It's Christmas in New York, and for Dash, he's blessedly been left completely and totally alone. His mom thinks he's with his dad, and his dad thinks he's with his mom. Left to his own devices, Dash wanders around the city in Grinch-like fashion. He winds up at his favorite bookstore, where he finds a red notebook that . . .
It's no surprise when Holden Caulfield flunks out of yet another school. Instead of going straight home to inform his parents, Holden spends a few whirlwind days around New York City calling up old friends, drinking in bars (illegally, of course), and crashing in sleazy places. Rather than face his parents, he chooses loneliness and misery, and . . .
Title: Donald Duk Author: Frank Chin Series: n/a Publisher: Coffee House Press Publication Date: January 1991 Genre(s): Fiction, Middle-grade, Asian-American Opening Line: Who would believe anyone named Donald Duk dances like Fred Astaire? The Synopsis Donald Duk hates his name. Not only does he hate his name, but he hates his entire culture. The only thing Donald…
Title: Weird Girl and What's His Name Author: Meagan Brothers Series: n/a Publisher: Three Rooms Press Publication Date: October 2015 Genre(s): Young adult, LGBT, Realistic fiction Opening Line: "Rory," Lula said, quite gravely, "I've just about had it up to here with all this horseshit alcoholic mumbo-jumbo nonsense." The Synopsis Seventeen-year-old Lula and Rory have been best friends for years.…
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Title: Will Grayson, Will Grayson Author(s): John Green, David Levithan Series: n/a Publisher: Dutton Books Publication Date: April 2010 Genre(s): Young adult, Realistic fiction, Humor, LGBT Opening Line: When I was little, my dad used to tell me, "Will, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose." The Synopsis…
Title: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Author: Sherman Alexie Series: n/a Publisher: Little, Brown Books Publication Date: January 2007 Genre(s): Young adult, Realistic fiction, Humor Opening Line: I was born with water on the brain. The Synopsis Arnold Spirit is just like all the other Indians on the rez, except he was born with too…
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Title: The Outsiders Author: S. E. Hinton Series: None Publisher: Viking Press Publication Date: 1967 Genre(s): Fiction, Young adult Opening Line: When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. Welcome to the first book…
Title: Emmy & Oliver Author: Robin Benway Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: June 2015 Rating: 4.5 stars Opening Line: The last time Emmy sees Oliver is on their forty-third day of second grade. This is it, guys. This is the last book of 2015 right here. I am at a friend's house blogging on my Kindle,…
Title: We All Looked Up Author: Tommy Wallach Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: March 2015 Rating: 4 stars Opening Line: "It's not the end of the world," Stacy said. So I started writing this review at 1am because I made the grave mistake of reading before bed. I got home from work around 10pm and had been reading ever…
Title: A Clockwork Orange Author: Anthony Burgess Publisher: William Heinemann Publication Date: 1962 Rating: 5 stars Opening Line: "What's it going to be then, eh?" A Clockwork Orange is one of the most interesting books I've ever read. I found a copy in a bookstore in Canada, flipped to the back jacket and read the first sentence of…
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