It has been a while but here’s my review of Trigger by Susan Vaught: Trigger is a powerful and emotional story about a brain-damaged teenager. Seventeen-year-old Jersey Hatch sustained life-threatening injuries from a gunshot wound. He’s scarred all over, blind in one eye, and walks with a limp. He cannot recover the nearly two [...]
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Coping with the aftermath…
Posted: January 27, 2008 in books for boys, Books reviewed in 2008, Realistic, Susan Vaught, YA books, YA in crisisTags: realistic fiction, Susan Vaught, teen suicide, Trigger
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YA in crisis: Cut by Patricia McCormick
Posted: October 11, 2007 in Books reviewed in 2007, Patricia McCormick, Realistic, YA books, YA in crisisTags: Cut, Patricia McCormick, realistic fiction, teen problems
Prior to reading, I heard so many good things about this book, so I unfortunately decided to give it a try. It wasn’t exciting or interesing at all; boring plot–couldn’t relate. Perhaps, I expected too much. However, SOLD was terrific.
