Sixteen-year-old Morgan lives in a hick town in the middle of Nebraska. College is two years away. Her mom was killed in a car accident when she... read full description
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Sep 08, 2011
Nic
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Rating: 4.5 stars
Oh what a charming book! The Sky Always Hears Me and The Hills Don't Mind is beautiful.
Little bit quirky, always fun and has a lot of heart. Cronn-Mills voice is brilliant. She really captures life as a teen especially how confusing those romantic relationship are ~ trying to figure out what you want. Also isn't afraid to talk about sex in a honest way. And if you are sensitive to bad language be warned as it doesn't shy away from that either.
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Oh what a charming book! The Sky Always Hears Me and The Hills Don't Mind is beautiful.
Little bit quirky, always fun and has a lot of heart. Cronn-Mills voice is brilliant. She really captures life as a teen especially how confusing those romantic relationship are ~ trying to figure out what you want. Also isn't afraid to talk about sex in a honest way. And if you are sensitive to bad language be warned as it doesn't shy away from that either.
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Nov 08, 2011
Emily
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Did you love the movie Juno? Then I'm pretty sure you'll love this book. It has the same witty, charming, offbeat dialogue that just oozes cool. The comparison doesn't stop there - both narratives are relatively light-hearted in tone, but at the same time they explore more serious themes, such as teen pregnancy (in the case of Juno) and alcoholism, child abuse, death of a parent, teen sex and the big L word (in the case of this book).
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That list makes it sound like it'd be an exhaustin More...
Dec 12, 2011
Caroline
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The Sky Always Hears Me and The Hills Don't Mind is absolutely fantastic. Morgan's voice is unique and you will want to read this book only for this!
Morgan is a roughly regular teenager, she is a bit of a geek so she isn't very popular. She doesn't have any friends, just Girls To Sit By at lunch, her having a popular jock boyfriend was a bit of an accident, and now she is stuck with him whereas he's a bit boring. She has a crush on Rob who works as an assistant manager in the grocery s More...
Morgan is a roughly regular teenager, she is a bit of a geek so she isn't very popular. She doesn't have any friends, just Girls To Sit By at lunch, her having a popular jock boyfriend was a bit of an accident, and now she is stuck with him whereas he's a bit boring. She has a crush on Rob who works as an assistant manager in the grocery s More...
Aug 30, 2011
Alexa
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This is a gem of a book.
There are many things to love here, but the main one is Morgan. She is such an engaging narrotor with such a compelling voice. From the first few lines I just knew I was going to love her and I did.
She's funny and fragile and strong and confused and honest and very real. She has a thing about words, wants to write the Great American Novel and fortune cookies. Plus she screams on hillsides. I completely get why quite a few other characters in this b More...
There are many things to love here, but the main one is Morgan. She is such an engaging narrotor with such a compelling voice. From the first few lines I just knew I was going to love her and I did.
She's funny and fragile and strong and confused and honest and very real. She has a thing about words, wants to write the Great American Novel and fortune cookies. Plus she screams on hillsides. I completely get why quite a few other characters in this b More...
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Aug 31, 2010
Debasmita
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I can safely begin this review by stating that I LOVE The Sky Always Hears Me:And The Hills Don’t Mind! The title and the book cover is what attracted me in the beginning. For me,the title of a book plays quite an important part in building up my interest for the book and I must say that Kirstin Cronn Mills has given her debut book the most apt title! I can’t think of any other title for the book…and I love it!
Now to move on to the story,it was an absolutely wonderful roller-coaster More...
Now to move on to the story,it was an absolutely wonderful roller-coaster More...
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Mar 24, 2010
Maren
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I enjoyed this novel very much. I read it in just 7 hours, motivated both by the story and by the author which was written by my friend and teacher Kirstin. (Way to go!!! I am so proud and honored to know you.)I recommend this book to teenage girls (of which I have 3)and their mothers and all women who grew up in the Midwest in the 80's and 90's.
I related to Morgan as I was much like her in high school except that I wasn’t as self-aware. I grew up with alcoholic parents and step-pare More...
I related to Morgan as I was much like her in high school except that I wasn’t as self-aware. I grew up with alcoholic parents and step-pare More...
