by Pam Withers | Mar 7, 2025 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (3/5) In this captivating debut YA graphic novel, two 8th-grade best friends become more than friends, which is great till entering high school complicates matters. Faced with early mornings, bullies and homework, Amber and Nico cling to each other,...
by Pam Withers | Mar 7, 2025 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (3/5) Poor choices land four delinquent teens in summertime mandatory community service. Deemed good-for-nothing by those who judge, they label themselves The Nothing Club. The fast-paced and energetic novel is told from 15-year-old Grady’s humorous, often...
by Pam Withers | Jan 3, 2025 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (5/5) Crawford “Craw” Cope has anger issues. Or so they say. When Craw is sentenced to community service for hitting his father in the head with a baseball bat, he accepts his punishment without objection, knowing he’s actually lucky. If he weren’t the son...
by Pam Withers | Jan 3, 2025 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (5/5) After a first episode of psychosis lands him a stay in a psychiatric hospital, all 16-year-old Kai Lum wants to do is reclaim his life. But now that he’s back home, everything is different. He has medications to take, his dad is always hovering and...
by Pam Withers | Jan 3, 2025 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (3/5) What if you discovered that the whole concept of a gender binary is an illusion? While many people identify as men or women, that is not all there is. The idea that all humans fall into one of two gender categories is largely a construct created by...
by Pam Withers | Jan 3, 2025 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (4/5) Chest binding: using a garment that flattens the chest for a more masculine or androgynous look. Overview: https://www.parents.com/kids/health/what-parents-need-to-know-about-binder-safety/ A graphic guide to chest binding with real-life stories and...
