Leni Zumas's writing crackles. Her books are sharp, bleak, funny, and possibly dangerous. When her collection of short stories, Farewell Navigator,...
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I've heard this is on the reading list at some high schools -- a good idea if we want to inspire young adult readers. It's real, it's creative, it's edgy and urban -- it's something a young person can identify with, or if not, would be curious about.
Like The Catcher in the Rye of today.
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Here's a YA book about growing up in Portland, Oregon during the Summer of Love. For the price of a bus ticket, a teenage girl could transport herself from the conservative, working class suburbs of east Multnomah County and check out a whole new world on the other side of town. This is a fun book for Portlanders -- both those who were there and those who weren't born yet.
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Please Don't Kill the Freshman: A Memoir by Zoe Trope
PDXRadReader, May 28, 2007
I've heard this is on the reading list at some high schools -- a good idea if we want to inspire young adult readers. It's real, it's creative, it's edgy and urban -- it's something a young person can identify with, or if not, would be curious about.Like The Catcher in the Rye of today.
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Bad Tickets by Kathleen Odell
PDXRadReader, May 28, 2007
Here's a YA book about growing up in Portland, Oregon during the Summer of Love. For the price of a bus ticket, a teenage girl could transport herself from the conservative, working class suburbs of east Multnomah County and check out a whole new world on the other side of town. This is a fun book for Portlanders -- both those who were there and those who weren't born yet.(5 of 9 readers found this comment helpful)