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This is a book from my childhood. I don’t know why I had a sudden urge to reread it but I did. And it is just as amazing now as it was then. Told in alternating voices, this story is about a boy named Bryce who moved to a new neighborhood and a girl named…

Divergent

I actually read this book a while back but I wanted to watch the movie before I wrote about it in this blog. This book is about a world ruled by factions: Abnegation (selflessness), Candor (truth), Amity (peacefulness), Erudite (intellect), and Dauntless (bravery). Beatrice Prior has been raised all her life as Abnegation but has…

Blood Red Road by Moira Young

I first saw this book when it was up for the White Pine fiction award, which is an award where students vote for the best book. I picked it up, read a couple pages, and immediately put it away. Now, that’s unusual of me but the reason I did so is because I absolutely cannot…

Ink by Amanda Sun

This us another Harlequin teen book with a Japanese-Canadian twist. The story is about a girl named Katie who is sent off to Japan to live with her aunt because of her mother’s passing. It’s a new country and a new language so she struggles to adjust. She meets Yuu Tomohiro, an aloof 3rd year…

Let’s Get Lost

So I was hanging out with my friend at Indigo when she recommended this harlequin teen book. Normally, I don’t give them too much of a chance but my friend has pretty good taste in books so I decided to give it a go. This book is about a girl named Leila who is on…