"I am always surprised to discover that when the world seems darkest, there exists the greatest opportunity for light" (246). Brigid Kemmerer's A Curse So Dark and Lonely is a YA fantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast that takes elements from the classic fairy tale we know and love and puts a modern spin on it. In … Continue reading A Curse So Dark and Lonely
"Save the one, save the world" (72). Heather Morris' The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a historical fiction novel based on the true story of Lale Sokolov—a Slovakian Jew and survivor of the Holocaust—who did everything and anything he could to keep himself and the love of his life, Gita, from death. Becoming the concentration camps' … Continue reading The Tattooist of Auschwitz
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