Jan 19, 2010
Erica
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Thanks to Cronn-Mills’s beautiful writing style, this book is a quick read that I had a hard time putting down. Morgan’s narrative voice is witty and contemplative and irreverent all at once, and her story really pulled me in from the start. She is up against a lot in this book, but her sense of humor kept the tone from becoming crushingly serious. I particularly enjoyed the interjection of the fortunes she writes in response to what is going on around her. (After a surprising encounter in t
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Nov 13, 2009
Carol(ina)
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The Sky Always Hears Me: And the Hills Don't Mind is now one of my favorite contemporary novels. The last time that a narrator really captured my attention was months before I read this book.
Morgan's voice was authentic, snarky, and real. Morgan dealt with things that many teenagers now do. While this book was about Morgan deciding between three romantic interests, it was also about coming-of-age and discovering her sexuality. But those aren't the only things that Morgan dealt with. More...
Morgan's voice was authentic, snarky, and real. Morgan dealt with things that many teenagers now do. While this book was about Morgan deciding between three romantic interests, it was also about coming-of-age and discovering her sexuality. But those aren't the only things that Morgan dealt with. More...
Sep 08, 2009
Sharon
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It seems that I’ve been reading a lot of gay theme books lately. I’m glad that books like The Sky Always Hears Me are becoming more popular. Morgan lives in a tiny town in the heart of America where mostly everyone is homophobic. I thought it was really funny how Morgan handled all these idiots. Overall, Morgan was an extremely funny and likeable character. I loved how she was always day dreaming about Rob and checking out his butt. It was just so outrageous. The way Morgan describes some of t
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Aug 27, 2010
LeeAnne
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This is a YA coming of age story set in the middle of Nebraska. Morgan Callahan is 16 years old and is desperate to get out of her small town ("Central Nowhere") to write the Great American Novel. Right now she is working on fortune cookie fortunes. She has a dumb jock of a boyfriend, a dysfunctional family and a crush on the assistant manager of the grocery store where she works as well as a neighbor who is coming to grips with her own sexual orientation. With themes of sexuality co
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Sep 19, 2009
Karen
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Where to begin with my review? For me, reading THE SKY ALWAYS HEARS ME was like eating a delicious new flavor of cake: you know you love it, but you're not quite sure which ingredients were used. After some savoring of the writing, I believe these are key to the recipe:
-Morgan's voice, which hooked me as soon as I read the first chapter on the author's website. Smart, sarcastic, and saturated with a restless yearning for something more than a tiny little town in Nebraska she calls C More...
-Morgan's voice, which hooked me as soon as I read the first chapter on the author's website. Smart, sarcastic, and saturated with a restless yearning for something more than a tiny little town in Nebraska she calls C More...
Jul 29, 2011
Molly
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I can't remember how I found this book. It's one of those books I wasn't sure about, then read and was pleasently surprised by. Now I often find myself still thinking about it. I remember that I read it in a day, only taking breaks when I had to.
It's one of those stories where not very much seems to happen, but then you finish it and realise that everything changed, which is very true to life. Although the big secret is anti-climatic it's different and realistic.
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It's one of those stories where not very much seems to happen, but then you finish it and realise that everything changed, which is very true to life. Although the big secret is anti-climatic it's different and realistic.
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Jan 05, 2010
Abby
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Morgan lives in Central Nowhere, Nebraska. When life's too much for her, she drives out into the hills and screams her troubles into the sky. This year, her junior year, she's got a lot to think about. Her alcoholic dad verbally abuses her and her brothers. She's got a major crush on a gorgeous guy she works with (despite the fact that she's in a long-term relationship with a football player). Oh, yeah, and her next-door neighbor Tessa kissed her a couple nights ago. And she thinks she liked it.
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Nov 30, 2010
Sarah
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Dec 14, 2010
Karen
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I would consider this a coming of age book about a 16yo (soon to be 17) girl named Morgan who has a lot going on with her life.
Let's see, she lives with her step-mom, her alcoholic father (her mom died when she was 3) and her two younger brothers. She has been dating Derek, who is on the football team, for 2 years now, even though she isn't that popular and even though she isn't completely sure about their relationship anymore. She has a grandma (her father's mom) who is always there More...
Let's see, she lives with her step-mom, her alcoholic father (her mom died when she was 3) and her two younger brothers. She has been dating Derek, who is on the football team, for 2 years now, even though she isn't that popular and even though she isn't completely sure about their relationship anymore. She has a grandma (her father's mom) who is always there More...
