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Facing Demons by Ashley Sanders

Facing Demons by Ashley Sanders

By LK Gardner-Griffie on March 11, 2012

Somewhere during the tumultuous years we call being a teenager, I read a book called Voices that impacted me strongly at the time and stuck with me for many years. The concept of the book was the background and letters of teens who committed suicide, and was based on non-fiction cases.

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Review 232: Squalor, New Mexico by Lisette Brodey

Review 232: Squalor, New Mexico by Lisette Brodey

By LK Gardner-Griffie on September 1, 2011

Remember those humiliating moments during childhood and adolescence when making a public mistake? Or when someone outside the family has been subjected to the dorkiness that is your parents? If so, you’ll have an idea of what it’s like to be Darla McKendrick…

Posted in Family Drama, LK Gardner-Griffie, Young Adult/Juvenile | Tagged book review, contemporary, family saga, Fiction, Lisette Brodey, LK Gardner-Griffie, Squalor New Mexico, young adult | 1 Response