Tag: sisters in books

• Review: Punching the Air – Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam

  Amal should have been somewhere else that night, but he was there and he’s now living with that decision. I devoured this and I already can’t wait this YA novel in verse read it again.

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  Jul 15, 2026

  Book Reviews, Fiction – Contemporary & Literary, Fiction – YA

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• Review: Half Lives – Krystle Zara Appiah

  Krystle Zara Appiah is back with another beautifully told novel, which this time centres sisterhood and all its nuances. A slightly different pace than Rootless but a brilliant read nonetheless.

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  Jul 3, 2026

  Book Reviews, Fiction – Contemporary & Literary

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