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Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson 20.

Leaving little stories

Franki Rudnesky March 20, 2018

A review of "Goodbye Days." If you’re in the mood to reminisce on high school best-friendships and first loves and also be struck directly in the feels, then “Goodbye Days,” a 2017 novel by Jeff...

Rowells first young adult novel, Eleanor & Park (Photo by Dominique Joe 19).

A wistfully romantic ride

Franki Rudnesky January 24, 2018

Misfits fall in love in "Eleanor & Park." Looking for a novel to warm your heart amidst the bitter cold weather and maybe even make you believe in love again? That’s a tall order for sure, but Rainbow...

Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson, 20.

Stacks on Deck: A story to melt the coldest heart

Franki Rudnesky April 3, 2017

Why "The Snow Child" is a great spring read Magic, love, despair, hope and snow. Only in Eowyn Ivey’s novel “The Snow Child” do all of these terms converge to create a realistic fairytale as beautiful...

Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson, 20.

Stacks on Deck: Thirteen Reasons Why

Franki Rudnesky March 7, 2017

A look at the novel behind an upcoming Netflix series Imagine returning home from school to find a mysterious package containing cassette-tape recordings from your crush, a classmate of yours who committed...

 The novel features an ailing dog and her owner’s desperate plight to save her (Photo by Rose Weldon ’19).

Stacks on Deck: Lily and the Octopus

Franki Rudnesky February 13, 2017

A heartwarming story for the winter Some novels are simply read and tossed aside without so much as a second thought. Other truly special novels stick with you for months or even years afterward, having...

Embracing the awkward

Dominique Joe November 14, 2016

Reviewing Issa Rae’s honest and relatable memoir of misadventures It is rare to find a book that can make you feel secure in yourself while causing you to bust out laughing—all in one read. Issa...

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