Publication Date: May 10, 2016 Publisher: HarperTeen Rating: ★★ Willa Parker, 646th and least-popular resident of What Cheer, Iowa, is headed east to start a new life. Did she choose this life? No, because that would be too easy—and nothing in Willa’s life is easy. It’s her famous genius mother’s idea to send her toContinue reading “The Fall of Butterflies by Andrea Portes”
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This Train is Being Held by Ismée Amiel Williams
Publication Date: February 11, 2020 Publisher: Amulet Books Rating: ★★★★★ When private school student Isabelle Warren first meets Dominican-American Alex Rosario on the downtown 1 train, she remembers his green eyes and his gentlemanly behavior. He remembers her untroubled happiness, something he feels all rich kids must possess. That, and her long dancer legs. OverContinue reading “This Train is Being Held by Ismée Amiel Williams”