by Randy Ribay
appears in Young Adult, Teen, and Teen & Young Adult.
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST"Brilliant, honest, and equal parts heartbreaking and soulhealing." Laurie Halse Anderson, author of SHOUT "A singular voice in the world of literature." Jason Reynolds, author of Long Way Down A powerful comingofage story about grief, guilt, and the risks a FilipinoAmerican teenager takes to uncover the truth ...
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appears in Young Adult, Teen, and Teen & Young Adult.
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Consider The Giver by Lois Lowry. Recommended by 6 sources.
“Lois Lowry uses spare, plain prose to center a single conceit: a supposedly ideal community that controls emotion and memory. The story follows twelve-year-old Jonas as small revelations accumulate into a sharp ethical dilemma, which makes the book useful for conversation and classroom discussion. Its limitation is emotional restraint and deliberate vagueness—many details and characters stay underdefined—so readers who want rich sensory worldbuilding or a tidy conclusion may feel unsatisfied.”
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