Books that make you want to grab a blanket, relax, get away, forget the world, and just read.
The "I'll never come back to my hometown" story, mixed with a murder mystery, mixed with family drama, mixed with mental health, mixed with tears.
Long Way Down makes us take a deep look and gang culture and it's impact on our youth. Gun violence in our inner cities is ever present and going nowhere fast. Do we follow the rules to survive or because it's what we're told?
Pretty in Pink comes to the South Bronx in this bold and romantic coming-of-age novel about dysfunctional families, good and bad choices, and finding the courage to question everything you ever thought you wanted—from debut author Lilliam Rivera. (GoodReads)
"Last week I learned that kids my age could die. That was the most frightening experience I ever had. A boy that I knew real well, that sat next to me in study hall, died in a car crash." - Tears Of A Tiger
“My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human."
- Scythe
“If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.”
- The Nightingale
- The Nightingale