Book Review: Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser

Title: Give a Boy a Gun

Author: Todd Strasser

Genre: YA Realistic Fiction

Number of Pages: 208

Rating: C+

Recommended?: No

Book Review: She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper

Title: She Rides Shotgun

Author: Jordan Harper

Genre: Crime Thriller

Number of Pages: 257

Rating: B

Recommended?: Yes

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Book Review: The Crossing by Gary Paulsen

Title: The Crossing

Author: Gary Paulsen

Genre: YA Historical Fiction

Number of Pages: 114

Rating: C+

Recommended?: No

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Book Review: Wimmera by Mark Brandi

Title: Wimmera

Author: Mark Brandi

Genre: Crime Fiction

Number of Pages: 262

Rating: B+

Recommended?: Yes

TW: Pedophilia, Incest, Suicide

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Book Review: Cold by Mariko Tamaki

Title: Cold

Author: Mariko Tamaki

Genre: YA Contemporary Fiction

Number of Pages: 240

Rating: A-

Recommended?: Yes

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Book Review: Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos

Title: Hole in My Life

Author: Jack Gantos

Genre: YA Memoir

Number of Pages: 200

Rating: A-

Recommended?: Yes

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Book Review: Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Harold Schechter & Eric Powell

Title: Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?

Author(s): Harold Schechter, Eric Powell

Illustrator: Eric Powell

Genre: Non-Fiction Graphic Novel/ True Crime

Number of Pages: 224

Rating: A-

Recommended?: Yes

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Movie Review: Coming Home in the Dark (2021)

Title: Coming Home in the Dark

Director: James Ashcroft

Actor(s): Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomsen

Genre: Horror/Thriller

Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes

Rating: C+

Recommended?: No

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Movie Review: Bad Day for the Cut (2017)

Title: Bad Day for the Cut

Director: Chris Baugh

Actor(s): Nigel O’Neill, Jozef Pawlowski

Genre: Crime Thriller

Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes

Rating: B+

Recommended?: Yes

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Book Review: Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas

Title: Thanks a Lot, Universe

Author: Chad Lucas

Genre: Middle Grade Realistic Fiction

Number of Pages: 288

Rating: B+

Recommended?: Yes

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