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Alex is a troubled teen, passionate about his friends and art, harsh on everything else. When he gets suspended from school, his mother decides to surprise him by bringing him back to the summer camp he used to go to as a child. He hesitates, as that place holds painful memories his mother doesn't know about, memories about a special boy named Leo and his beautiful, bright smile.
homophobia, internalized homophobia, ableism, death
I read the novel.
When his adoptive parents can't be bothered with Jiang Cheng anymore, they send him to his good-for-nothing biological father, in a small industrial town. The first person he meets is Gu Miao, a little girl who got lost near the station. Jiang Cheng helps her get a guardian to pick her up and that's how he meets Gu Fei, her "delinquent" older brother.
violence, child abuse, mentions of domestic violence, bullying, ableism, death
1920s. Joseon (current Korea) is under Japanese rule. When Kuroda Yukio, the youngest son of a Japanese, rich family, is found murdered, seemingly at the hands of Kim Mugyeong, a Joseon classmate, people are enraged and demand justice. As Jeong Inu, a Joseon police officer, takes care of the investigation, he discovers a web of politically-driven individuals and finds himself stuck between loyalty to his master and loyalty to his people.
death, blood, suicide, SA
Two talented, passionate men (Shu Yun who's a male ballet dancer and Tong Yang who's a Beijing opera performer) meet as rivals and inspire each other. It's such a wonderful story about passion, love and loss, it truly proves that there's nothing better than having the right people by your side.
Edit: I need to re-read this.
Shen is a poor, countryside boy who wishes to become a ballet student. Making sacrifices, his parents are able to enroll him in a school for kids.
Jinyi is a rich, city boy and also a serious boxing student. They meet and as they both dream of becoming professionals in their fields, they easily become each other's biggest supporter.
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