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Average rating: 3.97 · 18,727 ratings · 3,916 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Me: Moth 4.01 avg rating — 10,218 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Are All So Good at Smiling 3.84 avg rating — 5,668 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gone Wolf 4.06 avg rating — 1,059 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Leaving Room 4.09 avg rating — 622 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology – Diverse Voices from Ancestors Celebrating Heritage and Joy by Amber McBride (Goodreads Author) (editor), Erica Martin (Goodreads Author) (editor), Taylor Byas (Goodreads Author) (editor) 4.21 avg rating — 512 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Onyx & Beyond 3.98 avg rating — 412 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thick with Trouble 4.07 avg rating — 122 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Whispering Meadows it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magick Hoodoo Child by Amber McBride (Goodreads Author), Violeta Encarnación (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eu (Mariposa) – Um livro sobre ancestralidade, descobertas e found family by Amber McBride (Goodreads Author), Jim Anotsu (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Wench

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Quotes by Amber McBride (?)

“My point is that a leaf knows it’s important at all moments of its life, even when its broken. People always forget that a rough day, a bad year, doesn’t equal a bad life.”
― Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

tags: contemporary, depression, magical-realism, mental-health, young-adult

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“Names outgrow you, like a garden left untended; they don’t disappear with the science that keeps our bodies alive.”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

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“You be the flood---
I'll be your boat.”
― Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

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The Guest List by Lucy Foley

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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1) by Jodi Taylor

Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor

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Murder on Black Swan Lane (Wrexford & Sloane, #1) by Andrea Penrose

Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose

The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel: A Story of Sleepy Hollow by Alyssa Palombo

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A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

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