Aug 26, 2010
Nomes
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I really liked this book.
It's definitely the kind of book I would have loved as a teenager. The main thing I loved, was Morgan. She's the coolest of narrators. I connected with her voice on the very first page. I love that feeling of only having read a page and realising, 'I am going to love this book.'
It's about Morgan and her life in a small town where she works at a grocery store (and perves on 19 year old Rob), is the girlfriend of popular jock-hottie Derek an More...
It's definitely the kind of book I would have loved as a teenager. The main thing I loved, was Morgan. She's the coolest of narrators. I connected with her voice on the very first page. I love that feeling of only having read a page and realising, 'I am going to love this book.'
It's about Morgan and her life in a small town where she works at a grocery store (and perves on 19 year old Rob), is the girlfriend of popular jock-hottie Derek an More...
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Feb 12, 2011
Liu Zhen
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Title: The Sky Always Hears Me: And the Hills Don't Mind
Author: Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Pages: 264
Publisher: September 1st 2009 by Flux
Isbn: 0738715042 (isbn13: 9780738715049)
August 1, Morgan is spending her regular summer working in a grocery store. She’s a sophomore, two years away from college with an alcoholic dad and a “non-entity” stepmother, the only friends she has are those “Girls I Sit By At Lunch”, and a boring boyfriend. The only standout person Mor More...
Author: Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Pages: 264
Publisher: September 1st 2009 by Flux
Isbn: 0738715042 (isbn13: 9780738715049)
August 1, Morgan is spending her regular summer working in a grocery store. She’s a sophomore, two years away from college with an alcoholic dad and a “non-entity” stepmother, the only friends she has are those “Girls I Sit By At Lunch”, and a boring boyfriend. The only standout person Mor More...
Sep 09, 2010
Meg
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With wit, warmth and dark humor, Kirstin Cronn-Mills weaves a powerful story in The Sky Always Hears Me: And The Hills Don’t Mind. Narrator Morgan is an intelligent teen who dreams of writing the Great American Novel, like many of us, but gets by on penning cryptic “fortunes” on Post-Its, napkins and register tape — anything she can find, basically, and leaving them strewn about like edicts from a higher power. When life gets too overwhelming, Morgan escapes to visit her grandmother, Elsie, and
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Apr 17, 2010
Jenny
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I love reading about independent, confident, snarky girls, and Morgan is just that. I'm the exact opposite of all these things, so I tend to vicariously live through fictional characters and their brushes with an interesting adolescence. Mine was very normal: school, homework, that kind of thing. Morgan and Co. are a million miles away from my own life, yet I still found myself wishing I could be more like her. She's not a perfect role model by a long shot, but she doesn't take any rubbish from
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Apr 09, 2011
If you love quirky reads then this is a book you should check out. I knew this novel would be interesting just by reading the chapter headings--they're all fortune writings collected from various restaurants. Morgan is an unconventional girl, and we journey with her through a year of her life that includes a chaotic relationship with her parents and grandmother, along with her complicated love life as she deals with falling for her coworker while already having a boyfriend (and we mustn't forget
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May 05, 2010
Kricket
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i love the main character of this book: morgan is smart, snarky, funny, a little bit nuts, and wants to write a great american novel. for now, though, she'll settle for fortune cookie fortunes. morgan lives in a tiny town in nebraska, where her father & stepmom drive her insane. her boyfriend, derek, is kind of doofy and has a small penis. her next door neighbor, tessa, has a crush on her that she doesn't know how to handle. her friends are annoying. morgan's only ties to sanity are her grandmot
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Sep 11, 2009
Steph Su
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THE SKY ALWAYS HEARS ME is utterly incredible. It’s saucy and hilarious, twisted and touching. I can’t get enough of Morgan’s story and Kirstin’s writing.
Never before have I come across a protagonist like Morgan. Her snark and wit reminds me of Jessica Darling from Megan McCafferty’s hit series (which I love), but her conciseness of speech and thought reflects more of Courtney Summers’ characters (another author whose writing I love). Her voice had me constantly cracking up on the in More...
Never before have I come across a protagonist like Morgan. Her snark and wit reminds me of Jessica Darling from Megan McCafferty’s hit series (which I love), but her conciseness of speech and thought reflects more of Courtney Summers’ characters (another author whose writing I love). Her voice had me constantly cracking up on the in More...
