title: Pride author: Ibi Zoboi date: Balzer + Bray; 2018 main character: Zuri Benitez YA fiction The stunning endpages of Pride set the story by presenting Zuri and Darius facing each other. Each is looking straight ahead, but neither one is looking at the other. You could say they both appear quite prideful. Zuri Benitez… Read More review: Pride
I’ve always been a history nerd. I haven’t always liked nonfiction, but I’ve always liked history and this enjoyment has carried me into nonfiction (NF) books. I won’t say NF is an acquired taste, just a recent development for me. I think I’ve come to enjoy these books because NF has become less scholarly, and… Read More 2018 Nonfictions
title: We Are Not Yet Equal : Understanding Our Racial Divide author: Carol Anderson with Tonya Bolden date: Bloosmbury; 2018 YA nonfiction This review is based up an advanced copy. We Are Not Yet Equal is an adapted version of Anderson’s White Rage : The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide. Anderson, an African American… Read More review: We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
My dear friend, Nathalie Mvondo, is part of a collective in northern California that is collecting books to take to people who have been detained at the Yuba City County Jail for reasons related to immigration. They are looking to collect about 50 books in English or Spanish, and a few in Mandarin. All books… Read More #collectiveResistance: Book Drive for Immigration Detainees at the Yuba County Jail
December is always slight on releases and this December is no exception. 29 Dates by Melissa de la Cruz (Inkyard Press) Ji-su’s traditional South Korean parents are concerned by what they see as her lack of attention to her schoolwork and her future. Working with Seoul’s premiere matchmaker to find the right boyfriend is one… Read More December Releases
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