Sorry this has taken so long, this has been a busy, busy month. But, look at this list friends! Just look at 1 October and you’ll be ready to go to you local bookshop or library to start gathering books. WOW! Then we move into new titles for Andrea Rogers and S.K. Ali! What a… Read More October Releases
Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones are the co-authors of I’m Not Dying Here Tonight (Sourcebooks Fire). I was fortunate enough to hear them speak at the ALAN Workshop last year and to arrange this interview with them. Their debut novel is a 2020 NAACP Image Awards nominee and was selected as the September 2019 book club… Read More interview: Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones
title: Watch Us Rise author: Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan date: Bloomsbury; 12 February 2019 YA fiction This review is based on an advance copy. Watch Us Rise. Watson and Hagan’s collaborative fiction, Watch Us Rise, was a book I easily find to be centered in black girl literacies. The powerful statement that entitles the… Read More review: Watch Us Rise
title: Perfect Liars author: Kimberly Reid date: Tu Books/Lee & Low; 2016 main character: Andrea “Drea” Faraday young adult realistic fiction I was excited to see a new release from Kim Reid and for the most part, I was not let down. Perfect Liars is an innovative story that reflect today’s teens in their high risk… Read More book review: Perfect Liar
Title: When We Was Fierce Author: e. E. Charlton-Trujillo Date: Candlewick; August 2016 Main Character: Theodore “T” Clark young adult fiction Edited 26 July 2016 This review is part of a collaborative effort that began on Sunday 24 July with a guest review from Jenn Baker. It continued on Reading While White Blog with… Read More review: When We Was Fierce
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