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im very excited to see how the girls grow in this story. im going to bawl wen miss lizzy dies. im just guessing!! but i like her way too much for the author to keep her living by the end of the book. miss lizzy is just so sweet. i hope shes pure sweetness and doesnt snap ever. quincy is going to shape up real nice with miss lizzy‘s help and i think its too freaking cute. i just imagine two blobs of clay being molded into something really purty.

not even half way through and i‘m in love. i love the dynamic of the two, one snappy and one bubbly. i like the switch of point of views on the same situation n readin each perspective. im at a part where it‘s starting to tap into their past, n its so hard to not cry after every page. i really feel for the girls. i love that miss lizzy is there for them and has such a soft influence when they‘ve been treated harshly by many more. im pretty excited

Schneider Family Book Award
October 13th, 2015
This book is about two girls that are very different and have many challenges ahead of them. This book is all about how they find their way in the real world, and how strong they must be.

I like the way the chapters are about the characters thoughts

Meant for older elementary to middle school. Discuss bullying and be unkind

Avery‘s book

Avery‘s book

“I can‘t do that, that‘d be doing the wrong thing, like lie. “

A great story about two girls facing challenges in their personal, work, and social life.

Quincy and Betty are both graduates of their high school special ed program but they couldn‘t be more different. Quincy faces the world with her fist up while general bitty is frightened to step out side her front door. But when they‘re forced to live together they come to find out that though they might not have a lot in common. They are stronger together.

5/52: Girls Like Us

I wish this book separated the two characters more. Quincy and Biddy both had very similar characteristics even though they were supposed to be polar opposites-I wish they had different voices instead of being identical. I felt this book poked fun at special needs peoples quite more than it should‘ve. I had higher hopes for this book but it was still half decent.

#Fiction #RealisticFiction #ReadingChallenge #Listy

This book is peak “I work with people with disabilities [folks who think like this love people first language] so I can definitely write a book about them!” Throw in some casual racism and fat misia, and you get this mess. #MastersResearch

Next up, a book whose metadata made me involuntarily whisper, “Oh, no” aloud when I read it. #MastersResearch

A story about two teenagers who recently graduated from a special education school program & placed as roommates in an old lady‘s house whom they work for. Through alternating narratives, we hear the different voices of the two girls, & know their background. It‘s a story with a hopeful message, that abandoned, abused & neglected young people with special needs can have friends, be a friend to someone & a happier life is possible.
#24in48 book two

It‘s been an audiobook-heavy morning day two of #24in48. One reason I‘ve LOVED the free Audiosync offers the last three summers are the diverse perspectives in easily digestible YA form. This book is no different.

Completed book one at a little over 5 hours. 🐌 Review to follow after the readathon. Now onto the tagged book.
#24in48

Be. Still. My. Beating. Heart. This book was so sweet and real and honest and heartbreakingly beautiful. Won‘t forget these girls for a long, long time.
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Great book very powerful

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