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October 13, 2013

GRAFFITI GIRL by Kelly Parra

October 13, 2013

The world is rarely fair, if ever. Angel is only coming to truly realize this now. She loves art and has been vying to be part of her community mural project.  Through this project their neighbourhoods are supposed to be cleaned up while the best art students in town get to do up murals. But…

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· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, art, dating, friendship, graffiti, high school, identity, multiculturalism, realistic fiction, self discovery, self-esteem, single parenthood

October 8, 2013

THE COLOUR OF TROUBLE by Gerry Bobsien

October 8, 2013

I had half the mind to chuck this book after the first 100 pages or so but wanting to know what the final outcome would be got the better of me. It was painstakingly difficult though not to skip past all the pages. As much as the beginning drew me in, I wanted to increasingly…

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· Categories: Fiction Keywords: art galleries, australian authors, graffiti, mass media, morality, realistic fiction, synesthesia

October 4, 2013

SAME DIFFERENCE by Siobhan Vivian

October 4, 2013

Emily was new to art. She had only recently discovered her interest in it and hoped that she would be able to learn more at a summer art programme. Little did she know she would find students with years of experience. Of course she started questioning if she made the right choice to pursue art…

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· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, dating, friendship, identity, realistic fiction, self discovery, self-esteem

October 1, 2013

GETTING UP by SD Thorpe

October 1, 2013

 Come to think of it, I don’t read about male protagonists all that often, unless the books are written from multiple points of view. getting Up was different for me then simply because it revolved around Roket, a male main character. In a sense, this story kept up with my stereotypical view that teenage boys’ minds…

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· Categories: Fiction Keywords: accidents, australian authors, death, debut authors, graffiti, growing up, illustrated, realistic fiction, single parenthood

September 23, 2013

THE FALL by Claire Merle

September 23, 2013

Disclaimer: There are spoilers for the first book in the duology, The Glimpse. If you have not read it yet, you might want to check out that review instead. Having read and tremendously enjoyed “The Glimpse”, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on The Fall. I was so excited by the premise of the first…

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· Categories: Fiction Keywords: brainwashing, british authors, dystopian, futuristic, insurgency, mental health, romance, single parenthood

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