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Title:   This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids: A Question & Answer Guide to Everyday Life by Dannielle Owens-Reid (Author), Kristin Russo Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC Pages: 240 Genre: lgbt, parenting Synopsis: Written in an accessible Q&A format, here, finally, is the go-to resource for parents hoping to understand and communicate with their gay child. Through their LGBTQ-oriented site, the authors are uniquely experienced to answer parents' many questions and share insight and guidance on both emotional and practical topics. Filled with real-life experiences from gay kids and parents, this is the book gay kids want their parents to read. Review: This is a great book to help parents of lgbt kids and also for lgbt kids or adults to read.  While the questions are directed to parents the answers may help lgbt youth feel better about the reactions they may receive or questions that people ask.  This is all new to many people and while it may have taken a...

Title:   The Summer of Dead Toys: A Thriller by Antonio Hill Publisher: Broadway Books Pages: 369 Genre: Thriller I received an e-galley of this book through blogging for books  in exchange for an honest review.  Synopsis:  Argentine native Inspector Héctor Salgado is one of Barcelona's leading criminal detectives. After a stint on probation—he assaulted a suspect from a human-trafficking case—Salgado is back in the office and eager for something major. To his dismay, he's assigned to a routine accidental death instead: a college student fell from a balcony in one of Barcelona’s ritzier neighborhoods. But as Salgado pieces together details from the victim's the life, he realizes that his death was not all that simple: his teenage friends are clearly hiding something and drugs might be involved.  Salgado follows a trail that will lead him deep into the underbelly of Barcelona’s high society, where he’ll confront dangerous cr...

In 2013, there were 307 reported requests for books to be removed from America’s libraries, potentially putting those volumes out of reach of students, readers, and learners of all types. While every corner of the map faces unique issues related to library censorship, these issues also catalyze passionate freedom-to-read advocates dedicated to getting the books back on library shelves. During Banned Book week challenge yourself to read a banned book and get the word out about the freedom to read whatever we choose.  When books are banned we all lose. Book Burning in Berlin May 10, 1933 Over this recent past decade, 5,099* challenges were reported to the Office for Intellectual Freedom. 1,577 challenges due to "sexually explicit" material; 1,291 challenges due to "offensive language"; 989 challenges due to materials deemed "unsuited to age group"; 619 challenged due to "violence"' and 361 challenges due to "homosexuality...

Title: The Power of Six (Lorien Legacies) by Pittacus Lore Publisher: Harper Collins 421 pages Genre: Fantasy Platform: Audio Book Narrated by: Neil Kaplan, Marisol Ramirez Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins Synopsis:  I've seen him on the news. Followed the stories about what happened in Ohio. John Smith, out there, on the run. To the world, he's a mystery. But to me . . . he's one of us. Nine of us came here, but sometimes I wonder if time has changed us—if we all still believe in our mission. How can I know? There are six of us left. We're hiding, blending in, avoiding contact with one another . . . but our Legacies are developing, and soon we'll be equipped to fight. Is John Number Four, and is his appearance the sign I've been waiting for? And what about Number Five and Six? Could one of them be the raven-haired girl with the stormy eyes from my dreams? The girl with powers that are beyond anything I could ever imagine? The girl who may be strong enou...

Title:  Out Of The Ashes (The Ending Series, #3) by Lindsey Fairleigh & Lindsey Pogue Publisher: L2 Books 423 pages Genre: Dystopian, I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.  Synopsis:   Hope brought them together, but it's now fear that drives them...and threatens to tear them apart. Zoe and her companions succeeded in rescuing Dani from the Colony. But not without sacrifice. Beaten and broken, they head west, determined to leave behind the torment and horrors they experienced in Colorado. As Dani and Zoe make the perilous trek home to Bodega Bay, they learn that danger can take many forms--other survivors, their friends, even themselves--and that things are rarely what they seem. Zoe is desperate to become the woman she sees in others' memories, while Dani struggles to conceal damaging secrets, risking losing herself--her humanity--completely. Together, they must rediscover the true meaning of friendship, l...

Title:   Stone Cold Lover (Gargoyles Series) by Christine Warren Publisher: St. Martins Paperbacks 336 pages Genre:  Paranormal Romance Synopsis:  Art restorer Felicity "Fil" Shaltis can read the magic in auras, but her fascination with a valuable statue her friend Ella Harrow asks her to locate is purely artistic. At least until the fierce stone gargoyle comes to life as a powerful, and powerfully hot, immortal warrior, who promptly saves her life from a cultist set on destroying them both. Suddenly "chiseled good looks" takes on a whole new meaning… Review: This is the second book in this series and I thought it was better than the first.  Felicity like most people doesn't know that there is a war going on between good and evil in the world and Evil seems to be gaining ground.  Stone Guardians were created to protect the world from this evil but the Wardens that were supposed to wake them up are being hunted and killed.  It seems that now only c...