez: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

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A milestone in American literature--a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American ReadA first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won t...

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Lauren Cameron's book: Night by Elie Wiesel

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Lauren Cameron's book: Night by Elie Wiesel

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Michael Bozarth, Prisoner B-3087, alan gratz, 

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Prisoner B-3087 is based on the true story of Yanek Gruener, a young Jewish boy who is 10 years old when the Nazis invade his home city of Kraków, Poland in September 1939. Yanek, his parents Oskar and Mina, and the rest of his family, who are all Jewish, are immediately subjected to restrictions on their freedoms. A Jewish ghetto is created, and Jewish people are not allowed to go to school or to own business. Soon, Nazis start to raid their homes and deport citizens to camps-where it is rumored that Jewish people are killed. Oskar tries to stay optimistic, but Yanek grows increasingly worried. After a raid on their home, Yanek discovers a pigeon coop where he and his family decide to live, hidden from the Nazis.

Three years into the Nazi occupation, Yanek turns 13, and his bar mitzvah ceremony (in which he becomes a man under Jewish law) is held under the cover of night in a basement-if Jews are discovered practicing their religion, they will be killed. Soon after this, Yanek's mother and father are picked up while waiting for their bread rations, and Yanek never sees them again. Soon after, in late 1942, Yanek is deported as well. He arrives at Plaszów concentration camp, where he reunites with his uncle Moshe. Moshe explains that Yanek has to remain anonymous and not stand out or care about anything, because anything can be used as a reason for the Nazis to kill prisoners. He insists that they have to survive at all costs, because they cannot let the Nazis erase them from history. Yanek soon gets an introduction to the Nazis' cruelty at his first roll call: the commandant at the camp, Amon Goeth, sics his dogs on the prisoner next to Yanek for no reason.

Moshe gets him Yanek a job cleaning the Kraków ghettos so that he can stay out of the camp as much as possible. This proves doubly lucky, as Yanek cleans out his family's old apartment and finds the money that his mother had sewn into their family's jackets. Yanek brings this money back to the camp, where Moshe is able to trade it for extra bread. Moshe tells him not to share it with anyone, though Yanek feels guilty about not sharing it with prisoners who have become "Muselmanners"-so skinny and dejected that they are essentially dead. Soon after Yanek acquires this extra money, however, Goeth murders Moshe because Moshe was assigned the leader of a group breaking rocks, and Goeth wasn't been satisfied with their work. Yanek is devastated, thinking that he is alone once again.

As the years go on, Yanek is transferred wherever work is needed: first, to the Wieliczka salt mine, and then to Trzebinia concentration camp. At each of these places, the work is grueling and death is commonplace-the Nazis treat the Jewish prisoners worse than animals. Yanek thinks about fighting back, but when one prisoner resists during roll call at Trzebinia, he is immediately shot-and seven other innocent prisoners, including a young boy, are hanged in front of the rest. Yanek vows to remember the boy. Soon after, in winter of 1944, Yanek and other prisoners are loaded into a train car, where they are taken to Birkenau concentration camp. Another prisoner explains that they are going to be taken to the gas chambers. Yanek is distraught, thinking that all his work to survive had been for nothing. But when they are herded into the showers, water comes out instead of gas. Yanek is so relieved that he feels as though he's been reborn. He is determined to continue to survive.

After the showers at Birkenau, Yanek's head is shaved and a number is tattooed on his arm: B-3087. He is a number to the Nazis, rather than an individual. He then finds a prison uniform and a pair of shoes that fit. That night, a prisoner asks if there are 10 men to perform a boy's bar mitzvah ceremony. Yanek volunteers, and when the ceremony is done, he echoes Moshe's words that they cannot let the Nazis erase them. Meanwhile, during his time at Birkenau, Yanek washes every day to remind himself of his humanity. He also learns how to gain some strength by holding back in line for soup, so that he's served the thicker part at the bottom. One day, prisoners try to break out, but they are caught and killed. The men on their work detail are also shot despite having done nothing wrong, and a guard opens fire on the remaining prisoners who are gathered for roll call-Yanek narrowly survives.

