Category: Pine Reads Review

The YA Scene: Magic, Apocalypses, and…Pirates?

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Sailing the shelves of the YA department in bookstores across the world is a resurgence of pirates in all their swashbuckling glory—and then some.

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Gem & Dixie | Sara Zarr

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What does it mean to be sisters? Does it mean that you must be close? Does it mean that you are always there for one another? It used to always

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MANGA MONDAY: Deadman Wonderland

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After the Great Tokyo Earthquake, Japan’s only prison system is called Deadman Wonderland, which also doubles as an amusement park. Ganta Igarashi is a seemingly ordinary middle school student who

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​​​​​​​Interview with Bill Konigsberg

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About the Author: Bill Konigsberg is the author of four critically acclaimed novels, Out of the Pocket, Openly Straight, The Porcupine of Truth, and recently published Honestly Ben. He came to a career in young

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Imagine Wanting Only This: A Contemporary Graphic Novel

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In Kristen Radtke’s graphic memoir, Imagine Wanting Only This, the genre of non-fiction is pushed into an artistic and innovative form of prose that resembles poetry. Radtke meditates on the

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Honestly Ben | Bill Konigsberg

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Much more than just your average love triangle, Honestly Ben poses questions about class, masculinity, family, sexuality, and honesty, none of which have simple answers. Konigsberg does an incredible job

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