by M. T. Anderson 2015 This biography is stunning; it is so compellingly told that I couldn’t put it down.The story will stay with me for a long time. I’m finding it hard to start . . . read more »
The setting is the near future in a downtrodden small town suffering the effects of global warming and economic disaster following the loss of the surrounding forests. It’s intentionally ugly and depressing with surreal fantasy . . . read more »
Although it is written with a light touch, this book hit me hard. I had not remembered that the southern suffragettes did not include formerly enslaved black women and certainly not Chinese women.They were not even . . . read more »
I loved this book about a feisty young woman who succeeds against so many odds. She is an Afro Latinx senior in high school, living in racially challenging Philadelphia with her 3 yr old daughter and . . . read more »
By David Yoon 2019 I listened to this audiobook on cloudLibrary. It’s a coming of age story of Korean American high school seniors in Southern California. The parents have immigrated and worked hard to make . . . read more »
A confusing book at first with every other chapter being 60 years apart, many characters, and a story within a story or two. But a great perspective on basic human rights for all. We’ve come . . . read more »
Whew! Quite a story. If you love fantasy and don’t mind bloody battles this is great. I have to admit I hate bloody battles and violence at every turn but I did like this book . . . read more »
I am almost finished with this and I want to stop reading so that it won’t end but I can’t! I want these friends forever! I want this wonderful family! I love the way this . . . read more »
This novel in verse demonstrates the power of poetry and the pain of adolescence. A strict catholic family from the Dominican Republic lives in Harlem with twin brother and sister. The parents are removed emotionally . . . read more »
This is a beautifully told story that I struggled through. I’m not sure who I would recommend it to except an adult. An innocent young girl who has “seal” in her grows up on a . . . read more »
