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Tag: young adult

Breathless: A Charming yet Tragic Summer Read

Posted on Oct 26, 2020Oct 25, 2020 by Joshua Flores

Claudine’s life is unrecognizable. After family tragedy strikes and Claude leaves the only home she has ever known, she and her mother take the adventure of a lifetime—spending the summer on an island, away from their troubles and away from the pain back home. Both tragic and mesmerizing, Breathless is an abrupt, lyrical novel about […]

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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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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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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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Hope and Other Punchlines: A Tragic Yet Often Humorous Take on Teen Grief

Posted on Jun 19, 2019Sep 22, 2019 by Joshua Flores

Abbi has lived trying to hide from her fame. Having been captured in a photo that everyone seems to be obsessed about, Abbi just wants to live a normal life—one where she is not known as the girl in the 9/11 photograph. When she begins working at a summer camp, she thinks her time known […]

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Hungry Hearts: A Sweet, Savory Story of Love and Food

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

Hungry Hearts Row, a place filled with romance and the smells of wonderful concoctions lingering in the air, simmering and tantalizing. Hungry Hearts—an anthology with esteemed YA writers such as Jay Coles and Adi Alsaid—is a charming, simple, and uplifting collection of teen stories that speak to the issues of loneliness, family, and the desire […]

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