After a few months, Yanek is transferred to Auschwitz. There, despite Moshe's warnings, he befriends a boy named Fred, who is also from Kraków. Yanek is grateful to talk to someone else, and to talk about his life and what he had been through. One day, however, Fred grows very sick and is unable to work. When he is unable to get up for roll call, the Nazis drag him out of the barracks and hang him. Yanek makes another vow never to forget Fred. In the winter of 1945, Yanek is transferred to Sachsenhausen, but this time there are no cars to take them, and so they walk there for days on end. Yanek notices a boy who can barely keep himself upright. The boy reminds Yanek of Fred, and so he helps take the boy's weight as they walk. Later, another man helps Yanek carry the boy as well. When they stop for the night, Yanek realizes that in the process of carrying the boy, his bread portion fell out of his waistband. He nearly breaks down. He considers stealing from the boy but decides against it, thinking that the boy will likely die by the morning and that he can take the bread then. But the boy doesn't die, and so Yanek walks three more days without any food.

Arriving at Sachsenhausen, Yanek and the other prisoners are given a brief period of rest which allows them to regain a bit of strength. Yanek continues to wash at a pump every day, marveling that he once owned the luxury of a toothbrush. Sachsenhausen brings much of the same as the other camps, as Yanek and the others are forced to break rocks and build barracks. But Yanek can tell that the Allied planes are getting closer. Soon after, Yanek is shipped by cattle car to Bergen-Belsen. The conditions at this camp are surprisingly better: there are no gas chambers, and they have more food than Yanek has eaten in six years. But Yanek soon discovers that there is a kapo nicknamed Moonface (for the scars and acne pits on his round face) who targets Yanek for no reason, beating him up whenever he can. Despite the better conditions, Yanek works to make sure he is transferred to another camp as quickly as possible to avoid Moonface.

Yanek is then moved to Buchenwald, where the prisoners are treated as lower than animals. This comparison is easy to make: there's a zoo with wild animals at the camp which serves as entertainment for the guards in their families. The animals are fed better than the prisoners, though one day the Nazis drop a steak (normally fed to the bears) in front of two prisoners and force them to fight for it. Yanek once sees two Nazi soldiers tie one of the deer to a fence; later, they are punished harshly for it. Yanek observes that the Nazis will hypocritically tolerate cruelty to the prisoners, yet not to animals.

Yanek is then transferred to Gross-Rosen. One day, a kapo asks where the missing top button on Yanek's shirt is. When Yanek says he doesn't know, he is punished with 20 lashes-though the Nazi soldier whipping him continually restarts the count until Yanek blacks out from receiving so many. That night, Yanek hears bombs explode close to their barracks, and hopes the Allies are near. The prisoners in Gross-Rosen are then sent on a death march to Dachau without any food-Yanek believes they are continuing to move because the Allies are getting closer and closer to liberating them. Their path to Dachau runs through Czechoslovakia, and Yanek is heartened to see that many Czech villagers have left bread and other food on their doorsteps for the prisoners. Still, Yanek knows that without more food, he will die very soon. He notices a kapo ahead with four loaves of bread-much more than the man needs for himself. When Yanek approaches the kapo, he realizes that it's Moonface. Despite his fear, Yanek approaches Moonface when they stop, explaining that he wants to work but needs food to live. Moonface, to Yanek's surprise, cuts off a piece of bread for him.

At Dachau, the explosions come closer and closer to the camps, and in early spring, the prisoners wake to find that the Nazis have fled in the night. They are unsure what to do with themselves, how they might get back to their homes, or what they would even go back to. But then, in April 1945, American soldiers arrive to liberate them, and Yanek falls to his knees, sobbing in relief that he survived the war. A soldier approaches Yanek, asks him his name, and assures him that everything is going to be all right.

The liberated prisoners are taken away from Dachau and housed temporarily in Munich. Yanek is amazed when the American soldiers give him a bunk to himself, sheets, a pillow, a cup, a washcloth, and especially a toothbrush. That night at dinner, another survivor cries as they all sit down to eat their meal. Yanek thinks that even though they are relieved to be free, there is an immense amount of sadness in remembering those that they had lost. However, Yanek soon discovers that his cousin Youzek also survived. Youzek suggests that Yanek apply to a new program in America that's helping Jewish orphans immigrate. After three years, Yanek's papers finally come through. As Yanek boards the train that will take him to a ship bound for the U.S., he thinks about his family. He knows he will always remember them, but that starting over in America will allow him to live his life again.

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Mariah Brooks: Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne

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Mariah Brooks: Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne

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Kiara Rodriguez: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez

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Kiara Rodriguez: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez

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Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. An…

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Erica Van Gorden: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Erica Van Gorden: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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From the bestselling author of and We Should All Be Feminists Purple Hibiscus is an exquisite novel about the emotional turmoil of adolescence, the powerful bonds of family, and the bright promise of freedom.

Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend an exclusive missionary school. They're completely shielded from the troubles of the world. Yet, as Kambili reveals in her tender-voiced account, things are less perfect than they appear. Although her Papa is generous and well respected, he is fanatically religious and tyrannical at home-a home that is silent and suffocating.

