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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas | Book Review
Published by Walker Books Genre – Young Adult, Contemporary Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a…
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie |Book Review
Published by – Little, Brown Books Genre – Contemporary, Young Adult, Humor Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school…