Books by Holly Schindler
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review 1: 16 year old Claire and her father move to a small town from Chicago after Claire is brutally attacked for her journalism work on a drug dealer. Unfortunately, she moves to town just as another girl, Serena, is attacked and hidden in the woods, and Claire is haunted by the girl an...
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review 1: Problematic? Of course. Surprisingly nuanced and moving? Absolutely. One of the most realistic takes on cheating, self doubt and budding romance I've read in the YA genre. Hated that the protagonists were just super attractive blah blah white athletes. Boooring. Too much attentio...
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review 1: A Blue So Dark is an amazingly written book of family and mental illness. Aura wishes she could go back to when her mother was ok, and her father hadn't left them. As her mother’s schizophrenia worsens, Aura has no support whatsoever. She has trouble managing her mother’s halluci...
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review 1: bookaday #117. Love the figurative language in this book, a homestyle feel to it - page 32: "tastes like home smashed right between 2 pieces of white." I love the friendship and family journey that Auggie takes to find her shine, story has a bit of a Walk Two Moons feel as well...