As the country begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili and Jaja are sent to their aunt, a university professor outside the city, where they discover a life beyond the confines of their father's authority. Books cram the shelves, curry and nutmeg permeate the air, and their cousins' laughter rings throughout the house. When they return home, tensions within the family escalate, and Kambili must find the strength to keep her loved ones together.

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Amazon.com: Purple Hibiscus: 9781616202415: Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi: Books

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Trevor Koech: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

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Trevor Koech: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

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Kaelyn Bonner: Gabi A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

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Nolan Garrett: Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen

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Nolan Garrett: Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen

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Jimmy Anderson's book: All we have left by Wendy Mills

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Jimmy Anderson's book: All we have left by Wendy Mills

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Alexandra Rosas: Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard 

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Alexandra Rosas: Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard 

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Lauren Potts: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

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Lauren Potts: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

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No, there is a larger universe but there is no need to read any of the other books before this one. No, there is a larger universe but there is no need to read any of the other books before this one. E. M. Nikolaev

Here is the reading order to help:

Cruel Prince

The Lost Sisters (Optional, read at any time after Cruel Prince)

Wicked King

(Suggested reading: Modern Faerie tales, The darkest part of the forest)

Queen of Nothing

How the King of Elfheim Came to Hate Stories

Modern Faerie tales:

Tithe

Valient

Ironside

You can read any of these series in any order but this is my suggested reading order

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Nenia ✨ I yeet my books back and forth ✨ Campbell

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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)

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No, there is a larger universe but there is no need to read any of the other books before this one. No, there is a larger universe but there is no need to read any of the other books before this one. E. M.

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George Simon: Devils Within by S.F. Henson

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George Simon: Devils Within by S.F. Henson

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Joseph Karnezis: The house on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

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Joseph Karnezis: The house on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

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Charlie Hiller: All We Have Left by Wendy Mills 

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Charlie Hiller: All We Have Left by Wendy Mills 

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A haunting and heart-wrenching story of two girls, two time periods, and the one event that changed their lives—and the world—forever. Now: Sixteen-year-old Jesse is used to living with the echoes of the past. Her older brother died in the September 11th attacks, and her dad has filled their home with anger and grief

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DESCRIPTION OF THE NOVEL:
My mother named me Gabriella, after my grandmother who, coincidentally, didn't want to meet me when I was born because my mother was unmarried, and therefore living in sin. My mom has told me the story many, many, MANY, times of how, when she confessed to my grandmother that she was pregnant with me, her mother beat her. BEAT HER! She was twenty-five. That story is the basis of my sexual education and has reiterated why it's important to wait until you're married to give it up. So now, every time I go out with a guy, my mom says, "Ojos abiertos, piernas cerradas." Eyes open, legs closed. That's as far as the birds and the bees talk has gone. And I don't mind it. I don't necessarily agree with that whole wait until you're married crap, though. I mean, this is America and the 21st century; not Mexico one hundred years ago. But, of course, I can't tell my mom that because she will think I'm bad. Or worse: trying to be White.
Gabi Hernandez chronicles her last year in high school in her diary: Cindy's pregnancy, Sebastian's coming out, the cute boys, her father's meth habit, and the food she craves. And best of all, the poetry that helps forge her identity.

MY TWO CENTS: Isabel Quintero's 378 page debut YA novel, Gabi: A Girl in Pieces, is witty, exciting, and heart-felt. Through a diary entry narrative, the novel follows Gabi Hernandez through her senior year in high school. Gabi is a self-identified light-skinned, fat Mexican with an insatiable appetite for hot wings, tacos, sopes, and poetry. The novel opens with a fantastic obsession for hot wings and with Sebastian, Gabi's best friend, coming out to her. In a small piece of paper Sebastian writes, "I'm gay," which does not surprise Gabi. Instead, she is more concerned about his parents' reaction. Cindy, Gabi's other best friend, also confesses to Gabi that she had sex with German and might be pregnant. Gabi, who is still a virgin, is taken aback but comforts Cindy in her time of need and together they discover that Cindy is in fact pregnant. By the end of the novel, Gabi has had her first kiss, broken up with her first boyfriend, and has sex with her second boyfriend. To top it all off, the Hernandez family must also contend with the father's meth addiction which ultimately kills him. Poetry and letter writing give Gabi an opportunity to process all of the difficulties that she and her friends endure throughout the year.

