casieb's Reviews (235)

The Night Diary

Veera Hiranandani

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Wishing Upon the Same Stars

Jacquetta Nammar Feldman

4.5

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

Antony Loewenstein

5.0

challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

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An absolute must read for anyone who is genuine when they say they are against genocide and killing innocent people.

A Boy Called Bat

Elana K. Arnold

4.0

informative fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Wishtree

Katherine Applegate

4.75

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Willodeen

Katherine Applegate

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

4.5

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

When You Reach Me

Rebecca Stead

5.0

adventurous hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Crenshaw

Katherine Applegate

4.5

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The Lion Women of Tehran

Marjan Kamali

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No