Last month I wrote a brief essay (Disrupt the Text & Decolonize Your Mind) encouraging all teachers to rethink the books they read in the classroom if they are truly […] Read More
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Two new books for this week both of which look really interesting. Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland Simon Pulse It’s been three years […] Read More
Title: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin Author: Roseanne A. Brown Genres: Fantasy Pages: 480 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Review Copy: Purchased Availability: Available Now Summary: For Malik, the Solstasia […] Read More
Yesterday an old tweet came across my timeline on Facebook and said this “Academia’s obsession with preserving the white man’s ‘classic’ literature within secondary schools’s curriculum is the reason why […] Read More
Only one new book this week and another with a political theme, this time from inside a campaign. Running by Natalia Sylvester Clarion Books When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz’s […] Read More
Title: A Song Below Water Author: Bethany C. Morrow Genres: Contemporary Fantasy Pages: 288 Publisher: Tor Teen Review Copy: Purchased Availability: Available Now Summary: Tavia is already at odds with […] Read More