If These Wings Could Fly

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He wasn't really sure exactly what was coming out of his mouth, but it got Ace to stop apologizing, so it must've been enough. Xiao froze. Time slowed to a crawl as he processed what his eyes were showing him. He couldn’t believe it. This had to be a dream. There was no way that the random idiot he’d saved was— i think my favorite part was cassie's narration. i've only read one other book this year where there was a narrator who was in verse ( The Initial Insult) but i felt like it was lyrical without losing the ability to understand was cassie was trying to say. Even without the Author's Note explaining why she chose to include it, I saw that how their number growing actually reflected the visceral intensity of the Barnes family's situation. It was rapidly deteriorating at the same speed as to which the crows were not leaving the town of Auburn - much like how the problem at their house was not going away. And how it culminated in the end - how the family had to band together - uff, the chills that I had at the way the author built it up, the chills I'm having typing this - recalling the scene - 'because fear makes me act stupid. It makes me weak. I’d run, I want to tell the fluttering thing inside of me, if there were anywhere to go. There’s no place.

A beautiful, powerful, and emotional story that tugs at your heartstrings as it empathetically and honestly steers you through the pain of domestic violence.” -- Farrah Penn, author of Twelve Steps to Normal MCCAULEY: I thought it was important to be as accurate as I could about the cycle of violence. Often with domestic violence, it doesn’t feel like a constant threat. It goes through this pattern, with violent outbursts, yes, but also moments of calm in between. That can make it really hard to understand, whether you are living through it or looking in from the outside. While writing Wings, I wanted to capture that cycle. First, to honestly portray domestic violence, and second, so that there were moments building to the next incident, cues that a reader could use to know when to take a break or step away from the story if they needed to, especially if they are sensitive to depictions of violence or perhaps even survivors themselves. I won an ARC of this book through a Goodreads giveaway, and this in no way impacts my opinions on the book. Leighton doesn’t have time for the crows—it’s her senior year, and acceptance to her dream college is finally within reach. But grabbing that lifeline means abandoning her sisters, a choice she’s not ready to face. MCCAULEY: Sure! My second book is coming out later this year, also from Katherine Tegen Books. It’s called We Can Be Heroes, and it’s about three girls completing a vengeance plan to hold certain people in their hometown accountable for a local tragedy. It talks about grief, but it’s really about friendship, and features a lot of Greek mythology, a podcast, and a restored VW Bus named Betty.The story with only the elements mentioned so far would have been fantastic, but what made it excellent were the additional layers. The revenge sparked centers around murals, and each of these murals reimagines Cassie, and others like her, as figures in Greek Mythology. I loved the way they chose these figures and the way they rewrote them, getting to see those ideas side by side with what Cassie had gone through. The whole idea of forcing the narrative away from the expected- letting the women stay behind the scenes, or written off- is powerful, and cathartic. Wings” is the lead single off of Birdy’s second album Fire Within. It was commercially successful, especially in Europe. He didn't have nearly enough time to brace himself when a figure launched itself at him, but he didn't even try to dodge at the sight of eyes the shade of which had long since been burned into his memories. Aspiro quell'odore e penso alle donne tradite da altre donne. Donne che si sentono dire e non dai loro mariti ,ma dalle loro madri,dalle amiche,che per una moglie l'obbedienza conta più della vita. Donne che accettano di vedere un'altra donna maltrattata in nome di una tradizione,di una facciata'...

DO NOT tell me I should be flattered by people essentially asking me to do unpaid slave labour for their own entertainment, with no regard to my own mental health. They stay here inside of me and make my stomach ache. Sometimes I think that if someone cut me open, the words would really be there. Like a whale that consumed too much garbage, and now her body is nothing but a time capsule for all the things humans throw away." The goal: to gain awareness of real struggles people have around me and how to better sympathize with their trauma. Usually, the book I read is about mental health. This time it was about domestic abuse.It's Leighton's senior year and she is focused on school so she can get into a college far away, eager to escape her house. At the same time, she struggles with the guilt of leaving her two younger siblings behind. He never pushed her but always stood by her side. Liam was a perfect book boyfriend! And I really liked to witness their relationship progress.