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Tag: Human trafficking
How One Book Can Impact One Reader . . . For Life, a guest post by Sydney Dunlap
One afternoon when my fifth-grade class was at the library for our weekly visit, my friend Jessica handed me a purple paperback book. “I just finished this,” she said. “It’s SO good. You have to read it.”
Book Review: Mèo and Bé by Doan Phuong Nguyen
This is not an easy read, not even for a second, but it's such a powerful and moving story of one young girl's survival in the face of unspeakable atrocities. Hand this to middle schoolers who can handle unrelenting trauma and brutality.
Your Body Belongs to You, guest post by Ruchira Gupta
Through the practice of Kung Fu, Heera discovers the power of her body and learns that her body is not an object to be preyed upon but a vessel to take control of her life.
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Book review: Cut Me Free by J.R. Johansson
One of these days, I’m going to post the list of “things in YA books that are pet peeves/we’re so over/we flat-out hate” that I started with my YA book club. I referenced it in my review of The Prey (things from our list that that book hits: dystopia-fatigue and love triangles). I bring it […]
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