I admit to spending my summers reading through unread classics at a leisurely pace. But this summer, as someone who spends way too much time surfing the Internet during the day for work and in the evening for research, I am going to give in to a good, summery book about surfing. Sea Sirens:A Trot… Read More book list: BIPOC Surfers

title: Almondauthor: Won Pyung Sohntranslator: Sandy Joosun Leedate: HarperVia/HarperCollins; 2020 This is one of the very few translated books that I’ve reviewed, perhaps because there just aren’t that many MG & YA books in translation. In her notes at the back of the book, translator Sandy Joosun Lee tells us about how rare it is… Read More review: Almond

6 July Escape from …Hurrican Katrina by Juldy Allen Dodson and Nigel Chilvers. Little Bee Books6 July Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse  by Chantel Acevedo. Balzer + Bray6 July Josephine Against the Sea by Shakirah Bourne. Scholastic6 July PARANORTHERN: And the Chaos Bunny A-hop-calypse by Stephanie Cooke, illustrated by Mari Costa. Etch/HMH6July Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim. Knopf6 July Summer… Read More July Release

With Juneteenth season coming to an end, it’s a great time to share the short list of books that center personal and communal liberation. How I Search for My Ancestors by Woodrow Nash with Shelly Fraser Mickle (Pelican, 2021) Find Your Voice: A Guided Journal for Writing Your Truth by Angie Thomas (Balzer+Bray, 2020) Now… Read More Book List: Black Liberation