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Lies We Tell Ourselves
Robin Talley
Publication date: September 30th 2014
by Harlequin Teen
In 1959 Virginia, the lives of two girls on opposite sides of the battle for civil rights will be changed forever.
Sarah Dunbar is one of the first black students to attend the previously all-white Jefferson High School. An honors student at her old school, she is put into remedial classes, spit on and tormented daily.
Linda Hairston is the daughter of one of the town’s most vocal opponents of school integration. She has been taught all her life that the races should be kept “separate but equal.”
Forced to work together on a school project, Sarah and Linda must confront harsh truths about race, power and how they really feel about one another.
Boldly realistic and emotionally compelling, Lies We Tell Ourselves is a brave and stunning novel about finding truth amid the lies, and finding your voice even when others are determined to silence it.
Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *
– Dead Zone (Blackout #2) by Robison Wells [Purchase]
– Playing It Safe by Barbie Bohrman [Purchase]
– Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond [Purchase]
– Stepbrother Dearest by Penelope Ward
– Filthy Beautiful Love (Filthy Beautiful Lies #2) by Kendall Ryan [Purchase]
– Chasing Abby (Shattered Hearts #4) by Cassia Leo [Purchase]
– Seeds of Iniquity (In the Company of Killers #4) by J.A. Redmerski
– Schizo by Nic Sheff [Purchase]
– Winterspell (Winterspell #1) by Claire Legrand [Purchase]
– Sacrifice (Elemental #5) by Brigid Kemmerer [Purchase]
– The Fine Art of Pretending (The Fine Art of Pretending #1) by Rachel Harris [Purchase]
– You by Caroline Kepnes [Purchase]
– Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned” by Lena Dunham [Purchase]
– Unmarked (The Legion #2) by Kami Garcia [Purchase]
– Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer [Purchase]
– The Wonder of All Things by Jason Mott [Purchase]
– He’s So Fine (Lucky Harbor #11) by Jill Shalvis [Purchase]
– Chained by Night (MoonBound Clan Vampire #2) by Larissa Ione [Purchase]
– Famous Last Words by Katie Alender [Purchase]
– Invisible (The Twixt #2) by Dawn Metcalf [Purchase]
– Love Is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson [Purchase]
– Apolonia by Jamie McGuire [Purchase]
– As Long As You Love Me (2B Trilogy #2) by Ann Aguirre [Purchase]
– The Resolution of Callie & Kayden (The Coincidence #6) by Jessica Sorensen [Purchase]
– Unbreakable by C. C. Hunter [Purchase]
– The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley [Purchase]
– Witchrise (The Tudor Witch Trilogy #3) by Victoria Lamb [Purchase]
– Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen by Arin Andrews [Purchase]
– The Only Thing to Fear by Caroline Tung Richmond [Purchase]
– The Princess Diaries Complete Collection [Purchase]
– My Brother’s Keeper by Tom Bradman and Tony Bradman [Purchase]
– Beauty of the Broken by Tawni Waters [Purchase]
– Dead Over Heels by Alison Kemper [Purchase]
– Storm (Salt #2) by Danielle Ellison [Purchase]
– The Diamond Thief (The Diamond Thief #1) by Sharon Gosling [Purchase]
– The Queen of Zombie Hearts (White Rabbit Chronicles #3) by Gena Showalter [Purchase]
– Party Games (Fear Street) by R.L. Stine [Purchase]
– Perfectly Good White Boy by Carrie Mesrobian [Purchase]
– Complete Nothing (True Love #2) by Kieran Scott [Purchase]
– Between the Stars and Sky by David James [Purchase]
What’s on your wishlist this week?
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Pili
Well, it seems that this week I also have a few preorders coming! Gah, fall releases are horrible for my poor wallet!!
Kristi - The Book Faery
I’m with Pili! It’s that time of year when I have NO problem spending a little more for some of the books I’ve been waiting for!
Great list, Giselle! Thanks for sharing!
Bonnie @ For the Love of Words
My inner 12 year old is screaming about R.L. Stine but I’m super hesitant. lol I have it and will be reading soon though. Also interested in Winterspell. That is one gorgeous cover!
Katie
I always want to grab up everything on your lists. Definitely adding to my TBR this week 😀
Kayla @ The Thousand Lives
I actually ran out and grabbed a copy of Winterspell today! My Barnes and Noble had a copy early 😀 I’m so looking forward to reading it tonight!
Brigid
I’m excited for Snow Like Ashes by Sarah Raasch. Love YA fantasy. Nothing better.
Savannah
Awesome new books hitting the shelves!!