Many thanks to everyone who participated in this month's blog series at readergirlz! I had a lot of fun gathering candid and heartfelt responses from authors. Lorie Ann asked me to post my own list, so here goes nothing:
7 Things You Don't Know About Me
1) I've been writing stories and songs since birth, practically.
2) I am capable of charming squirrels out of trees.
3) There is no television show I have loved more completely from start to finish than Leverage.
4) I love word play.
5) Synchronicity and causality are recurring themes in my life.
6) Chances are, I'm shorter than you.
7) I project. In more ways than one.
So there you have it! I hope March has been lovely for all of you. Don't forget to mark your calendars for Operation Teen Book Drop 2014, which will be happening in just a few weeks on April 17th. Stay tuned to the readergirlz blog, Facebook, and Twitter to learn how you can participate and #rockthedrop!
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7 Things You Don't Know About Me
1) I've been writing stories and songs since birth, practically.
2) I am capable of charming squirrels out of trees.
3) There is no television show I have loved more completely from start to finish than Leverage.
4) I love word play.
5) Synchronicity and causality are recurring themes in my life.
6) Chances are, I'm shorter than you.
7) I project. In more ways than one.
So there you have it! I hope March has been lovely for all of you. Don't forget to mark your calendars for Operation Teen Book Drop 2014, which will be happening in just a few weeks on April 17th. Stay tuned to the readergirlz blog, Facebook, and Twitter to learn how you can participate and #rockthedrop!
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By: Jess,
on 3/9/2011
Blog: I Just Wanna Sit Here And Read! (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Publisher: Dutton Juvenile (February 22, 2011)
ARC: 426 Pages
Genre: YA Contemporary
Book from: Publisher*
Review by Jessica
LEVERAGE, by Joshua C. Cohen is not my usual kind of read but in the end it left me inspired and wanting to make a difference. Cohen brought the very real problems of bullying to life almost flawlessly.
When I started this book, I wanted the prank wars that little synopsis promised to begin right away, and I was shocked at the kind of pranks that these high school characters created, they didn't seem real but Cohen's writing sucked you into a story that that gives you so many mixed emotions.
This book is told in alternating voices, a football star with a bad past and a seemingly weak gymnast. Kurt, the football star really stood out to me, he had a good attitude with a pure heart even when accusations were flying and his team ganged up on him. The other voice, Danny, the gymnast, was hard to read sometimes because I found him almost like a small animal in the wild, which really is what he is at his school.
The extremes of bullying that some of these football players go to really stunned me. Cohen made me feel like I was there, watching these events unfold and I wanted to yell and take a stand to defend these poor kids. I can't fathom experiencing the horrors Cohen presents so amazingly.
I wanted to yell and scream at this almost scary story of two kids from opposite ends of the social spectrum teaming up to stop tragedies and shocking situations, but in the end I felt triumphant. I will not forget this novel.
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Many thanks to everyone who participated in this month's blog series! I had a lot of fun gathering candid and heartfelt responses from authors. Lorie Ann asked me to post my own list, so here goes nothing:
7 Things You Don't Know About Me
1) I've been writing stories and songs since birth, practically.
2) I am capable of charming squirrels out of trees.
3) There is no television show I have loved more completely from start to finish than Leverage.
4) I love word play.
5) Synchronicity and causality are recurring themes in my life.
6) Chances are, I'm shorter than you.
7) I project. In more ways than one.
So there you have it! I hope March has been lovely for all of you. Don't forget to mark your calendars for Operation Teen Book Drop 2014, which will be happening in just a few weeks on April 17th. Stay tuned to the readergirlz blog, Facebook, and Twitter to learn how you can participate and #rockthedrop!
By: Jess,
on 3/9/2011
Blog: I Just Wanna Sit Here And Read! (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Review, Leverage, Joshua C Cohen, Add a tag
ARC: 426 Pages
Genre: YA Contemporary
Book from: Publisher*
The football field is a battlefield
There’s an extraordinary price for victory at Oregrove High. It is paid on—and off—the football field. And it claims its victims without mercy—including the most innocent bystanders.
When a violent, steroid-infused, ever-escalating prank war has devastating consequences, an unlikely friendship between a talented but emotionally damaged fullback and a promising gymnast might hold the key to a school’s salvation.
Told in alternating voices and with unapologetic truth, Leverage illuminates the fierce loyalty, flawed justice, and hard-won optimism of two young athletes.
Review by Jessica
LEVERAGE, by Joshua C. Cohen is not my usual kind of read but in the end it left me inspired and wanting to make a difference. Cohen brought the very real problems of bullying to life almost flawlessly.
When I started this book, I wanted the prank wars that little synopsis promised to begin right away, and I was shocked at the kind of pranks that these high school characters created, they didn't seem real but Cohen's writing sucked you into a story that that gives you so many mixed emotions.
This book is told in alternating voices, a football star with a bad past and a seemingly weak gymnast. Kurt, the football star really stood out to me, he had a good attitude with a pure heart even when accusations were flying and his team ganged up on him. The other voice, Danny, the gymnast, was hard to read sometimes because I found him almost like a small animal in the wild, which really is what he is at his school.
The extremes of bullying that some of these football players go to really stunned me. Cohen made me feel like I was there, watching these events unfold and I wanted to yell and take a stand to defend these poor kids. I can't fathom experiencing the horrors Cohen presents so amazingly.
I wanted to yell and scream at this almost scary story of two kids from opposite ends of the social spectrum teaming up to stop tragedies and shocking situations, but in the end I felt triumphant. I will not forget this novel.
*FTC Disclosure: I received this ARC from the author. I do not receive payment of any kind in exchange for a review. I do not receive monetary compensation from any book links in my review.
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