Gabi: A Girl in Pieces covers an array of themes, like sexuality, body image, addiction, coming out, writing, healing, and teen pregnancy, among others, that attempt to speak to the experiences of Latino youth in the United States. The opening lines of the novel reveal that Gabi's mom had her out of wedlock and has since been shunned by the grandmother. The dichotomy of the "good girl/bad girl" is a burden that follows Gabi throughout the novel. Her naiveté about sex and relationships makes her susceptible to her mother's and Tia Bertha's religious banter about womanhood-good girls keep their legs closed and go to heaven. Gabi, however, is quick to question her mother's indoctrination and to point out the contradictions in their own behavior and in what they expect from her brother. Gabi's mother's constant insistence to be a "good girl" is also tied to a rejection of American identity. In other words, Gabi's mother suggests that having sex or going away to college, things "bad girls" do, is part of American culture and Gabi's desire to participate in such behavior further distances her from their Mexican identity. The juxtaposition of how Latina women should behave in accordance to their culture and religion to how American women behave has been signaled as the key reason for why Latina teens are at a higher risk of attempting and committing suicide in the United States (see Luis Zayas). Research, national reports, and media coverage on the topic argue that there exists a generational tension between mothers and daughters of Latino descent in the US. This tension is said to lead to higher risk of depression, low self-esteem, and potential self-harm. While Gabi's character does not follow that pattern, it is clear that the tension with her mother impacts the ways she sees herself.

There are many qualities that make Gabi stand out within the genre of Latina/o Children's and Young Adult Literature. What I find specifically unique about this novel is the thorough engagement with drug addiction. Gabi's entries capture the barrage of feelings of living with someone who is dependent on a drug. She explains that there are days, weeks, and even months, when they might not hear from her father because he's on a high binge. They might also see him in the park getting high with the other drug addicts. As children, their dad took them along to pick up his meth. At the end, Gabi finds him overdosed and dead with a pipe on hand in the garage. The novel attempts to highlight how an entire family can be harmed by addiction. While the father's backstory is never fully developed (because, obviously, he is not the focus of the story), the story suggests that drug addiction is a disease affecting many Latino communities and deserves further attention. That Quintero brings it up in her book provides an opportunity to discuss how children are impacted by a parents' drug addiction.

Overall, Gabi: A Girl in Pieces is an extraordinary read with the potential to create various dialogues in and outside the classroom. Gabi struggles with body image because of her body type and light skin color, Cindy eventually reveals that she was raped by German, and Sebastian gets kicked out of his house for coming out. Gabi's body image issues allow us to examine representations of Latino bodies in popular culture, cultural expectations on the body, and the centering of light skin bodies over darker skin ones in Latino culture. By the end of the novel, it is suggested that Cindy might seek counseling for what happened to her, but there is definite tension about whether her rape is an individual problem or one that should be addressed by a community. Without having anywhere else to go, Sebastian is forced to stay with his aunt, who believes religion will cure him of his queerness. And while Sebastian eventually joins the LGBTQ club in his school, there seems to be little support coming from his Latino community. Gabi is clever and sarcastic and extremely funny. It's a book that details the inner thoughts and struggles of a young Latina on a journey to self-empowerment or a book about a young Latina's long journey to Pepe's House of Wings.

TEACHING TIPS: The use of a diary style in Gabi presents a great opportunity to ask students to keep their own diary or journal while they read the novel. One way to approach this type of assignment would be to ask students to respond to each of Gabi's entries. However, because so much of Gabi's experience is concerned with sex education and sex, it'll be important to establish conversation guidelines with the class. The opening diary entry reveals how sex ed. and sex is gendered. Gabi's grandmother beats her daughter for getting pregnant, and, as a result, Gabi's mom tries to impose those conservative and traditional views on Gabi. Students can respond to the opening entry by writing about the values that their families, communities, or the media have tried to impart on them regarding sex. When teaching Gabi, it is also important to be aware that many experiences with sex are closely tied to some sort of violence or trauma, as is the case with Cindy. When discussing and writing about Cindy's rape, it'll be extremely significant to steer away from conversations that blame the victim. A more productive approach would be to talk about ways to make communities accountable to issues of sexual assault and street harassment. A diary entry assignment will help students closely engage with the themes of the novel by allowing them to practice character analysis and by giving them a space to connect their personal experiences to what they read.

