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The Sky Is Mine: The Brutal, Heartbreaking Path to Recovery

Posted on Apr 27, 2020Apr 25, 2020 by Joshua Flores

Izzie is slipping, falling, unable to stand back up on her own two feet. She feels alone, isolated, her words unable to be heard by Jacob, by her mother, and especially by her best friend, Grace. The Sky Is Mine by Amy Beashel is a harrowing and painful look at the violent, tragic experiences of […]

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Interview with Kaitlin Ward, Author of Lie to Me

Posted on Mar 5, 2020Mar 4, 2020 by Joshua Flores

For fans of Netflix’s You and the recently renowned YA series One of Us Is Lying,  Lie to Me is a complex, thrilling, and absorbing read that is certain to impress teens looking for a novel to keep them up late at night, searching for the answers to Amelia’s story. Kaitlin Ward was kind enough to share some of […]

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Author Catherine Linka: The Girl Beside You in Econ 101 Sleeps in Her Car

Posted on Feb 28, 2020Feb 27, 2020 by Germ Magazine guest author

She’s not a druggie or an alcoholic, and she’s not mentally ill. She’s one of thousands of college students who can’t afford a place to live. She might be someone whose scholarship doesn’t cover housing. Or her family lost their home after racking up mountains of medical bills. She could be the first in her […]

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Let It Snow: An Oddly Charming Christmas Flick

Posted on Dec 23, 2019Dec 23, 2019 by Joshua Flores

With the holiday season comes an assortment of Christmas films—a majority coming from none other than the Hallmark Channel. Yet, this season, Netflix appears to champion the genre with their most recent release, Let It Snow, based on the bestselling novel by young adult writers John Green, Lauren Myracle, and Maureen Johnson. Told with intersecting storylines, […]

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The End and Other Beginnings: A New Beginning for Veronica Roth

Posted on Nov 26, 2019Nov 25, 2019 by Joshua Flores

First there was the world of Divergent, full of romance and breath-taking risks. And then came Carve the Mark, a fantastical, re-imagined world. Now, Veronica Roth introduces readers into various new worlds in her anthology The End and Other Beginnings. With disturbing and moving accounts of the effects of technology and life in the future, […]

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The Speed of Falling Objects: A Tragic Yet Uplifting Look at Fear

Posted on Nov 5, 2019Nov 4, 2019 by Joshua Flores

“Give your fears a name. It takes away their power. Then tell me what you like and what you want to be.”  Danny wants to live without fear, but everything inside of her tells her to be afraid. When she crashes, she has the choice: to be consumed by fear or to listen to the […]

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We Hunt the Flame: An Explosive New YA Fantasy

Posted on Oct 15, 2019Oct 14, 2019 by Joshua Flores

Zafira takes risks—risks that could destroy her and her cause. Nasir is a killer, death the only language that flows naturally. We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal is a fast-paced, explosive YA fantasy that challenges gender roles and the means one will take to survive. In the same vein as An Ember in the […]

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EXCLUSIVE! First Chapter of ‘The Athena Protocol’ by Shamim Sarif

Posted on Sep 20, 2019Sep 20, 2019 by Germ Magazine guest author

The Athena Protocol by Shamim Sarif will be available October 8th! Chapter One Sometimes, I wonder if the world might just look better through a riflescope. Crisper, clearer, narrowed down. Less messy. In my crosshairs, a boy soldier, just a teenager, not much younger than me, is asleep. Mouth slightly open, hand flung over his […]

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How Consent Can Help You Become More YOU: An Essay by YA Author Rayne Lacko

Posted on Sep 16, 2019Sep 15, 2019 by Germ Magazine guest author

So much has happened since last semester. You’ve changed. Maybe you started hanging with new friends or had to say goodbye to someone you used to trust. Or maybe you decided to go vegan. Along the way, your view changed, and you along with it. And that’s OK. You’re growing, moving forward, becoming more you. […]

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