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Task #13: An Oprah Book Club selection
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Task #3: A book by a woman or AOC that won an award in 2018
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Task #3: A book by a woman and/or AOC (Author of Color) that won a literary award in 2018
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Task #3: Read a mystery where the victim(s) is not a woman
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Task #4: Read a book that’s been challenged recently in your school district/library OR read one of the most-challenged/banned books of the year by a queer and/or BIPOC author.
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Read Harder 2017: All POV are people of color
Read this book. It is heartbreaking and eye opening and it is HONEST about life as a person of color in this country.
Starr Carter is a sixteen year old straddling two worlds: Garden Heights and Williamson. One holds the projects she lived in as a child, the other the private school she attends. Starr tells the story of being two selves in these worlds and we see her speech and demeanor shift as she moves through the narrative.
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Read this book. It is heartbreaking and eye opening and it is HONEST about life as a person of color in this country.
Starr Carter is a sixteen year old straddling two worlds: Garden Heights and Williamson. One holds the projects she lived in as a child, the other the private school she attends. Starr tells the story of being two selves in these worlds and we see her speech and demeanor shift as she moves through the narrative.
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I’m not a big contemporary YA fan so put off reading this for a while, despite all the accolades. I wish I hadn’t. It’s so well done, so heartbreaking, and so god damn important.
I read this because I thought I was "supposed" to. And it's true - everyone SHOULD read it because it tells a story about an important topic. But it's also one of those books that is really good - so real that the characters stay with you and the events imprint themselves. Everyone SHOULD read it because it's a really good book.
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Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and the shooting deaths of unarmed black men by police, this debut novel examines the intersection of race and violence in contemporary America. The novel opens with Starr Carter attending a neighborhood party in her hometown of Garden Heights. After a fight breaks out at the party, she leaves with her childhood friend, Khalil. On the way home, the car is pulled over by a police officer for a broken tail light and the officer ends up shooting and killi
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An elegant, compassionate and totally accessible book about a teenage girl who sees her unarmed friend killed by a police officer. It handles topics such as racism, police brutality, and racial code switching in a nuanced and tactful way. It's also a great read and utterly heartbreaking. Those who don't at least tear up at the end need to check their respective pulses.
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So heart-wrenching and excellent. It's a true YA novel without being saccharine and it deals with real problems in a hopeful way. Can't wait to see what Thomas writes next. #ownvoices #weneeddiversebooks
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Christmas gift for Lizzy, 2020 (collector's edition)
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Amazing.
This is such an important book. I am still processing all of it, but I am so impressed with the depth of exploration into the characters' lives and the assessment of race relations and inequality in America, while being essentially a YA book. One of my top books of the year.
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Is this an article from the Riverfront Times about St. Louis circa now? Oh wait no, it's "fiction."
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Powerful. This is a powerful story. I'm overwhelmed by the beauty and truth of Starr's story. Read this, everyone!
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Sooo good guys. Seriously, everyone should read this. Amazing look at race, family and friendships.
Apr 01, 2017
Michelle Marie
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Cari
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Dec 12, 2017
Amy (folkpants)
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Jan 09, 2018
Karianne
marked it as to-read
