Cursed

"It’s just . . . why does it have to hurt so much? Why does it have to hurt at all? Why do I have to deal with this . . . stuff?" Much thanks to NetGalley and Charlesbridge for this complimentary copy. This review is voluntary and opinions are fully my own. 📖 Buy This Book: Amazon ♡ Ba......more

I think it is great that books about little known teen illness get written. Ricky has juvenile arthritis and is at times in a huge amount of pain. It affects her mobility and therefore restricts her ability to participate properly in many activities. I had to push through the first half of the novel......more

Cursed by Karol Silverstein is an exceptional book. I read it in a single sitting over 4 hours on a Friday night because I couldn't put it down. As a high school special education teacher, I fully intend on purchasing a class set for my 9th and 10th grade English Support class to read. The protagoni......more

I initially wasn't exactly sure about this book, but I was pleasantly surprised by it. I found it quite engaging, the writing felt light and easy to read despite the fact that the subject it tackled at times was everything but light and easy to read. I thought the characters were well-developed, the......more

This is such a refreshing read! It's one of the first books I've read with a main character who has chronic pain, where it's actually a central topic of the book. And seeing as the rep for this is own voices, I really appreciated that. While I don't have a chronic illness myself, the title "cursed" -......more