Realistic Fiction – Page 24 – Dispatches From Wonderland

April 4, 2009

Mean Streets: Cashay by Margaret McMullan

Cashay is just thirteen going on fourteen, but she’s growing up way too fast. When she’s not taking care of her younger sister Sashay,…

March 20, 2009

Healing Wounds: House of Dance by Beth Kephart

This book was not at all what I expected—with a title like House of Dance, it’s easy to assume that it might be just…

March 17, 2009

Ice Chip on his Shoulder: Thaw by Monica Roe

This title was a 2008 Cybils YA finalist. This book is nothing if not thought-provoking and discussion-generating, let me tell you. Let me also…

March 17, 2009

Everything Changes: Sweethearts by Sara Zarr

This title was a 2008 Cybils YA finalist. The old adage says that inside every fat person is a thin person struggling to get…

March 16, 2009

Playing Hardball

Laura Wiess has produced another imminently readable novel, detailing a reality that is hard to turn away from, while being also hard to watch….

March 12, 2009

Complicated Love: I Know It’s Over by C.K. Kelly Martin

This book was a 2008 Cybils YA Finalist. C.K. Kelly Martin’s debut novel I Know It’s Over really feels like two stories in one….

March 4, 2009

Marching Off the Deep End

After meeting band geek goddess Ellie Snow, you might think that she’s got everything under control. She’s always been a force of nature in…

February 28, 2009

Lost Ones: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Lia is supposed to be recovering from severe anorexia. She is supposed to be eating, supposed to be returning to normal teenage life. And…

February 8, 2009

Painting the School Paisley

Paisley Hanover’s used to being popular, but there’s no way she can compete with someone like Candy Esposito–as becomes abundantly clear when they’re forced…

February 1, 2009

The Cost of Blending In: Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

I don’t know what it is about World War II that I find so compelling as a setting for historical fiction. Perhaps it’s because…

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