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Book Review Of I Ll Give You The Sun By Jandy Nelson
The book I was reading is called I'll give you the sun by. Jandy Nelson. I would rate this book 5 stars. In the beginning of the book a boy named Noah tells the story. Noah has twin sister called Jude. Jude and Noah are really close and they love each other so much. Jude starts changing throughout the story and Noah starts to hate her. Noah starts to fall in love with a boy, meanwhile Jude wears red lipstick and argues with her

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