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'Inexplicable Logic' Maps A Teen Boy's Complicated Mind

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life is as much a doorstopper as any young adult fantasy novel, but the world it builds is inside the head of teenaged Sal, who's struggling with difficult new emotions.
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In the realm of young adult literature, the biggest tomes are usually fantasies, the kind that require several hundred years of history, culture, and politics to ground an intricate plot. has the word count of a book with worlds to build, but rather than using its pages to explore the confines of an imaginary land, it delves deeply into the

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