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Ronette Bradley hasn't exactly been an ideal student. Certainly she's no overachiever. But she's caught a lucky break. And she's determined not to screw up. Part romance--part confessional--part college adventures--each novel is approximately 28,000 words-160 pages. It's a funny thing about time. The proverb, "Time heals all wounds," is true to some extent. But Jayson still hurts. Maybe Ronette doesn't want time to heal this wound. It feels better fresh. Jayson thought she'd change her mind over break. But Ronette is firm. She's alone, finally. Except she's not. "Hey, Houseman girl." This brother has the warmest, friendliest face Ronette has ever seen. The rest, as they say, is history.
164 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2013
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Jeff Gottesfeld
86 books43 followersHONOR FLIGHT (Candlewick, March 3, 2026). So far, four starred reviews from PW, SLJ, Booklist, and Kirkus.
Too many of America's veterans have never had the means or opportunity to visit their monuments in Washington, DC. Nor did many of them, particularly from the Vietnam era, get the homecoming they deserved.
The Honor Flight program, begun by volunteers in 2005 on the most modest of scales, changed all of that. Today, the Honor Flight Network is massive, and has flown more than 300,000 vets on free trips to DC, each of them accompanied by a volunteer (and paying) Guardian.
I was a Guardian on such a flight in April, 2023. This book is about this remarkable effort, told first person in the voice of an unnamed veteran. That I could reunite for it with Matt Tavares, the illustrator of our TWENTY-ONE STEPS: GUARDING THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER (Candlewick, 2021). Well, as the last line of the book says, "It was an honor."
Too many of America's veterans have never had the means or opportunity to visit their monuments in Washington, DC. Nor did many of them, particularly from the Vietnam era, get the homecoming they deserved.
The Honor Flight program, begun by volunteers in 2005 on the most modest of scales, changed all of that. Today, the Honor Flight Network is massive, and has flown more than 300,000 vets on free trips to DC, each of them accompanied by a volunteer (and paying) Guardian.
I was a Guardian on such a flight in April, 2023. This book is about this remarkable effort, told first person in the voice of an unnamed veteran. That I could reunite for it with Matt Tavares, the illustrator of our TWENTY-ONE STEPS: GUARDING THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER (Candlewick, 2021). Well, as the last line of the book says, "It was an honor."
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May 22, 2014
Couldn't finish this book. I think I disliked this one out of the entire series. I stopped reading after the author wrote that Michelle Obama was an honorary "Alpha."
December 30, 2018
I understand this book is supposed to appeal to the younger generation, however I found it does the complete opposite. The main character Ronette is a college student but reminds me of a middle school student. The only somewhat relative aspect is that she's not a perfect student which a lot of students aren't. Other then that, this short story is another typical black teen with nothing going for herself but music with Michelle Obama named mentioned every other page.
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