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American Girls
American Girls | Alison Umminger
28 posts | 28 read | 76 to read
She was looking for a place to land. Anna is a fifteen-year-old girl slouching toward adulthood, and she's had it with her life at home. So Anna "borrows" her stepmom's credit card and runs away to Los Angeles, where her half-sister takes her in. But LA isn't quite the glamorous escape Anna had imagined. As Anna spends her days on TV and movie sets, watching Hollywood's D-list at work, she engrosses herself in a project researching the murderous Manson girlsand although the violence in her own life isn't the kind that leaves physical scars, she begins to notice the parallels between herself and the lost girls of LA, and of America, past and present. In Anna's singular voice, we glimpse not only a picture of life on the B-list in LA, but also a clear-eyed reflection on being young, vulnerable, lost, and female in Americain short, on the B-list of life. Alison Umminger writes about girls, sex, violence, and which people society deems worthy of caring about, which ones it doesn't, in a way not often seen in YA fiction.
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OrangeMooseReads
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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Did some #audiocoloring today listening to and finishing this book. Jacob looks an awful lot like Dylan Thomas in my coloring version lol

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OrangeMooseReads
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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#bcc round 2 day 1
A snapping turtle good sign or bad omen? Lol 😆

marleed Yikes! 5y
mreads 🐢❤ 5y
akckitty He's still cute. So probably good sign :) 5y
BookwormAHN Unless you get bitten, I think it's a good sign 🐢 5y
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OrangeMooseReads
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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Started this this morning. Only 40ish minutes in and it‘s not bad.

JanuarieTimewalker13 I‘ve been looking at this one for awhile. Can‘t wait to see your review!! 5y
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EadieB
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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Day 18 - #yourbestamericangirl #nofemmeber

Best American girls - my daughters, Meredith and Kristin!

Jennick2004 Beautiful 💜 6y
Cinfhen 💕🙌🏻😁 6y
Cathythoughts ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
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britt_brooke Sweet! 💚💚 6y
Centique Gorgeous 💕 What beautiful hair they have! 6y
EadieB @Centique They get their curly hair from my husband who is now bald but also had lots of curls. My hair is very straight! 6y
Billypar Great family photo! ☺️ 6y
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Bookiewookie1
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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What I wanted most was to feel that moment when you‘re on a plane and everyone around you is in their own world, anxious to stand up and open the overhead bin and get ready to start the life they‘ve only ever dreamed of, or renter whatever life they left behind: that moment before the plane hits the ground, when the air starts to hum and it seems like if the impact doesn‘t kill you, the possibilities are almost too much to bear.

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Bookiewookie1
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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No one runs away to Baltimore.

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Bookiewookie1
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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On to the next. I don‘t have a lot of expectations about this book, haven‘t seen or read much about it. Happened upon it accidentally and took it out on a whim. Here goes.

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Purrfectpages
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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hermyknee All American Boys is on my TBR! What did you think of these books?! 7y
Purrfectpages @hermyknee I haven't read either yet! 7y
Cinfhen Great choices ❤️💙❤️ 7y
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ReadingSusan
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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I really enjoyed this book. It felt different from a lot of YA books. I didn't always love Anna but I really liked her story.

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ReadingSusan
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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I planned to read all weekend but have spent a lot of time reading the news today. It has broken my heart and I hate the state of my country these days. I am going to try to read a little before bed but my heart is heavy.

Notafraidofwords I haven't been able to stay away from the news. 7y
PatienceFortitude Taking the time to curl up with a book is very good self care.... rest well, and renew your energy to take action 7y
Redwritinghood I've been having the same problem. It's sickening to watch, but I don't want to ignore things either. 7y
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cariashley Same issue here. Hang in there. 😞 7y
DarcysMom I have only been able to look at very small doses of news. I am sickened. 7y
DebinHawaii It's so hard to watch. 💔😔 7y
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KT_Scarlett
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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I really loved this book. Something about the tone and feeling that it brought up was just perfect for the time I read it. I just love books that are set in LA and deal with the deal with the strange juxtaposition of the city.

Alicia Yay I got this on a kindle deal and also bought the audio. Great review! 7y
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MrsAlexanderHamilton
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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I enjoyed this enough. It was a (mostly) light and quick read. Definitely chick lit, but it pushes the boundaries with some pretty dark portions of the story.

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brownekr
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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ROGER. ?

(Text reads "Roger smirked. He considered all shopping other than his own bourgeois.")

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GardenJess
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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Newest read on tap- heard the author speak at a conference tin the fall. Intriguing concept.

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Jonezee
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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Mehso-so

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As a teen growing up OBSESSED with the Manson murders I was excited to pick this up. However it was less about our protagonists delve into the years old case as it was her exploring her relationship with her mother, her sister and herself. Still an enjoyable read overall. Just not quite what I expected.

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Jonezee
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HiddenGemBooks
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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Anna "borrows" her stepmom's credit card and runs away to Los Angeles, where her half-sister takes her in. But LA isn't quite the glamorous escape Anna had imagined.
She spends her days on TV and movie sets, and she engrosses herself in a project researching the murderous Manson girls. Soon she begins to notice the parallels between herself and the lost girls of LA, and of America, past and present.

#TBR ??

TotoroReads This sounds interesting! 8y
Demelza Sounds interesting - to the stack it goes. 8y
CocoReads Sounds good! 8y
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nicolekukral
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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This book reminded me of Emma Cline's "The Girls." It's a dark look at LA culture and the need for girls to feel accepted.

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Lillie
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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Love it when you pick up a book off of the "Lucky Day" shelf at the library and it turns out to be great! My first in the #bookolympics

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SeeJanRead
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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T Minus ten minutes and counting until #24in48. Took my nap, have plenty of water. I am ready to go!!

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Teenreadsdotcom
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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American Girls by Alison Umminger is a debut that breaks all the rules and turns the contemporary YA genre on its head!

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Suetara
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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My digital library stack. Just finished American Girls, which I enjoyed very much. Between it and The Girls, this feels like my summer of reading about the Manson family.

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Teenreadsdotcom
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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Rainbow books! Roy G. Biv is in the house! 📚😂👌😍

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Nleann5
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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Loving this so far....

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Jenryland
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While this book isn't for readers who crave a strong plot, I liked the drifty feel and LA setting. Anna is young for a YA protagonist and her takeaway of the Manson girls as regular girls who made bad choices is questionable. Overall a book I enjoyed.

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misswendyd
American Girls | Alison Umminger
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I worked in film and live in LA, so I'm pretty suspicious of stories set here. But AMERICAN GIRLS, which is about a girl who researches the Manson girls one summer in Hollywood, surprised me with its darkly humorous, subversive tone. It's not huge on plot, but setting, tone, and writing are stellar.

brendanmleonard Sounds great. 8y
misswendyd @brendanmleonard Definitely different from any other YA story I've read before. I wish the connection between the MC and the Manson girls she was researching were drawn a bit more emphatically, but still--very worthwhile reading. 8y
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Kelly
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Excited to start this!

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