Reading & Reviewing Diverse YA Books
Title: Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults) 17 First-Person Stories for Today Editor: Alice Wong Publisher’s Summary: The seventeen eye-opening essays in Disability Visibility, all written by disabled people, offer keen insight into the complex and rich disability experience, examining […] Read More
Title: Our Violent Ends Author: Chloe Gong Genres: SciFi/Fantasy Pages: 512 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Review Copy: ARC from publisher Availability: Available now Summary: The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution. After sacrificing her […] Read More
A soaring, vividly written fantasy inspired by Chinese mythology, Jade Fire Gold is an absolute must-read, especially for YA fantasy fans. The consensus among us co-bloggers as we were reading was that we couldn’t put it down! Without further ado, […] Read More
Title: Year of the Reaper Author: Makiia Lucier Genres: Historical Fantasy, Mystery Pages: 336 Publisher: Clarion Books Review Copy: Received an eARC from the publisher Availability: Available now Summary: The past never forgets… Before an ambush by enemy soldiers, Lord […] Read More
YA short story and non-fiction anthologies are being published more and more and as I teacher I am here for it. With the call for more diverse texts in classrooms, anthologies provide a perfect bite sized work of literature that […] Read More
New week, new books! What’s on your TBR pile? What have you been reading and loving? Here’s what’s launching tomorrow, 11/9! Himawari House by Harmony Becker Living in a new country is no walk in the park―Nao, Hyejung, and Tina […] Read More