Another way to approach teaching a novel like Gabi is to talk about diary keeping as a genre. The use of the diary to tell a story has a very long literary tradition, so it will be important to talk with students about why this might be the case. In other words, consider why diaries have existed this long, what their purposes may have been (or if the purpose has changed), and why Quintero chose to write Gabi in this form. Discussing Facebook, Twitter, and other relevant social media might also create a fruitful discussion on diary keeping in the 21 stcentury. An interesting digital media project might be to ask students what Gabi might be tweeting, posting, liking, etc., given what they know from her diary. A more literary approach would be to discuss other Latina/o children's and young adult texts in this genre like Amada Irma Perez's My Diary from Here to There. While My Diary is a children's illustrated text, it nonetheless makes use of the diary form to capture a story of pain, struggle, and love.

Gabi also opens up a dialogue about addiction that can lead to many powerful discussions about substance abuse in communities of color. A few other Latina/o young adult texts that deal with issues of addiction include Benjamin Alire Saenz's Last Night I Sang to the Monster, E.E. Charlon-Trujillo's Fat Angie, and Gloria Velazquez's Tyrone's Betrayal. The young protagonists of these novels have some sort of relationship to addiction that influences their own understanding of drugs and alcohol and how they deal with pain and trauma. Conversations about addiction can be very difficult to have, so it will be important to discuss triggers and trigger warnings when broaching the subject. If students are not comfortable discussing the topic, then returning to the use of the diary form can provide a safe space for students to still engage the conversation. Students do not always have to provide a personal response but can instead think about Gabi's actions and reactions to her father's addiction. Gabi often expresses frustration at her mother for enabling or putting up with her husband's addiction. Gabi's younger brother feels unloved and eventually rebels because of the situation at home. Asking students what the family members' different experiences reveal about addiction complicates popular understandings of what addiction looks like and how it can be cured.

AUTHOR (from the author's website): Born and raised in Southern California to Mexican parents, Isabel Quintero always took home too many books from the library as a a child. Later, she married her husband Fernando in a library. In addition to writing young adult literature, poetry, and fiction, she teaches English at a couple community colleges, freelance writes for the Arts Council of San Bernardino County, is a member of PoetrIE (a literary arts organization who's working to bring literary arts to the communities of the IE), and an avid pizza and taco eater. You can read about why she writes in her first blog post, titled, "Why I Write." Gabi: A Girl in Pieces has received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT Gabi, A Girl in Pieces, visit your local library or bookstore. Also check out worldcat.org, indiebound.org, cincopuntos.com, goodreads.com, amazon.com, and barnesandnoble.com.

Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez has been an avid reader since childhood. Her literary world was first transformed when she read Rudolfo Anaya's Bless me, Última as a high school student and then again as a college freshman when she was given a copy of Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street. Sonia's academic life and activism are committed to making diverse literature available to children and youth of color. Sonia received her B.A. in English from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of California, Riverside, where she focuses her dissertation on healing processes in Latina/o Children's and Young Adult Literature.

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In an emotionally complex story about finding acceptance and redefining family, 18-year-old Ben is rejected by their parents when they come out as nonbinary. They're taken in by their older sister, Hannah, who was also driven out by their conservative and judgmental parents 10 years earlier. Together they have to learn how to advance from estranged siblings to a true, caring family while Ben works to complete senior year at a new high school. And as Ben cultivates an art practice and receives the love and support of rediscovered family and of new friends, including handsome neighbor Nathan, they begin to come to terms with their trauma. Debut author Deaver portrays Ben's reaction to the difficult situation, including panic attacks and anxiety, with care and empathy, and readers will be filled with joy and hope as Ben begins to grow toward self-acceptance. Ben's voice shines through with courage and vulnerability as they learn, slowly, to feel valued and deserving of respect. A powerful illustration of the ways that compassion and love can overcome intolerance. Ages 14-up. Agent: Lauren Abramo, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. (May)

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"Heartfelt, romantic, and quietly groundbreaking. This book will save lives." — Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda"Tender and bursting with humanity, I Wish You All the Best tells a heartwarming queer love story without compromise." — Meredith Russo, Stonewall Award-winning author of If I Was Your Girl"A beacon of hope in a broken world. We all need this book." — Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin"Emotional and heartfelt... This is the sort of novel that goes beyond being important; it has the potential to save and change lives." — Kheryn Callender, Stonewall Award-winning author of Hurricane Child and This is Kind of an Epic Love Story"I Wish You All the Best reminds us that, when we open up to love, we have the capacity to become our most authentic selves." — Adib Khorram, Morris and APALA Award-winning author of Darius the Great is Not Okay"A truly unique and beautiful debut." — Adi Alsaid, author of Let's Get Lost"Profoundly poignant and often swoon-worthy... a stunning gift to the world." — Jay Coles, author of Tyler Johnson Was Here"An important and inspiring novel about identity, acceptance, friendship, familial relationships, and the people who become your family." — Sabina Khan, author of The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali"A soft, sweet, and incredibly important story about a nonbinary teen finding their voice. This book is going to be so important to so many people." — Alice Oseman, author of Radio Silence and Heartstopper"A welcome addition to the growing body of LGBTQIAP+ literature." — Booklist"An honest coming-of-age and coming-out story... Deaver's treatment of Ben's nonbinary identity creates a realistic portrayal of their journey toward self-acceptance... through sympathetic characters and a hopeful narrative of empowerment." — Kirkus Reviews"A powerful illustration of the ways that compassion and love can overcome intolerance." — Publishers Weekly"Deaver shows us that love, like gender, is fluid and nonbinary." — NPR

