How many of you read Go Ask Alice when you were younger? Well, Crank by Ellen Hopkins is sort of like Go Ask Alice, only 1000x better. Upon finishing Crank, I did not think drugs were cool, whereas when I finished Go Ask Alice I was able to see the appeal of whatever that girl was on. […]
Review of Crank by Ellen Hopkins
September 11, 2010
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Review of My Darling, My Hamburger by Paul Zindel
August 16, 2010

I think by today’s standards, My Darling, My Hamburger by Paul Zindel falls short. It’s not as good as say, Ellen Hopkins, but I see it’s value. I think it’s an interesting look at teens of the late 1960s/early 1970s. It reveals a bit about the social constructs of adolescence of it’s era.
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Review of The Total Tragedy of A Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne
February 25, 2010

Middle school is awesome. I saw a tweet/link/blog post — something internets related the other day which asked is Middle Grade Fiction The New YA. While I see MG fiction as being awesome, I also see it as being of a completely different sphere than YA, yes both types of books are targeted at non-adult […]
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