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Category Archives: Audrey
Nemesis – Brandon Reichs
Nemesis by Brandon Reichs About: Brendan Reichs, co-author of the popular Virals series delivers a new dystopian sci-fi series for fans to sink their teeth into. Every other year Min, a street smart teenager living in a trailer park is brutally … Continue reading
Posted in action packed, Audrey, science fiction, series
Tagged Brandon Reichs, Nemesis, Smith Public Library, Wylie TX
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Devils & Thieves by Jennifer Rush
Devils & Thieves by Jennifer Rush Jemmie Carmichael has grown up in a world of rival biker gangs, fast living, and magic. Her father and Michael Medici founded the Black Devils, one of the most powerful and feared kindled (magic) … Continue reading
Posted in Audrey, magic, mystery, teen angst, urban fantasy
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Audrey’s Best of 2017
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas This is THE YA title of 2017. If you read one YA in 2017, this should be it. THUG is the story of 16yo Starr Carter who moves between two … Continue reading
Posted in #metoo, American History, Audrey, Best of 2017, Black History Matters, Black Lives Matter, character driven, civil rights, college, coming of age, contemporary, culturally driven, Diversity, female writers, Feminism, graphic novel, History, Immigration, Korean American, magic realism, multicultural, police brutality, realistic fiction, science fiction, time travel, urban fantasy
Tagged American Street, Angie Thomas, Best of 2017, Damian Duffy, Ibi Zoboi, Jennifer Mathieu, Kindred, Moxie, Nicola Yoon, Octavia Butler, Riot Grrrl, The Hate U Give, The Sun is Also a Star, THUG, YALit
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Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu Viv is fed up with the sexual misconduct and harassment at her high school in Texas. Inspired by her mom’s Riot Grrrrl days, she starts an anonymous zine to combat the injustices being experienced, which in … Continue reading
Posted in Audrey, coming of age, contemporary, female writers, Feminism, rape culture
Tagged Jennifer Mathieu, Moxie, Smith Public Library, Wylie TX
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Audrey’s Best of 2016
1.) Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera: Juliet is a self-described “scared Puerto Rican baby dyke” from the Bronx. She just came out as Queer to her family and is on her way to Portland for an internship with Harlowe Brisbane. … Continue reading
Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs
Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs About: Elena Martinez is a seventeen year old Hispanic with a photographic memory who has lived her life in the foster care system. With her impending birthday she needs to find a solution for her … Continue reading
Posted in action packed, Audrey, cancer, character driven, culturally driven, cyberpunk, multicultural, VOYA, young adult
Tagged Elizabeth Briggs, Future Shock, VOYA
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Lucky Strikes by Louis Bayard
Lucky Strikes by Louis Bayard About: Set in Depression Era Virginia, fourteen year old Amelia’s mother dies leaving her in charge of a struggling gas station and her two younger siblings. With Harvey Blevins, owner of the Standard Oil monopoly, … Continue reading
Posted in Audrey, character driven, family, grief, historical fiction
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Devoted by Jennifer Mathieu
Devoted by Jennifer Mathieu Devoted is the story of Rachel, a 17 year old girl growing up in the Quiverfull Movement who is maturing to an age where she should be prepared to be the perfect “helpmeet”. A helpmeet is … Continue reading
The Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
The Glass Sword (Red Queen #2) by Victoria Aveyard In the anticipated sequel to Red Queen, Mare Barrow, betrayed and used as a pawn in Maven’s quest for the throne, returns with a vengeance. There are other Newbloods like Mare, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Glass Sword, Red Queen, Smith Public Library, Victoria Aveyard, Wylie TX
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