From the Publisher

05/01/2019

Gr 8 Up-A nonbinary teen is forced out of their house and finds love while starting over. Ben didn't expect their parents to be thrilled when they came out as nonbinary, but neither did they expect to be immediately kicked out of their home. They move in with their older sister whom they have not seen in a decade, begin attending a new school for the last semester of senior year, and choose not to come out to their teachers or classmates. Ben's plan to keep a low profile backfires when they are befriended by Nathan, a fellow student who may like them as more than just a friend. Written by an author who is nonbinary, this book stands out among current young adult offerings for its depiction of a nonbinary protagonist. Ben's anxiety after being kicked out of their parents' house will resonate with readers who have suffered trauma, as will their struggle in both loving their parents while also not trusting them after their reaction. The measured pace and conversational style of this book work well with its focus on Ben and their healing and growth during their final semester of high school. The romance that develops between Ben and Nathan is sweet, and readers will be rooting for the couple to have their happily ever after. Give to fans of Bill Konigsberg's The Music of What Happens or Adib Khorram's Darius the Great Is Not Okay. VERDICT A first purchase for most libraries.- Jenni Frencham, Indiana University, Bloomington

School Library Journal

2019-02-20

Deaver's debut delivers an honest coming-of-age and coming-out story about 18-year-old queer, nonbinary Ben De Backer.

The novel centers on conflicts within a North Carolina family that drive the narrative after Ben comes out to their parents and is kicked out of the house. Welcomed by their older sister, Hannah, who they haven't spoken to in more than a decade, and her husband, Thomas, they begin a new life, enter therapy, and begin to find peace as they finish their senior year. Ben finds comfort in art classes, which become a safe haven as the art teacher takes them under her wing. Ben's loneliness abates thanks to budding friendships, but when their connection with another student, Nathan, hints at something more, Ben struggles to find the confidence to risk sharing their truth again. Dealing with new friendships, family rejection, first love, anxiety, and personal growth, this novel is grounded in familiar YA terrain while exploring themes of gender identity. Deaver's treatment of Ben's nonbinary identity creates a realistic portrayal of their journey toward self-acceptance. Ben and their family are white, Nathan is brown-skinned (ethnicity unspecified), and a few secondary characters are ethnically diverse, including a nonbinary character who is a Muslim immigrant and hijabi.

Holds appeal for readers of all genders and sexualities through sympathetic characters and a hopeful narrative of empowerment. (Fiction. 14-18)

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The Serpent King (Crown/Random House) (2016)

Dillard Early Jr., Travis Bohannon, and Lydia Blankenship are three friends who have one thing in common: none of them fit the mold in tiny Forrestville, Tennessee. Dill, a talented musician, grew up in a Pentecostal snakehandling church, playing in the praise band. During his freshman year, his father went to prison for a heinous crime, leaving Dill and his mother impoverished.

Travis is a gentle giant who works at his family's lumberyard and is obsessed with a Game of Thrones - like fantasy series, much to his abusive, alcoholic father's displeasure.

Lydia comes from a loving upper-middle-class family and runs a popular fashion blog that's part Tavi Gevinson, part Angela Chase, and part Dolly Parton. She's actively plotting her escape from rural Tennessee for bigger and better things, to capitalize on her Internet fame. This will mean leaving behind Dill-whose feelings for her run deep.

But that's not Dill's only problem. He has a cursed name. His grandfather, Dillard Early, became consumed with slaughtering snakes in grief and vengeance after one killed his daughter. He wore their skins pinned to his clothes during his descent into darkness. The whispering and staring locals called him "the Serpent King" before he committed suicide by poison. Dill's father, also named Dillard Early, was the pastor of Dill's church, whose parishioners handled serpents and drank poison as signs of faith.

