A Rebel Comes of Age by Stuart Bramhall

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I was really touched by this review, by a teen blogger, of my young adult novel. It gave me a warm fuzzy feeling that “teenage-related problems” made the book seem more real for her. Her revelation that she has never read a book like this also grabbed me. I guess it’s pretty rare to encounter books on protest and political change in modern bookstores and libraries.

Originally posted on Samthebookaholic:

Description:

Inspired by Occupy Wall Street, seventeen-year-old Angela Jones and four other homeless teenagers occupy an empty commercial building owned by Bank of America. As they slowly transform it into a teen homeless shelter, Ange goes into crisis mode when the other residents decide to use firearms to keep a police SWAT team from evicting them.

My Review:

This book was very interesting. It’s not something I’ve ever read before s everything was new to me. Surprisingly most of the issues that were going on were teenage issue which actually made the book seem more real. They weren’t acting too old for heir age. Let me tell you, this book is a roller coaster. There are so many ups and downs that it will make your head spin but in a good way.

Ange is around my age and when she goes through a teenage related problem I feel like…

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