Reflecting Lights

Today I finished up Postcars from No Man’s Land by Aidan Chambers.  It finishes up a goal of mine to read all of the Printz Award winning novels.  For those not in the know, the Printz Award celebrates excellence in literature for young adult.  Typically, the novels have an element of controversy to them.  Such as sex, suicide, racial relations, teen pregnancy, familial abuse, murder, drug abuse, depression, etc.  That, of course, makes them sound like they’re melodramatic drivel.  This is certainly not the case–usually, at least.  Certainly some were of much higher quality than others (to me, the most recently written books have been significantly better than the earlier winners), but overall even the lesser ones were enjoyable.

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