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Summary:\u00a0It\u2019s just a normal Tuesday\u2026until sixteen-year-old Kai finds a suicide note from her beloved older sister, Jen. Now Kai is the only child in a family reeling with grief. Unable to make sense of her sister\u2019s choice, Kai begins to lose control. She cuts class. Lashes out at the people closest to her. Pops the same pills that killed her sister. As she spirals toward rock bottom, her parents offer her a lifeline: a summer away at camp. Grief camp\u2026for teens. Kai reluctantly agrees to attend, even though she\u2019s not exactly in the mood for s\u2019mores. But she finds solace in meeting kids like her, and slowly she begins to come back to life\u2014and even love\u2014at The Treehouse. -Goodreads<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Just a Normal Tuesday<\/i><\/b> by Kim Turrisi is a novel about sixteen-year-old Kai’s emotional journey towards recovery. After the event of her sister’s suicide, she loses control and drowns herself in her addiction to drugs and alcohol. She faces multiple bumps and obstacles during her journey towards the new normal after the death. Her friends Emily and TJ attempt to help her recover, and her parents push her to seek help at Grief Camp, where she ends up finding love in the process. \u00a0<\/span> Find this book in our catalog: On Call<\/p>\n Catalog Number: On Call<\/p>\n 256 pages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" review by\u00a0Aminda Zou, age 14 Just a Normal Tuesday\u00a0by\u00a0Kim Turrisi Summary:\u00a0It\u2019s just a normal Tuesday\u2026until sixteen-year-old Kai finds a suicide note from her beloved older sister, Jen. Now Kai is the only child in a family reeling with grief. Unable to make sense of her sister\u2019s choice, Kai begins to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":4809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-teen-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2018\/10\/just-a-normal-tuesday.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-1fy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4542,"url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2018\/how-dare-the-sun-rise-memoirs-of-a-war-child-teen-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":4808,"position":0},"title":"How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child — Teen Review","author":"Teen Blogger","date":"February 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"review by\u00a0Nina Dinan, age 14 How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by\u00a0Sandra Uwiringiyimana with Abigail Pesta \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This is a story of loss and discovery, of grief and triumph, and of unflagging resilience in the face of tragedy and hardship. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sandra Uwiringiyimana lives with her family in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Book Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Book Reviews","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/category\/teen-reviews\/book-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2018\/02\/how-dare-the-sun-rise.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5062,"url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2019\/lovely-dark-and-deep-teen-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":4808,"position":1},"title":"Lovely, Dark, and Deep — Teen Review","author":"Teen Blogger","date":"May 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Review by Jasmine Sov, 13 Lovely, Dark, and Deep\u00a0By\u00a0Justina Chen Lovely, Dark, and Deep is the tale of Viola Wynne Li, a girl who\u2019s hosted bake sales for about a thousand different causes. 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\n<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Turrisi’s language is captivating and engaging. It pulls the reader into the story, putting them in Kai’s shoes. Her journey is heartwarming yet heartbreaking at the same time, and an emotional journey in itself. Readers should mentally prepare themselves before beginning the book, as the storyline is exceptionally relatable and might take a toll on one\u2019s emotional conscience; however, it is a great read. 4 out of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n
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