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King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jan 15, 2021 | Book Review, YA

Summary: Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams,...

Looking for Alaska by John Green

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Book Review, YA

Summary: Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps” even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes...

Matched by Ally Condie

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 29, 2020 | Book Review, Romance, YA

Summary: Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one…until she sees another face...

Normal People by Sally Rooney

by Bubbly Bibbly | Aug 19, 2020 | Book Review, Romance, YA

Summary: At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her housekeeping job at...

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 24, 2020 | Book Review, Historical Fiction, YA

Originally reviewed Nov 20, 2012 Summary: It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still. By her brother’s graveside, Liesel’s life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially...

The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 6, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, YA

Summary: When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan, comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But he is wrong. Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann, are both magicians! Lewis is thrilled. At first, watching magic is...