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Book Haul: Troubled Children

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. I get to show off the books I’ve gotten recently. All of the books in this haul are about children with troubles. I’ve already read a few of them. Look at me, being on top of things.



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Review: After Zero by Christina Collins

After Zero by Christina Collins

Genre: Middlegrade contemporary

Pages: 256

Publication date: September 2018

Content warning: Bullying, mental illness, death, family secrets, hunting
Available at: Amazon | Book Depository
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Elise carries a notebook full of tallies, each page marking a day spent at her new public school, each stroke of her pencil marking a word spoken. A word that can't be taken back. Five tally marks isn't so bad. Two is pretty good. But zero? Zero is perfect. Zero means no wrong answers called out in class, no secrets accidentally spilled, no conversations to agonize over at night when sleep is far away.

But now months have passed, and Elise isn't sure she could speak even if she wanted to―not to keep her only friend, Mel, from drifting further away―or to ask if anyone else has seen her English teacher's stuffed raven come to life. Then, the discovery of a shocking family secret helps Elise realize that her silence might just be the key to unlocking everything she's ever hoped for.