With recent news headlines in mind, we have a list of young adult fiction novels for teens or anyone experiencing a significant loss, whatever the circumstances. The Hate U Give Starr Carter navigates two worlds, an upscale suburban preparatory school and the impoverished city neighborhoods where she lives. After a police officer shoots and kills her … Continue reading 5 Young Adult Fiction Books about Grief
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers
The Five Star Friday selection this week, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, hearkens back to the Gen-X hype of the 1990’s. Summary: The literary sensation of the year, a book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the moving memoir of a college … Continue reading A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers