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March 22, 2014

RED by Alison Cherry

March 22, 2014

Taken at face value, I’d have rated this book 3 out of 5 stars instead of 4. The prose is alright. It conveys the story well but doesn’t bring a lot of depth to the characters. I did however find the premise brilliant and ludicrous at the same time. Such blatant discrimination fuelled by appearances…

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· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, art, blackmail, culture, dating, debut authors, discrimination, friendship, high school, pageants, single parenthood

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

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