Jun 11, 2010
Meet Morgan. Morgan lives in Central Nowhere, Nebraska, wants to get the hell out and write The Great American Novel. She writes fortunes, her family life is not that great--with the exception of an incredibly warm and loving relationship with her Grandmother--and she's caught between her drab boyfriend, Derek, her sexy coworker Rob and her semi-friend Tessa. Her love life is hectic, to say the least. And not at all boring.
Oh, I love Flux. They put out great great books and this More...
Oh, I love Flux. They put out great great books and this More...
Oct 18, 2009
Katie
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The first review I read about The Sky Always Hears Me: And The Hills don't mind made it shoot right to the top of my wishlist. When Id finally got a copy, I couldn't wait to read it. And let me tell you, it did not disappoint me in any way.
Morgan lives in a town in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do except work, write crazy fortunes, and stare at Rob's butt. Well okay maybe more than that but those are Morgan's favorite things. And from descriptions of Rob, I wouldn't mind star More...
Morgan lives in a town in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do except work, write crazy fortunes, and stare at Rob's butt. Well okay maybe more than that but those are Morgan's favorite things. And from descriptions of Rob, I wouldn't mind star More...
Aug 04, 2011
Amanda
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Morgan lives in Central Nowhere, Nebraska, where people are “all about family values…but that’s only as long as your family and your values are just like everyone else’s.”** She’s dating a dumb-but-kind football player who bores her, she lusts after an older guy who works at the grocery store with her, and she’s a little nervous about the fact that her neighbor, Tessa, kissed her and she liked it. Add to this an alcohol father, a dead mother, a timid stepmother, and a grandmother who’s the only
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Aug 25, 2009
Lauren
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The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don't Mind is a teen angst ridden novel making it a star in my eyes. If you aren't captured by this funny and sometimes heartbreaking novel at first, don't worry you will be by the end.
Morgan is a character whose facing a lot going on right now. Her boyfriend is boring and lousy in certain departments, she just kissed one of her ex-friends....whose a girl, and she and her fellow co-worker at work may have more then platonic feelings for each oth More...
Morgan is a character whose facing a lot going on right now. Her boyfriend is boring and lousy in certain departments, she just kissed one of her ex-friends....whose a girl, and she and her fellow co-worker at work may have more then platonic feelings for each oth More...
Feb 09, 2012
lisa
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meh. parts of this were good and interesting, but most of it didn't really do anything for me. i mean, i felt the same way about fleeing my town when i was morgan's age, and i was probably that snotty about it, but she's often a giant dick in other ways (and so are most of the other characters) and i just kept hoping she'd get knocked up and trapped in that town. (i am a horrible person. what of it?)
Oct 24, 2010
Heather
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This is a wonderfully fresh view with of a person with dreams and high expectations forced to live in small town life. Morgan lives with her dad and step-mom and two brothers, and hopes to be an author...of fortune cookie fortunes. She leaves them everywhere - on her fridge, the grill, at her job. Dating THE football player, she always feel on the outside of the popular crowd, doing what everyone expects her to do - hang with the "it" crowd, help her boyfriend pass his classes, be at a
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Jan 16, 2012
Kelly
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A damn near perfect book.
This book has one of the strongest voices I've read, coupled with a pitch perfect midwestern small-town setting. Morgan is passionate, driven, and a dreamer still firmly rooted to the ground (by choice and by force). She's witty without being sarcastic. She's truthful and insightful without being too smart for 17, too.
It gets everything right about everything there is to get right here.
Full review here: http://www.stackedbooks.org/2012/01/sky-... More...
This book has one of the strongest voices I've read, coupled with a pitch perfect midwestern small-town setting. Morgan is passionate, driven, and a dreamer still firmly rooted to the ground (by choice and by force). She's witty without being sarcastic. She's truthful and insightful without being too smart for 17, too.
It gets everything right about everything there is to get right here.
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Apr 20, 2011
Jessica
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I absolutely loved this book. What drew me in was the title and I just got lost in it from there. It's witty humor fits seamlessly into the storyline of the novel, but more importantly than that, I could feel the reality within its pages. This is the type of story that illuminates bits and pieces of all different kinds of people; I am one of them.
