Defy
This book exceeded my expectations. This is not your ordinary dystopian book that revolves around action, politics, revolution, a bizarre community and triumph. It really stands out. Defy really defied my views on the post-apocalyptic genre....
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Interview with author
Tomi Oyemakinde
Tomi Oyemakinde grew up in London, UK before being uprooted at the age of six to the Netherlands, then Kuwait, Norway and Scandinavia. The child of Nigerian immigrants, he considers himself a “third culture kid.” ...
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YAdudebooks (young-adult dude books) was launched in 2021 by Pam Withers, co-author of Jump-Starting Boys: Help Your Reluctant Reader Find Success in School and Life.
Pam is also an award-winning author of 23 young-adult outdoor-adventure novels particularly popular with teen boys. She is well aware that some people will say there’s no such thing as a “boy book” or “girl book,” and she half agrees, but still feels this site may fill a gap, and be useful to some. Due to current societal norms we still live in a time where those who identify as boys tend to read less, and perhaps differently, than their peers.