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"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark."
        
        - Victor Hugo

2015 Young Adult Novels

The Strange And Beautiful Sorrows Of Ava Lavender

8/5/2014

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First of all I should be writing. Instead i begam this book at 9:00 and read it straight into the night.

Wow! So different, so good! Leslye Walton has a unique and austere writing style. For her first novel she blended a current YA storyline with a tone I am used to seeing in old British novels.

I loved the Roux family and how each character was extremely special and never really gone. Fatima's purpose confused me, but that was the only thing I could hardly complain about. i alwayd look for a great story to have strong minor characters. Jack and Laura both broke my heart as love's unheralded victims.  It was a great love story for everyone who has experienced heartbreak and healing.

I can't wait to read something else by this author.  Great job Leslye!!
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    SOOO many choices and sooo little money!!!

    To read is to breathe!!!!.

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   It doesn't get any more real than this! Like all my social media indicates I am an English teacher at Reagan High School.  I love my students as much as I do my own four children.  I enjoy YA Lit and Cadbury eggs.  I spend most of my daylight hours in overdrive, like most mothers.  Many ask me how I manage to accomplish so much, and although I have answered in various ways, the one solid truth in my life is Jesus Christ who makes all things possible. 
   Borrego ​is the name of my current project. Check out this novel and more on my website or on Amazon.com.