When I think of Afghanistan, I think of a giant mess and bombs and war and kites and the Taliban and unhappy people. I don’t often think of extraordinary acts of courage. I don’t think of women being brave. However, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked […]
Book Review: What Can’t Wait by Ashley Hope Perez
April 6, 2011
After reading Forever YA‘s review of What Can’t Wait by Ashley Hope Perez, I knew I needed to hop on Netgalley and immediately request an egalley. Kids What Can’t Wait is worth the brief amount of time it will take to read. I read about 200 pages of it at work, and when I got […]
Book Review: Kick by Walter Dean Myers And Russ Workman
March 28, 2011
Kick is a very brief story about soccer and a kid in the wrong place at the wrong time. In collaboration with an actual young adult, Ross Workman, Walter Dean Myers has co-authored a story which is sure to be a hit with the athletic, male reluctant reader set. Kevin, a kid from a good […]
Review: Bitter Melon by Cara Chow
February 7, 2011
With all the hullabaloo surrounding Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, it seems Bitter Melon by Cara Chow is perfectly poised to capitalize on the hype surrounding ‘tiger mothers.’ However, I think Bitter Melon stands well on it’s own merits. Frances, a high school senior, has spent her whole life following orders from her domineering […]
Extra Extra Read All About It: African-American Read-In
January 21, 2011
The other day I got a wonderful email from Ari of Reading in Color letting me know about an African-American themed Read-In which is being organized by Ari, Doret, and Edi. According to the NCTE here is the idea behind the read-in: “Schools, churches, libraries, bookstores, community and professional organizations, and interested citizens are urged […]
Review: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
January 17, 2011
In the midst of reading the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin several people asked me how I liked it so far. Y’all this book reminds me of why I love fantasy. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms has it all: magic, impossible odds, Gods, privilege, power, intrigue, politics. Yeine, still grieving over her mother’s murder is […]