Last week on Tor.com, L.L McKinney’s article “The Role Publishing Plays in the Commodification of Black Plan” talked about how books depicting Black pain are often sold more and that […] Read More
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Title: Hope is Our Only Wing Author: Rutendo Tavengerwei Genres: Contemporary Pages: 216 Publisher: Soho Teen Review Copy: Copy from publisher Availability: Available now Summary: For fifteen-year-old Shamiso, hope is […] Read More
Last year was my first NCTE annual conference and I was completely overwhelmed. Trying to balance sessions with visiting the exhibit hall and all the author signings, whew! This year, […] Read More
There are no new releases this week as most of us are getting ready for Thanksgiving and being with our families, I thought I’d focus on families in YA. The […] Read More
Title: Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky Author: Kwame Mbalia Genres: Fantasy Pages: 496 Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents Review Copy: ARC from publisher Availability: Available now Summary: Seventh-grader […] Read More
Two nights ago I finished Kwame Mbalia’s “Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky” (look for my review next week) and it had me thinking about the Rick Riordan […] Read More