I’m judging in the first bracket in the Nerds Heart YA book tournament and the two books I read were Feathered by Laura Kasischke and I Know It’s Over by C.K Kelly Martin.
Feathered is about two teenage girls who take the spring break trip of a lifetime from cold and wintery Illinois to the [...]
Feathered by Laura Kasischke is the story of two high school seniors, Michelle and Anne, who with their parents blessing and trust are about to head off to amazing Cancun, Mexico for a spring break like no other. They’re not dumb though. They knew about Girls Gone Wild, the overflowing alcohol, boys, not to go [...]
I Know It’s Over by C.K Kelly Martin is an unusual book in the sense that it’s written by a woman and is about teen pregnancy, but is told from the point of view of the guy, not the girl. One doesn’t often hear the guy’s side of the story.
Pure. Unplanned. Perfect.
That’s exactly what Nick, [...]
I’m sure you’ve heard by now about the Nerds Heart YA Tournament, but if not let me fill you in on the details. Conceived and organized by the awesome Renay, the Nerds Heart YA is a book tournament (similar to SLJ’s Battle of the Books) that highlights sixteen young adult books published in 2008 that [...]
