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Book Review: The Best At It by Malik Pancholy

Review by: Brynne Diggins How do you get a bully to leave you alone?  Be so good at something that no one can criticize you – that’s what Rahul Kapoor thinks, at least. In The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy, 12-year-old Rahul wants to find something he can be the best at in order…

February 16, 2022 in Reviews, Uncategorized.

Book Review: You Brought Me the Ocean, by Alex Sanchez and illustrated by Julie Maroh

Review by Sean Cameron Golden In a queer retelling of Aqualads origin story, Lambda Award-Winning author Alex Sanchez and illustrator Julie Maroh, capture first love through the eyes of a superpowered teen who is wrestling with his new powers and a crush on the swim team captain. Stuck in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, Jake…

December 20, 2020 in Reviews, Uncategorized.

Review: Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry and illustrated by Vashti Harrison

Review by Destyn Land What makes hair good or bad, and who gets to determine which is which? In our society manyyoung Black girls are told that their hair is much prettier or sometimes even told that it’s onlypretty if permed and straightened. The process of straightening and perming can do muchdamage to Black hair…

December 13, 2020 in Reviews, Uncategorized.

Book Review: Front Desk, by Kelly Yang

10 year old Mia Tang immigrates from China to southern California. Her parents become the managers of a small motel, where the family also lives. It is at the Calivista motel that Mia learns many life lessons as she works at the front desk.

December 6, 2020 in Reviews, Uncategorized.

Book Review: Something Happened in Our Town, by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard, and Jennifer Zivoin

Review by Claudia Pereira Emma asks her mom, “Why did the police shoot that man?” Josh asks his mom, “Can police go to jail?” Is police violence an appropriate topic for a children’s book? Should it be presented as reality or fiction? Something Happened takes up these difficult questions by telling a fictional story framed…

November 22, 2020 in Reviews, Uncategorized.

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