House of Purple Cedar Author: Tim Tingle Date: February, 2014; Cinco Puntos adult crossover The House of Purple Cedar is set in Skullyville, Oklahoma at the turning of the 20th century. The New Hope Academy for Girls just burned down and a new Indian Agent has just arrived in town. Rose and her brother, Jamey… Read More Review: House of Purple Cedar
Title: If I Ever Get Out of Here Author: Eric Gansworth Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books; 2013 Main character: Lewis Blake Lewis is a smart kid who tested out of the Indian school on the Tuscarora Reservation and is now attending the nearby all white school. He wants to go to college and to have a… Read More Book Review: If I Ever Get Out of Here
title: Bird author: Crystal Chan Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Release Date: January, 2014 main character: Jewell Campbell 12 year old Jewel is growing up in a house where people don’t talk to one another. They probably stopped when her grandfather caused her brother, John, to die. He nicknamed John ‘Bird’ and convinced him… Read More Book Review: Bird
While I cannot review books eligible for BFYA, I can describe them and I can still actively promote books written by authors of color. One way I’ll creatively do that is by providing more guests posts this year. I am looking for guest reviewers, so if you have read or are reading any of the… Read More Reviewing: The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
title: Qutlugh Terkan Khatun of Kirman author: Shirin Yim Bridges illustrator: Albert Nguyen date: Goosebottom Books, 2010 non-fiction Qutlugh Terkan Khatun of Kirman is an award winning volume in the Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Real Princesses. Qutlugh ruled in Kiman, a region in Persia. Rescued from enslavement as a child, her benefactor educated her and treated her quite well. Qutlugh lived a fortunate… Read More review: Qutugh Terkan Khatum of Kirman
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