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The Second Chance Year by Melissa Wiesner
4.25
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was a sweet & emotional story. 
Sadie just wants to redo her very bad year, not be so loud and bold, then maybe she wouldn’t lose her job, her boyfriend & her apartment. 
But you can’t go back in time….. can you? 
I absolutely loved Sadie’s adventure, she spends so much of the year making herself small and quiet to not rock the boat. She’s doing what she thinks she should to get her happy ending, but she’s miserable. 
She finds herself a found family and they are so sweet and supportive of her dreams. 
I absolutely adore her friendship with a Jacob. 
This was such an important story about never making yourself small to fit into a box others try to put you in, there will always be people out there who love and support you just the way you are.