August YA reads
I got to go to Books and Books in Coral Gables (squee!!!) a couple of weeks ago and I read several awesome pictures books while I was there but I also picked up the Indie Next newsletter and have been begging my local library to loan me the books on the list. I got three this weekend and they were terrific. My favorite one (so far) is called Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headly. I'd never read anything by her, but I am SO glad I found this one. I hesitate to write about the plot of this one because part of what I liked so much was the completely amazing plot twists. It starts off about a 16 year old girl named Aza Ray. She has been sick most of her life and has (what felt like to me) the usual suspects-the quirky best friend (Jason), the supportive family, and a really fresh attitude about being sick and being treated like she was sick. There have been many predictions about her demise, each one scarier than the last and although I could sort of se...