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Elizabeth Reviews: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

6/25/2021

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Front cover of book: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. A Novel by Sherman Alexie, art by Ellen Forney. Cover features images of two toy figurines, a cowboy and an Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie, art by Ellen Forney
Genre: YA, Fiction
First published 2007
Traveling between Reardan and Wellpinit, between the little white town and the reservation, I always felt like a stranger.

I was half Indian in one place and half white in the other.
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It was like being Indian was my job, but it was only a part-time job. And it didn't pay well at all.

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Elizabeth Reviews: Speak

6/11/2021

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front cover of first edition of the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. A young woman's face is partially obscured by a tree branch.
Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Genre: YA, fiction
Originally published 1999
It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.
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​I see IT in the hallway. IT goes to Merryweather. IT is walking with Aubrey Cheerleader. IT is my nightmare and I can't wake up. IT sees me. IT smiles and winks. Good thing my lips are stitched together or I'd throw up.
                                     Melinda, Speak 

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Elizabeth Reviews: Towering

6/1/2021

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Front Cover of the book TOWERING by Alex Flinn. The cover image is of a young blonde woman with her back to the viewer, with hair down to her knees, wearing a white dress. Snow is falling and there is an old tower in the background.
Towering
by Alex Flinn
Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Adaptation, YA Fiction
I had not been outside in years. I wasn’t sure how many, exactly, because I didn’t keep track from the beginning. I didn’t realize I’d need to. But my dresses had been replaced many times, at least six or seven, and I could tell I’d become taller. The top of my head didn’t reach the bottom of my window when I came here. I could see the sky, the sky and nothing else, blue sky some days, gray sky most. Then, I could see out only if I stood on my toes. But finally, at seventeen, I could see out easily. The birds, which are often below me, the clouds above, and the tall, green forest with miles and miles of trees.
  - Towering, chapter 1, opening lines

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