“My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel.” ― Alice Hoffman, Green Angel Green is a young girl growing up knowing she’s different. A dark, hidden girl lost in her uneventful, routine world. She doesn’t have much except her family and her blossoming garden;...
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Everything changes for Miles Halter the day he meets Alaska young. With nothing but his few belongings from home and the ability to memorize people’s last words, Miles, or “Pudge,” sets off to Culver Creek Boarding School, located in the so-hot-it’s-exhausting state of Alabama. It takes him a moment to look past her bodacious...
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“089.00. I could say I’m excited, but that would be a lie. The number doesn’t matter. If I got down to 070.00., I’d want 065.00. If I weighed 010.00., I wouldn’t be happy until I got down to 005.00. The only number that would ever be enough is 0. Zero pounds, zero life, size...
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It’s the early 1900s. Sixteen-year-old Rose Nolan, her three siblings, and her parents are just like any other family of immigrants at the time. They left their quaint lives in Limerick, Ireland on a ship bound for the land of opportunities. They realize quickly that it’s not as easy as it may have sounded....
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