![]() ![]() ![]() I often find in these kind of stories something horribly cheesy and cliche, so when Mr Schmidt came along with this book and The Wednesday Wars and introduced me to two characters who find comfort in drawing pictures of birds and Shakespeare. And then there are those young adult books with protagonists who deal with their problematic lives through creativity: art, music, literature. but Please Ignore Vera Dietz and How to Save a Life proved that I just needed to find the novels that dealt with it in a way I could appreciate. ![]() As a rule, I tend to avoid like the plague young adult books that are about dealing with the death of a loved one or teenage pregnancy. I used to say I didn't like the traditional or "high" fantasy genre, and then Megan Whalen Turner and Melina Marchetta proved that I had actually just not found the right brand of traditional fantasy to suit me. My favourite books are always those that prove me wrong, that break my own rules. ![]()
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