{"id":13685,"date":"2023-04-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=13685"},"modified":"2023-04-17T14:32:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T19:32:03","slug":"o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=13685","title":{"rendered":"O is for on campus, starting college at FIRST-YEAR ORIENTATION! edited by Eric Smith & Lauren Gibaldi (YA book review) @A2Z"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Move-in day,
time for goodbyes and hellos –
your new life after high school begins!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to Rolland College, home of the Owls! Many first-year students (we don’t say freshman anymore) come from other states or countries to this small New Jersey institution, which is a hometown fixture for a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year’s entering class includes marching band buddies and theater stars (on stage and behind the scenes), a football player with brains and brawn, former child actors trying to escape rerun fame, youth with helicopter parents or a missing family member or a big secret\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through these 16 short stories by YA authors and an actress, we meet students who are first in their family to attend college and those following relatives’ footsteps at Rolland, young people who want to reinvent themselves or finally get to show their true selves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get ready for dorm drama, an emotional support rabbit, a crack in the universe, and campus ghosts in these stories by Adi Alsaid * Anna Birch * Bryan Bliss * Gloria Chao * Jennifer Chen * Olivia A. Cole * Dana L. Davis * Kristina Forest * Lauren Gibaldi * Kathleen Glasgow * Sam Maggs * Farah Naz Rishi * Lance Rubin * Aminah Mae Safi * Eric Smith * Phil Stamper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love how main characters in one story appear in others as the first-years and returning students at this fictitious college rush to and from orientation, the student organizations fair, welcome parties, and the much-anticipated live concert… a kaleidoscope of encounters and emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just published this month in hardcover and paperback! From the editors of short story anthology Battle of the Bands<\/em>, another look at a single day from multiple perspectives by several YA authors – recommended here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What “how I got here” story do you tell on your first day in a new place?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: First-Year Orientation \/ edited by Eric Smith & Lauren Gibaldi. Candlewick Press, 2023. [Eric’s site<\/a>] [Lauren’s site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy via Edelweiss and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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