As historical fiction, this was an enjoyable retelling of what became known as the Children’s Blizzard of 1888, which swept across the Dakota Territory and left at least 235 people dead, most of them schoolchildren trying to get home after school. This book centers around four main characters who find their lives permanently changed by the blizzard: Raina and Gerda Olsen (sisters and schoolteachers,) Annette Pedersen (a young girl sold by her mother to another … Read More “The Children’s Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin” »
Publisher: Delacorte Press
A year later, May is the survivor of a school shooting that her brother Jordan didn’t survive. Zach’s mother is a defense attorney defending the shooter. Somehow, both broken, May and Zach are drawn to each other as they each try to slowly heal. While this book starts off as just another YA with a pair of angsty teens, it becomes much more than that as their relationship develops and they both struggle to try … Read More “The Lucky Ones by Liz Lawson” »