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All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor

Character I think VanLeer is an excellent character for a character study. There are some great parts to study here p125 p130 p142 p162 p188 p195 p209 p230-231 p235-236 p260-261 p333 Thought-provoking "Even the guilty recognize innocence when they see it. But you, Krensky, you must be in a place of ugliness all your own. Not going to be easy to rise out of that." p127 "Hmm... it's because of me. I know that's not the same thing as my fault." p185 What home means The whole book is great for this discussion, but here are a couple places I marked that were particularly good. p188 p199-200 p229 Quotes from ARC. Check with final copy.

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

LOL Not surprisingly, I haven't taken the breakup well, and I have no plans to take it well in the future. p18 "No one has anything to get up for. Life's pointless and everyone just gets up anyway. That's how the human race works," she says, and hands me a coffee. p19 According to George, it's a truth universally acknowledged that our family is shit at love. p21 I'd had my phone on silent all day and deliberately not checked, because it's a truth universally acknowledge that a watched phone never rings, especially when you're waiting on a text from your ex-girlfriend explaining why she doesn't love you anymore. p53 One of the great things about finishing high school is that you can finally get away from the dickheads. p54 ____________________ "She's my soul mate," I tell her. "Then I'm worried about your soul," she says, and goes back to serving the other customers. p67 ____________________ I'm ...