Reviews and ramblings about children's and young adult literature by an absentminded middle school librarian. I keep my blog to remember what I've read and to celebrate the wonderful world of children's and young adult literature.
Saturday, June 9, 2018
What's New? Stacking the Shelves
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews. Hop on over there to ogle what other bloggers got this week.
For review:
Here to Stay by Sara Farizan. 263 p. Algonquin/ Workman Publishing, September 18, 2018. 978161207007.
Publisher synopsis: For most of high school, Bijan Maid has flown under the radar. He gets good grades, reads comics, hangs out with his best friend, Sean, and secretly crushes on Elle, one of the most popular girls in his school. When he's called off the basketball team's varsity bench and makes the winning basket in a playoff game, everything changes in an instant.
But not everyone is happy that Bijan is the man of the hour: an anonymous cyberbully sends the entire school a picture of Bijan photoshopped to look like a terrorist. His mother is horrified, and the school administration is outraged. They promise to find and punish the culprit. All Bijan wants is to pretend it never happened and move on, but the incident isn't so easily erased. Though many of his classmates rally behind Bijan, some don't want him or his type to be a part of their school And Bijan's finding out it's not always easy to tell your enemies from your friends.
Purchased: Whoa! Nothing, though I do have a few audios I've been meaning to purchase.
That's what's new with me. What's new with you? Leave a comment with a link to your stack and I'll stop by.
What a relevant themed book. Sounds like something I'd like to read. Enjoy! And have a great week.
ReplyDeleteEvelina @ AvalinahsBooks