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Burned
by Ellen Hopkins 

Pattyn lives in a Mormon community. Her father is physically abusive toward her mother and verbally abusive to Pattyn and her numerous siblings. Pattyn becomes involved with a non-Mormon boy and tries to keep this relationship a secret from her family. This covert liaison is discovered by her father and as punishment she is sent to live with her aunt in the middle of nowhere. Pattyn discovers love and a sense of family without dysfunction while living with this aunt.

Ellen Hopkins is my new favorite author—I am devouring her books and they have all been outstanding; she addresses more adult themes and topics than the typical YA novel. Her books are written in verse and they are just beautiful, both visually and literarily.


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The First Time She Drowned
by Kerry Kletter   

Cassie has been unjustly institutionalized for a couple of years. Now that she is 18, she leaves the hospital and enrolls in college. Her mother was the one who committed her; her mother is incredibly manipulative and has Cassie’s brother and father wrapped around her finger. Cassie begins to rebuild a normal life but her mother’s visit prompts resurgent memories of childhood trauma. She must learn to forgive and forget or cut her mother out of her life.

 

 



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Douglas You Need Glasses
by Ged Adamson

I like Douglas You Need Glasses because it’s a cute story about how a dog needs glasses. A couple of things that happen to Douglas because he is near-sighted are: not seeing the warning sign and running through cement, going into the wrong house, and fetching a wasp nest instead of a ball! After numerous accidents, Nancy, his owner, takes him to the eye doctor to check out his vision. With his new glasses, Douglas could see everything, and man oh man was he happy!


 

   
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Touching Spirit Bear
by Ben Mikaelsen

I recently wrote about reading Ghost of Spirit Bear. My grandson had asked for the book, a sequel to Touching Spirit Bear, which I’d given him for Christmas. Subsequently, he loaned me that book, and now we’ve both read both books. Although I enjoyed reading the books, the value in doing so is going to be sharing the experience with my grandson. Hurray for the ways books can bring us together and promote conversation and understanding across generations!

Sally

 


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