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Wilder Girls is a New York Times best seller. [1] The book received starred reviews from Shelf Awareness , [ 2 ] Publishers Weekly , [ 3 ] Booklist , [ 4 ] and Kirkus Reviews , [ 1 ] as well as positive reviews from NPR [ 5 ] and School Library Journal .
On the Goodreads website, users can add books to their personal bookshelves, rate and review books, see what their friends and authors are reading, participate in discussion boards and groups on a variety of topics, and get suggestions for future reading choices based on their reviews of previously read books. [37]
Each year, Goodreads, members cast votes for their favorite books, which are then curated into a list of around 15 of the year's best page-turners.This year, nearly 6 million (!) votes were cast ...
[8] On Bookmarks Magazine Nov/Dec 2018 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (3.5 out of 5) based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "The Silence of the Girls joins the ranks of recent novels that give voice to women during the classical era, including Mary Beard's SPQR (2015) and Madeline ...
Her first novel, Cracked Up to Be, was published in December 2008 [4] and was the 2009 Cybils Award winner for YA Fiction. [5] Her sophomore novel, Some Girls Are, was published in January 2010, [6] and received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, [7] Publishers Weekly, [8] and School Library Journal, [9] and was a 2010 Goodreads Choice Awards nominee in the YA Fiction category. [10]
The Girls is the 2016 debut novel by American author Emma Cline.It is loosely inspired by the Manson Family and the murder of actress Sharon Tate. [1]The majority of the novel, set in 1969, focuses on 14 year old Evie Boyd, who, feeling isolated and unloved, spends her summer on a ranch with a group of teenage girls devoted to an aspiring musician named Russell Hadrick.
Girl is a superb example what fiction is supposed to be: an act of empathetic imagination". [11] Francine Prose of The New York Times praised the book, saying "Let's give O’Brien credit for her energy and passion, for reminding us that at every moment girls are being abused and exploited with unconscionable cruelty and malice. Let's honor her ...
Girls under Pressure is the second book in the Girls series, written by Dame Jacqueline Wilson, a noted English author who writes fiction for children. It was published in 1998, the sequel to Girls in Love and followed by Girls out Late and Girls in Tears. It is aimed at pre-teen and teenage readers. [1] [2]