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Take 5: The Last 5 Best YA Books I Read in 2020, YA fiction round 2
Teen librarian Karen Jensen ends her top 20 reads of 2020 where she began, with 5 of the top five YA books of 2020
An Open Letter to the Middleton School District from Authors in the Latinx in Kidlit Community
Last week we learned that educators from the Middleton Heights Elementary School had celebrated Halloween by dressing up as the border wall and in racist stereotypes. Images were shared far and wide on social media. If you aren’t familiar with the incident, you can find some information about it here: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/education/article221015995.html Over the weekend, I […]
The Long Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and THE FALL OF INNOCENCE BY Jenny Torres Sanchez
Earlier this week, Junot Diaz wrote one of the most compelling and heartbreaking looks at the long term effects of childhood trauma in a personal essay for the New Yorker. In it, he discusses being raped at the age of 8 and how that trauma played out over and over again into his adult life […]
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Book Review: Because of the Sun by Jenny Torres Sanchez
Jenny Torres Sanchez is one of those writers I wish more people knew about. Her previous novel, DEATH, DICKINSON AND THE DEMENTED LIFE OF FRENCHIE GARCIA was a somber and reflective look at life and loss after the boy that Frenchie has a crush on commits suicide. If you haven’t already read it, I highly […]
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