![]() Like most issue books, this is not an easy read, but it's poignant and transcendent as Charlie breaks more and more before piecing herself back together. Through intense, diarylike chapters chronicling Charlie's journey, the author captures the brutal and heartbreaking way "girls who write their pain on their bodies" scar and mar themselves, either succumbing or surviving. Feeling rejected, Charlie, an artist, is drawn into a destructive new relationship with her sexy older co-worker, a "semifamous" local musician who's obviously a junkie alcoholic. ![]() But things don't go as planned in the Arizona desert, because sweet Mikey just wants to be friends. After spending time in treatment with other young women like her-who cut, burn, poke, and otherwise hurt themselves-Charlie is released and takes a bus from the Twin Cities to Tucson to be closer to Mikey, a boy she "like-likes" but who had pined for Ellis instead. Seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis, a white girl living on the margins, thinks she has little reason to live: her father drowned himself her bereft and abusive mother kicked her out her best friend, Ellis, is nearly brain dead after cutting too deeply and she's gone through unspeakable experiences living on the street. This tear-jerker will leave readers wanting to follow the next chapter in Darius’ life.Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. Khorram’s debut novel is filled with insight into the lives of teens, weaving together the reality of living with mental illness while also dealing with identity and immigration politics. ![]() For the first time in a long time, Darius learns to love himself no matter what external forces attempt to squash his confidence. Sohrab teaches Darius what friendship is really about: loyalty, honesty, and someone who has your back in a football (soccer) match. But all that changes when Darius meets Sohrab, a Bahá’í boy, in Yazd. When he arrives in Iran, learning to play the Persian card game Rook, socializing, and celebrating Nowruz with a family he had never properly met before is all overwhelming and leaves Darius wondering if he’ll ever truly belong anywhere. He’s mocked for his name and nerdy interests at Chapel Hill High School in Portland, Oregon, and doesn’t speak enough Farsi to communicate with his Iranian relatives either. Iranian on his mother’s side and white American on his father’s side, Darius never quite fits in. When Darius’ grandfather becomes terminally ill, Darius, along with his parents and younger sister, travels to Iran for the first time in his life. 12-adult)ĭarius Kellner suffers from depression, bullying by high school jocks, and a father who seems to always be disappointed in him. The explosive finale breaks the fictional world’s status quo in a way that will have readers eager for the final installment.Īn immersive, adventurous pleasure that improves on the first book. Race’s only significance is descriptive-most characters are varying shades of brown, though some-like Caledonia-are white. Romantic storylines for the most part take a back seat in favor of more pressing survival concerns, though queer relationships are positively represented. The fast-paced plot-packed with fight scenes, naval battles, and adventurous sailing-still manages to devote time to fleshing out the philosophies and agency of secondary characters as well as Caledonia’s struggles and growth as a leader of an unconventional coalition. But a revelation intensifies her need to find her crew without delay. Caledonia, who’s been eager to get back to sea, rallies the Blades in a scheme to steal a ship with a deal-they help her get a ship, and she’ll help them break the Net and escape Aric’s sphere of control. Caledonia’s convalescence with the Blades opens the door for more worldbuilding but soon is interrupted by Bullet hostility. Having shaken their forced drug addictions to Silt, they call themselves Blades and have built a small culture where consent is paramount. ![]() Following Seafire (2018), Caledonia needs new allies in her continuing fight against Aric’s tyranny.Īfter being badly wounded, Caledonia wakes up in a camp of renegade former Bullets.
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