BOYS AND GIRLS LIKE YOU AND ME by Aryn Kyle

April 21st, 2010 admin

Book Quote: “No one will kick a girl. No one will hit her or push her or throw a clump of mud at her head. But they will laugh at her. They will stare. They will stand to the side and watch her be alone.” Book Review: Review by Poornima Apte (APR 20, 2010) It is evident that the talented Aryn Kyle still remembers what it is like to be a girl. In her superb debut, The God of Animals , Kyle illuminated the life of twelve-year old Alice Winston as she grows up on a horse farm. Alice’s interactions with the people around her and the lessons she learned…

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