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"Brave doesn't mean you're not scared, Starr," she says. "It means you go on even though you're scared. And you're doing that."  I'm an emotional mess right now. This book exceeded my expectations. An apt representation of what Black people have to go through, and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement. At some parts, I couldn't go on; it's like this book broke my heart, but then mended it. Warmed some parts of me. Chanted that sometimes you should try to have things end differently- the right way. ********** The book starts with Starr Carter, a sixteen-year-old black girl, explaining the two versions of hers: the Starr of Garden Heights, where she lives among her people; and the Starr of Williamson, where she goes to school. She reluctantly attends a party with her friend Kenya, with whom she shares a brother, Seven. There she meets Khalil, one of her best friends whom she has not seen in months. Due to some chaotic shots, they h...

Rating: 3.5/5 stars! "Sure, but why not more poems about the sun? The sun is also a star, and it's our most important one. That alone should be worth a poem or two." The Nicola Yoon young adult fiction 'The Sun Is Also a Star' is an enjoyable read. Two different personalities meet in NYC; they click, talk, visit a few places, realise that they've got something, and then ta-da! Life happens. While this is quite Before Sunrise plot, the lead characters have obstacles. Daniel is Korean American, and Natasha is Jamaican. His family has all his life planned out, and it does not include falling in love with a black girl. Her family is dealing with deportation to their country. With Daniel, Natasha is out of character. With Natasha, Daniel is at his utmost self. The novel deals with themes like immigration, the American Dream, and racism. The narration style is quite different as there are entries of things, feelings and minor characters we get to ...

The Necklace  (French:  La Parure ) is an 1884 short story written by the French writer Guy De Muapassant. The charming lady, Madame Loisel, thought that she deserved a better life, better house, better husband and, most importantly, more exquisite clothes and jewels. Chance knocked at her door for a great opportunity for her to show off her elegance and beauty, and she lived it all as she and her minor clerk in the Ministry of Education husband attended a party of the Minister of Education. She borrowed from a friend what she thought to be a diamond necklace, and acted like a rich lady with a high class. But life is unpredictable. The necklace was lost! In the very last line, Guy De Maupassant revealed one of fiction’s master denouements when we get to know that the necklace, which was lost was actually an imitation and not real. For a few moments of sheer Ecstasy Madame Loisel had to endure ten years of paying off debts and working hard all day long to sa...