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I usually like Kasie West's YA fare because she writes characters whose problems feel real/regular to me. There's drama, but it's not over the top. Like most of her books, we have a MC who needs to learn to get out of her comfort zone a little, find some balance in her life, and be willing to wrestle some of her inherent prejudices. There's also some great snark and fun characters. An enjoyable read, even if it didn't really bring anything new ⬇

Enjoying Catalina today

This drew me into the characters. I don't know that it would have been a top choice but it was on a friend's tbr so I gave it a whirl. Between this and Piglet, I appreciate that we like different things 😂

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“We're pretty much invisible anyway.“

This book was published in 2022 and this is a story of five different students who are forced to work on community service together. These students were not popular in school and don't share a lot in common with each other. This is a good story to introduce students to each other. It encourages students to be different and talk to people they may not usually talk to.

I thought this was an amazing and inspiring story of people who may not have a lot in common. They ended up working together and became great friends.

This story is about a family who immigrated and did not speak the native language. They found comfort in books.