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In grade school, we were taught that a story has a beginning, middle, and end, and that the events always progress in a clear, chronological order. Me, I’ve always enjoyed stories that play around with time.
"In my book YUSUF AZEEM IS NOT A HERO, I explore many aspects of a post 9/11 world and how they affected my community."
Robin Stevenson and Tom Ryan talk about writing "a big queer Canadian YA novel" together.
A really interesting read with a conversational tone, vibrant format, and so much historical information. A necessary addition to collections.
What makes a country fall to a dictator? How does an entire nation follow an authoritarian leader –a Strongman—down a dangerous and deadly path? How does democracy die?
Pinguicha urges readers to question history, ask who wrote the stories, and present and amplify the narratives that have been ignored, hidden, and distorted.
Lilliam Rivera explains why she decided to find ways to incorporate history in her young adult novels as a way to let characters explore their cities through a historical lens.
Becoming anything is hard. Rebuilding when the pieces are shattered so small is a whole different way of becoming.
Though a bit of a disappointment, I still think this is worthwhile to have in collections just for the fact that it makes history accessible to readers who may otherwise give it a pass and because it does a worthy job of educating readers' on this awful pandemic.
Mary Cronk Farrell joins us to talk about her new book, Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII, discriminatory assignments, and the importance of the press.
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