I’m currently reading yet another YA book with a “strong female character” who performs crazy physical feats. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great book (Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard) and I love the action in the book and the main character, Mare. However, I’ve been thinking a lot about all the female heroines and …
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YA Books for History Buffs
My next installment of the YA Recommendations Series is for readers who like reading historical fiction or history books. Karla is joining me again for this post! Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson – Set during the Gold Rush, this is the story of Lee Westfall, a girl who can physically …
Book Talk: Rapture Practice
This was a striking book. Rapture Practice: My One-Way Ticket to Salvation by Aaron Hartzler, is a young adult (YA) memoir. That’s a fairly new genre, and there aren’t a ton of books in the genre yet, so I was really eager to read this book to see how the author structured the story and …