Tell the Wolves I'm Home in Crazy Challenge Connection

Dec 04, 2012 Amanda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, favorites, tragic, read-in-2013

This was such a beautiful story about friendship, jealousy, grief, loss, and the type of love that can smother your own heart.

June is a girl I can easily identify with because of her love for all things Medieval and her longing for a different time. She doesn't have it all figured out and she makes a lot of mistakes along the way, sometimes hurting people in ways that aren't easily forgiven.

It was tragic and left me feeling bruised and raw, but in that aching, beautiful way that lets me know ...more

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Dec 30, 2012 Almeta rated it it was amazing

Shelves: packing-heat, 2die4, revue

Realistic reactions by all characters to the tense situations among the family and of the community at large regarding the AIDS virus when little was known about the disease.

I had lots of fears for the latch key sisters and their independent ways. I felt that calamity was lurking around every corner. (view spoiler)

A good young adult book. Not a book of judgment, j ...more

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Jan 05, 2014 Elle rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary

I really liked this one, but it totally made my heart hurt. I felt so heavily for June, for her mother, for Finn, for Toby. But it's just such a beautiful book. The writing is good and something about it just feels so languid, flowy, and comfortable. I enjoyed this much more than I expected to. ...more

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Jan 19, 2014 Beth rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: five-stars

Great book. Don't go for the audio version; it's best experienced as written words. I switched a third of the way through and it went from "meh" to "wow." Complex characters, unconventional relationships and full emotional engagement with the story. ...more

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Jan 13, 2013 Kaitlin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

Loved this. It's set in 1987 (an excellent year for getting born, if I do say so myself). The protagonist is a teenager whose uncle is dying of AIDS. She has to come to terms with that and other facts about her quirky, artistic uncle, whom she thought she knew better than she really did.

It's a great story about families and growing up, and it deals with really important subject matter. It's a little bit of a tear jerker, but doesn't try to be. It's warm-hearted and lets you see the characters e ...more

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