fiction

Books by Mackenzie

Insight

Maren Klement It made sense in their strange kind of way. It was those moments that Alex could understand people who’d told him to be careful when dating a soldier as they could be peculiar people. What is it like to welcome home a soldier who has seen and done things he can’t speak of […]

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10 Must Read Holocaust Fiction Books

  “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” – George Santayana Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. This day marks the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps in 1945. Holocaust books, fiction imparticular, are something I enjoy reading and encourage many all to read. Here my go-to list when someone asks me which are my […]

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A Matter of Nurture

August von Orth “Lucrezia Borgia was a sociopath, no surprise, right? But there’s also a theory that Joan of Arc was a version of one. Their different upbringings made one a saint and the other a serial killer.” I am taking a mini break from Time’s 100 Best YA to visit a short story. Short […]

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Holes

Louis Sachar “His parents couldn’t afford a lawyer. “You don’t need a lawyer,” his mother had said. “Just tell the truth.” Stanley told the truth, but perhaps it would have been better if he had lied a little.” Holes is on Time’s 100 Best YA lsit. I was able to borrow a digital copy from my […]

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Children of the Forgotten

Charles Franklin “The women begged the men to come back and help the people that needed them. They wept and cursed…then wept some more. But they never prayed.” “Juilo’s words about the outside world returned to him: It rained fire. Beast came from the sea. Everything changed.” Children of the Forgotten is something I easily […]

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