Caught between his mother's pulling him to drop out of school to help pay off the family debts and Lydia's pushing him to go to college to escape Forrestville's whispers and stares, Dill is quickly approaching a reckoning. One that will force him to confront the legacy of darkness-serpents and poison and self-destruction-that is his inheritance.

-Publishers Weekly (starred)

A touching debut...Characters, incidents, dialogue, the poverty of the rural South, enduring friendship, a desperate clinging to strange faiths, fear of the unknown, and an awareness of the courage it takes to survive, let alone thrive, are among this fine novel's strengths. Zentner writes with grace and understanding-a new voice to savor.

-Kirkus Reviews (starred)

[T]his novel offers a heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful portrait of three friends and the love/hate relationship they have with the insular community they grew up in.

-The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred)

-Shelf Awareness (starred)

[D]azzingly written...A tale to make you weep, and be glad, about big questions and small joys.

-The Sunday Times (London)

"[C]lear eyes, full hearts" Southern earnestness mingled with the eerie creepiness of Winter's Bone and a tragic turn of events in the final third of the book makes for a totally addictive read. This one's a real heart worm-it'll wiggle in deep.

Thorough characterization and artful prose allow readers to intimately experience the highs and lows of these three friends. VERDICT: Recommended for fans of John Green and Rainbow Rowell.

-School Library Journal (Popular Pick)

A musician himself, Zentner transitions to prose easily in his debut, pulling in complex issues that range from struggles with faith to abuse to grief...A promising new voice in YA.

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A Publishers Weekly Flying Start

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A Whitney Debut YA Award winner

An International Literary Association Young Adults' Choices pick

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A Best Book of the Year, Bank Street College of Education & Children's Book Committee, 2017 Edition

A Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award winner

A Texas Library Association Top 10 TAYSHA pick

A Volunteer State Book Award Nominee

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* "A tender, honest exploration of identity and sexuality, and a passionate reminder that love—whether romantic or familial—should be open, free, and without shame." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review* "Authentic teen and Latino dialogue should make it a popular choice." -- School Library Journal, starred review* "Meticulous pacing and finely nuanced characters underpin the author's gift for affecting prose that illuminates the struggles within relationships." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Sáenez writes toward the end of the novel that “to be careful with people and words was a rare and beautiful thing.” And that’s exactly what Sáenez does—he treats his characters carefully, giving them space and time to find their place in the world, and to find each other...those struggling with their own sexuality may find it to be a thought-provoking read." -- Booklist

"Sáenz has written the greater love story, for his is the story of loving one’s self, of love between parents and children, and of the love that builds communities, in addition to the deepening love between two friends." -- VOYA

"Ari’s first-person narrative—poetic, philosophical, honest—skillfully develops the relationship between the two boys from friendship to romance." -- The Horn Book

"Primarily a character- and relationship-driven novel, written with patient and lyrical prose that explores the boys’ emotional lives with butterfly-wing delicacy."--
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Sáenz is a master at capturing the conversation of teens with each other and with the adults in their lives." -- Library Media Connection, Recommended

"This book took my breath away. What gorgeous writing, and what a story! I loved both these boys. And their parents! Don't we all wish we had parents like theirs? The ending - and the way it unfolded - was so satisfying. I could go on and on...suffice it to say I will be highly recommending it to one and all. I'm sure I'll reread it myself at some point. I hated having it end." -- James Howe, Author of Addie on the Inside

"I’m absolutely blown away. This is Saenz's best work by far...It’s a beautiful story, so beautifully told and so psychologically acute! Both Ari and Dante are simply great characters who will live on in my memory. Everything about the book is absolutely pitch perfect...It’s already my favorite book of the year!" -- Michael Cart, Booklist columnist and YALSA past president

“Benjamin Alire Saenz is a writer with a sidewinder punch. Spare sentences connect resonant moments, and then he knocks you down with emotional truth. The story of Ari and Dante’s friendship widens and twists like a river, revealing truths about how hard love is, how family supports us, and how painfully deep you have to go to uncover an authentic self.” -- Judy Blundell, National Book Award-winning author of What I Saw and How I Lied

About the Author

Benjamin Alire Sáenz is an author of poetry and prose for adults and teens. He was the first Hispanic winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and a recipient of the American Book Award for his books for adults. He is the author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, which was a Printz Honor Book, the Stonewall Award winner, the Pura Belpré Award winner, the Lambda Literary Award winner, and a finalist for the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, and its sequel, Aristotle and Dante Dive i nto the Waters of the World. His first novel for teens, Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, was an ALA Top Ten Book for Young Adults and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His second book for teens, He Forgot to Say Goodbye, won the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award, the Southwest Book Award, and was named a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. He lives in El Paso, Texas.

