What I Read in 2017


My Top 5:
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Girls on the Edge by Leonard Sax
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Salt to the Sea by Ruth Sepetys
The Girl Before by JP Delaney

This list has a few more I forgot about!





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