The Mockingbirds
Daisy Whitney
Publisher: Little Brown
Books for Young Readers
To be released: November 2,
2010
Summary (from Goodreads):
Some
schools have honor codes.
Others
have handbooks.
Themis
Academy has the Mockingbirds.
Themis
Academy is a quiet boarding school with an exceptional student body that the
administration trusts to always behave the honorable way--the Themis Way. So
when Alex is date raped during her junior year, she has two options: stay
silent and hope someone helps her, or enlist the Mockingbirds--a secret society
of students dedicated to righting the wrongs of their fellow peers.
In
this honest, page-turning account of a teen girl's struggle to stand up for
herself, debut author Daisy Whitney reminds readers that if you love something
or someone--especially yourself--you fight for it.
First off, I just want to apoligize that this
week and most of last week was all memes. I have been swamped with school work
(mostly Shakespeare) and haven’t had time to finish the reviews I’ve started. I’m
going to catch up on blogging this weekend.
Okay, onto the Mockingbirds. I’ve heard such
great things about this book and I cannot wait to read it. This book looks like
it might be a challenged and possibly banned book, and that makes me incredibly
sad. Stories like this need to be told an accessible to readers, especially
teenagers. I will definitely be buying this book when it is released even
though I am a poor college student.
Waiting on Wednesday is a
weekly event highlighting exciting upcoming releases. It is hosted by Jill at
Breaking the Spine.
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