“All the wrong people are dead.” – Simon Review of My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson, out August 23rd. In May of 1985, seventeen-year-old Earl “Trey” Singleton III leaves his wealthy Black family, and his six-figure trust fund, in Indianapolis, for New York City. Cut off from his family, and trying to …
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So this one time at Jew camp... That’s how some of my stories from my youth start. In high school, with my youth group, I would go to an eight-day sleepaway camp at the end of the summer. Eight weeks stuffed into eight days. There was Bible Bowl, Maccabiah (color war), Shabbos walks, ruach, talent …
“People come and go through our lives. They leave impressions on us, like letters in dust.” - Ida Silver Review of From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos (she/they) Synopsis: Hannah thinks that she has enough to deal with, a cold relationship with her mother, her adopted brother Gabe getting ready to leave for college, …
“You're allowed to exist. Even if it means existing somewhere else.” Review of I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (they/she) Thank you to the publisher for sending me an advanced copy and for the finished copy gift box! Synopsis: Chloe Green has one desire, to beat Shara Wheeler for valedictorian for their graduating class at …
“...we always imagine that these momentous occasions will work out perfectly, but they never go quite to plan, do they?” - SamiThank you to Page Street YA for sending me an advanced reader’s copy! Synopsis: Luca Mason has been a ballet dancer since he was little. Now at sixteen, he is getting ready to audition …
“I know what you’re feeling because I’m feeling it too.” - Max Thank you to the publisher, Tiny Ghost Press for sending me advanced copy! Synopsis: Finding a mate is something that every wolf does, but Max has no interest, despite his best friend Katie being completely obsessed with finding her mate. Sadly, for Max, he …
“Sins are measured in the pain you caused others.” - Frankie “Just as for every bitter herb there was sweet charoset, hope and joy persisted alongside suffering.” - Alter Synopsis: Like for so many Jewish immigrants, Alter Rosen believes that America is the land of opportunity, free from the antisemitism and pogroms of Eastern Europe. …
“The thing about goodbyes like this is that they don’t take their toll in an immediate way. No one is dying and no one is disappearing for good.” - Owen Thank you to the publisher for sending me an advanced copy of this book! Content warnings (adapted from Zack Smedley’s website): sexual assault, profanity (no slurs), PTSD, domestic abuse, mention of suicide, drug …
“It's not about what he needs, necessarily, because that might imply he's lacking something. It's about what he wants. There's a difference. I think we forget that sometimes.” - Nelson "Sharing tea with a fascinating stranger is one of life's true delights." – Uncle Iroh Thank you to the publisher for this advanced copy! Synopsis: Wallace Price was a …
“Gerald, would you like to *be* a sunset?” - Slackbot Thank you to the publisher for sending me an advanced copy of this book! Synopsis: Life for Gerald, a mid-level employee at a public relations firm based in New York, was pretty simple. Then his life became very unsimple when his consciousness was uploaded to …
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A Sleepy Librarian 