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Sheila’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sheila’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Sheila M. Averbuch
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What I’m reading: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Any reader who loves sci-fi and its tropes — advanced technology, society in the future, what makes us human when the world around us is changing so fast — has Ray Bradbury’s stories somewhere in their soul. It was only well after I’d written my debut Friend Me that I realised a school bullying scenario from a Bradbury short story set on an imagined Venus, “All Summer in a Day,” had made its way d
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"AudioBook: A good read for those interested in AI. These friends learn that AI can be just as harmful as it is helpful. There is a good message about bullying, friendships, and loyalty. Grades 6-12."
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Ah Ciara thank you so much for leaving this review! I actually wrote Friend Me in 2018 when AI was more on the horizon than a reality. I was working a
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" Roisin hasn't made any friends since she moved from Ireland to America. In fact, she's had to deal with lots of bullying from the mean girl, Zara, that's in her class. When she meets Haley online, things start to turn around, because Haley listens w"
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“drop my phone onto my clothes. “Come on.” I yank Lily back outside. “We have some brothers to beat.” We splash and shout and mess about in the pool for ages, and finally we relay race. I come this close to beating Hiro, and the others give me such a cheer, I feel like I’m at a swimming competition again. Michael makes me stand high on his shoulders, and he shouts that I’ve won a silver, and the others applaud, and this feeling … this feeling floods me that I thought was gone forever: Everything”
― Friend Me
― Friend Me
“If I live to be a thousand, I won't see anything sweeter than the shock on Zara's face. Her mouth hangs down, like I'm a dog who suddenly learnt to talk. Like it never occurred to her that I might bite.”
― Friend Me
― Friend Me
“If I live to be a thousand, I won't see anything sweeter than the shock on Zara's face. Her mouth hangs down, like I'm a dog who's suddenly learned to talk. Like it never occurred to her that I might bite.”
― Friend Me
― Friend Me
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“If I live to be a thousand, I won't see anything sweeter than the shock on Zara's face. Her mouth hangs down, like I'm a dog who suddenly learnt to talk. Like it never occurred to her that I might bite.”
― Friend Me
― Friend Me
“If I live to be a thousand, I won't see anything sweeter than the shock on Zara's face. Her mouth hangs down, like I'm a dog who's suddenly learned to talk. Like it never occurred to her that I might bite.”
― Friend Me
― Friend Me
“drop my phone onto my clothes. “Come on.” I yank Lily back outside. “We have some brothers to beat.” We splash and shout and mess about in the pool for ages, and finally we relay race. I come this close to beating Hiro, and the others give me such a cheer, I feel like I’m at a swimming competition again. Michael makes me stand high on his shoulders, and he shouts that I’ve won a silver, and the others applaud, and this feeling … this feeling floods me that I thought was gone forever: Everything”
― Friend Me
― Friend Me
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