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Burro Hills


School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 244

Published: 2018

Great for age 12-18 years

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-YA debut standalone from a highly engaged debut author -LGBT main character taps into the #WeNeedDiverseBooks movement -Tackles the important subject of Toxic Masculinity in a new way -- not just addressing the damage of misogyny on girls, but also examining the damage to boy -The strong voice and gritty subject matter will appeal to an older YA audience who devours books like Adam Silvera's History Is All You Left Me, Benjamin Alire Senz's The Inexplicable Logic of My Life, and Kody Keplinger's Run -Julia Lynn Rubin has studied under David Levithan at The New School's MFA program -Rubin is a Girls Write Now mentor, and an excerpt from Burro Hills will be featured in the Girls Write Now 2017 Anthology, forthcoming in May 2017 (https://www.girlswritenow.org/what-we-write/anthologies/rise-speak-change-the-girls-write-now-2017-anthology/)

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 13-18 years.

There are 244 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2018 by Diversion Books .

Julia Lynn Rubin lives the writer's life in Brooklyn, where she has recently finished an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults at The New School. She received her BA in Anthropology & Film Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. She has been writing books, poems, and stories since first grade, and loves reading about everything from film analysis to psychology. Her short stories have appeared in publications such as the North American Review, Sierra Nevada Review, and The Lascaux Review, and she has written for a variety of online publications, including The Content Strategist, Wetpaint Entertainment and AllDay. com.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Ages 14+
This book was recognised in the Ages 14+ category by the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens.

Indies Choice Book Award - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Indies Choice Book Award.

"Rubin's gritty coming-of-age story has a strong sense of place and taut suspense. I was rooting hard for Jack and Connor from the get-go; you will, too." -Kim Savage, author of After the Woods and In Her Skin

 

 

"Gritty and atmospheric, suffused with an acute consciousness of place and class, Burro Hills is a powerfully written novel about speaking your truth and finding your way in a dead-end town." -Margot Harrison, author of The Killer in Me

 

 

"Julia Lynn Rubin crafts Jack's journey of self discovery with pitch-perfect dialogue and page-turning tension. Rife with dysfunctional families and complicated romance, Burro Hills is a vivid portrait of one teen's search for acceptance." -Gillian French, author of The Lies They Tell

 

 

"Burro Hills is pure grit and heart. It has everything my reckless teenage self would have wanted (needed) from a book. Jack is the best friend I had in high school, and Burro Hills is the town I desperately wanted to leave. This struck deep in my guts and will resonate for quite some time. Brave, bold, wild and honest." -Bonnie Pipkin, author of Aftercare Instructions

 

 

"A dark, disturbing, romantic, riveting debut novel that dives deep into the broken-down working class world of a small California town and its high school teens-stoners and skateboarders lead this brave story of sexual awakening, and love, among boys at the precipice of adulthood. I particularly admire Rubin's choice to tell the story solely from Jack's point of view, delving into his dysfunctional family life, his desires for something more, and his poignant realizations about his own sexuality. Burro Hills is a page-turning story of one young man's courage to know himself. Last thought: Rubin's novel reminded me of Tobias Wolff's classic, This Boy's Life, another Jack, in another time, but just as poignant." -Caroline Bock, author of Lie and Before My Eyes

 

 

"Julia Lynn Rubin draws beautifully complicated characters and an utterly convincing world. This book is gritty, unflinching and full of heart." -Meredith Miller, author of Little Wrecks

 

 

"With echoes of Francesca Lia Block and S.E. Hinton, Burro Hills feels like a fever dream: dark, dangerous, but full of beauty so raw it hurts. Jack and Connor have all of my heart, and so does Julia Lynn Rubin." -Rebecca Christiansen, author of Maybe in Paris

 

 

"With raw intensity and complex characters, Rubin opens a world of emotions that will resonate with readers." -Jessica Kapp, author of Body Parts

 

 

"Gritty and utterly addicting, Burro Hills hooked me from the start. It's an absolutely stunning debut from Julia Lynn Rubin, and this is one book you'll be reading (and re-reading) for ages. Honestly, I read it in *two hours*, and I'm not even sorry." -Jandra Sutton, author of Fragile

 

 

"Rubin's writing is vivid and exciting. I was hooked on Jack from beginning to end. Set in a flashy California town, an interesting romance blossoms in this important coming-of-age story." -Lisa M. Cronkhite, author of Fix Me