#ramona blue

★★★★★

First of all, I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH!!!

Ramona Blue is one of the best books I have listened to in a long time. Sometimes you read a book that just hits so close to home that it is unreal, and this was one of those books. This book is for any teenager who has ever felt like they were stuck in their hometown, who is afraid to hope for something more, and who feels the weight of the world on their shoulders. I don’t feel like there was much in the way of traditional plot, but it was realistic in the sense that it follows a young girl trying to figure out life after she thought she had everything figured out. So many things are addressed in this book—poverty, natural disasters, questioning sexuality (without the bisexual erasure that is so typically found in YA books), heartbreak, absent parents, and learning to live for yourself. I saw myself in Ramona, and I know many other teens will be able to see parts of themselves reflected throughout this novel.