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First #huggable book of 2022!

#2022MGLGBTQ+

All I can say is: This book is #huggable

Okay, I‘ll say a little more: these characters are a delight, and I would read an entire series about them. As it is, this is a charming, feel good stand alone.
Loved it!

You. Guys! This book, I expected to like. I did not expect to love it SO MUCH! The characters — all of them — were likable (well, maybe not so much Phillip and the queen). I don‘t get much into politics but I think I maybe understand the inner workings more now. Alex and Prince Henry‘s story — lovable.

I don‘t read much marketed outside of middle grade or YA but this one read like a YA. So good!

#huggable #2020lgbtq 🏳️‍🌈

I listened to this one on audible and oh.my.gosh!
#huggable I loved these characters from page one. So many times I wanted to shake them by the shoulders but then I would realize these are the authentic feelings of teens grappling with their identity and dealing with those around them. And then I just wanted to hug them tight.
I mostly listened while on walks and I ugly cried with no shame. I LOVE THESE KIDS
#2020YALGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈

This was touching, inspirational, hard to read emotionally. Necessary.
So glad I stumbled across this one at the library, just days before they closed.

#middlegrademarch #2020middlegrade #2020mgnovelinverse #huggable

I read this 4 months ago when it came out and loved it! I wanted to make sure it was on the radar of the #middlegradeMarch readers 😊 Great story of two middle school girls “falling in like” and figuring out what the means. Told in verse, two perspectives. #huggable

So good! #huggable

There was some predictability but the rest makes up for it. Riley is an awesome kid and everyone involved in the Red Club is equally cool — despite their differences. The budding relationship was fun to watch develop.

I want my daughter and all her friends to read this.

#middlegrademarch #2020middlegrade

This is #huggable !
After Maggie‘s grandma — who had dementia — forgets who Maggie is, Maggie begins saving random things to remember people, events, and feelings. She‘s afraid of forgetting.

There‘s trapshooting and a new friendship. Oh, and a temporary baby sister 😊

Elly Swartz shines a light on anxiety and hoarding in children, including a note from a child psychologist at the end. #middlegrademarch #2020middlegrade

Oh my gosh! I read reviews about this book a few times so it‘s been on my radar awhile. I‘m SO GLAD I finally got to it!

The image (pg. 198) is Mandarin for 100.

Will is grieving his father; his best friend was raped at a party shortly after he left.

He walks. He leaves gifts for those he meets.

100 chapters; 100 words/chapter

Beautiful

#huggable #2020YA