If you ask me what I have come to do in this world, I will reply: "I am here to live aloud." -- Emile Zola
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ORDINARY BEAUTY MTV Books/S&S Ordinary Beauty is the most heart-wrenching book I have read in a very long time. ...it is a novel about a young woman who is a fighter...determined to not only survive, but succeed...a positive role model for any teen no matter what their situation. ...it moved me so much, it gets a "Best of" tag... -- Charlotte's Web of Books review Ordinary Beauty has left me a wreck. Never have I been left so emotionally drained from reading a book. ...one of the best feelings I can get from reading. ...so real that it haunts you to your core. -- Actin Up With Books review This book read like a Smashing Pumpkins ballad |
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SUCH A PRETTY GIRL MTV Books/S&S ALA Best Books for Young Adults YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers "This terrifying, powerful novel of child abuse and molestation is told by 15 year-old Meredith as it is happening. Her voice is whip-smart, self-aware and full of dry humor. This novel is perfectly paced, the momentum never slowing as it races toward the inevitable showdown. Mature teens who enjoy realistic fiction with an edge will devour it." -- VOYA, 4Q, 4P, S |
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LEFTOVERS MTV Books/S&S "Like her equally gripping debut (Such a Pretty girl), Wiess's suspense story delivers an outsize jolt of adrenaline... the final moments of the book unfold with a bang and a twist. Wiess's clear insight into the evolution of victim into perpetrator and her layered storytelling bump up the suject to a much more challenging playing field." -- Publisher's Weekly |
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HOW IT ENDS MTV Books/S&S If I could give this book 10 stars, I would. This story moved me beyond words. -- Paranormal Wastelands Review I don't think I have loved a book as much as this one in a long time. -- Reading Is Bliss "Heartrending, catastrophically beautiful." -- A Good Addiction "If you can only read one more book this year,make it this one." -- Books and Needlepoint |
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