Typography & Review by Adele Lukusa
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For this Lit Club, we’ve brought you Part 2 of great summer reads! Ranging from topics like police brutality to superhero origin stories - there’s sure to be one that will interest all kinds of readers.
RECOMMENDATIONS
If I Ever Get Out Of Here by Eric Gansworth
Acclaimed adult author Eric Gansworth makes his YA debut with this wry and powerful novel about friendship, memory, and the joy of rock 'n' roll. - Goodreads
Genre: (Young Adult) Historical Fiction
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.
Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.
But what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life. - Goodreads
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him—wherein he’ll have to woo her—he’s totally on board. Because as silly as it sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than himself.
The Shahs and Patels didn’t mean to start turning the wheels on this “suggested arrangement” so early in their children’s lives, but when they noticed them both gravitate toward the same summer program, they figured, Why not?
Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways. - Goodreads
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Revolt by Qaisra Shahraz
Genre: Fiction
REVIEWS
The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Huang, Sonny Liew & Chu Hing
Adele’s rating: 3.8/5 stars
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