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Trigger warnings: Parental abandonment?? I guess?? Death of a friend, sexual abuse.

I was really really intrigued by this book after reading Yeonmi Park's In Order to Live last year. Both books tell the story of teenagers struggling to survive in North Korea and ultimately escaping. Both stories are autobiographies. Both stories are incredibly harrowing and full of horrifying events.

The difference is that this one? Yeah, this one is aimed at young adults.

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Overview

Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who was forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains. Sungju richly recreates his scabrous story, depicting what it was like for a boy alone to create a new family with his gang, "his brothers," to daily be hungry and to fear arrest, imprisonment, and even execution. This riveting memoir allows young readers to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:

9781419727610

Publisher:

Amulet Paperbacks

Publication date:

10/17/2017

Edition description:

Reprint

Pages:

344

Sales rank:

24,126

Product dimensions:

5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

Lexile:

880L ( what's this?)

Age Range:

13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

07/18/2016
This affecting memoir starts slowly but gains momentum as it highlights a boy's survival and eventual escape from North Korea. The narrative begins with a brief history of 20th-century Korea that helps establish context. Lee enjoyed a privileged childhood in Pyongyang as the son of a respected military officer until his fate changed abruptly at age 10, when his family left for an extended "holiday" in a northern sea town where his parents were forced to work as laborers. Writing with McClelland (Stars Between the Sun and Moon), Lee effectively describes his own trusting ignorance and how he began to understand the dire state of their exile. The strongest section recounts Lee's harrowing life on the streets as he banded together with friends, stealing, begging, borrowing, and fighting to subsist ("Maybe everything had been taken from us, but we still had our word, and that meant something"); deadening their pain with alcohol, smoke, and opium; and mourning lost friends. A testament to resilience, Lee's story pulls back the curtain on life in North Korea. Ages 13-up. Agent: Al Zuckerman, Writers House. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

"A pampered son of the elite survives a nightmarish ordeal in this page-turner of a memoir." —Kirkus

From the Publisher

"[Sungju Lee's] sheer determination rings loudest in this rarely heard perspective. Better yet, the memoir is accessible to younger teens first being exposed to complicated global political and conditions."

"There are lessons about resilience, friendship, and family to take to heart... The ending satisfies and offers some hope."

School Library Connection

08/01/2016
Gr 6-9-Lee pens his harrowing journey from one of North Korea's city elite to a homeless and hungry vagrant. Lee, an only child, grew up comfortably in the nation's capital of Pyongyang because his father was a well-respected member of the military. Yet with no warning, the boy and his parents were deported to the countryside. Lee, who had known only the strict rituals and decorum of Pyongyang, was initially horrified by life in Gyeong-seong. Mass hunger, public executions, and unemployment were rampant-a stark contrast to the propaganda Lee had been taught his whole life. Forced by starvation, Lee's parents left him in search of commerce or emigration. He fended for himself for almost five years. His struggle is chronicled in a tightly written first-person narrative. Lee would eventually lead a gang of boys who lived by their wiles, stealing just enough to survive. The tension that runs throughout the narrative is somewhat alleviated by the mere existence of the work. Lee provides a summary of the history of Korea and the politics of the famine in North Korea, achieving a great balance between historical context and storytelling. Lee incorporates Korean words throughout the text and defines them with a pronunciation guide in the back matter. VERDICT An excellent inside look at childhood in poverty that will resonate with middle schoolers.-Amy Thurow, New Glarus School District, WI

School Library Journal

2016-06-01
A pampered son of the elite survives a nightmarish ordeal in this page-turner of a memoir.Sungju Lee's carefree life, playing with his rare pedigreed dog and watching cartoons, comes to an abrupt end at age 11 when his family is banished to a remote seaside town after his army officer father transgresses in unspecified ways. The mid-1990s famine that eventually killed over 1 million North Koreans soon takes its toll, as each of his parents leaves in search of food and does not return. Teaming up with several friends, Lee travels the country-stealing in markets; fighting other gangs for territory; smoking, drinking, and using opium; getting arrested and imprisoned; finding clients for a madam's "nightflowers"; and losing two of his friends in brutal attacks. Straightforward prose prevents this harrowing tale from overwhelming readers, but at times it may emotionally distance them. Over time the boys shed their faith in the regime but never give up on dreams of reunion with their families. A short foreword offers readers some historical context, but the story's emphasis on the dangers of daily survival mirrors Lee's lack of awareness at the time of larger political events. This fast-paced story will likely compel its readers to learn more about North Korea after finishing it. (Memoir. 12-18)

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