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Tag: Poverty
Take Five: Middle Grade Novels Featuring Children Experiencing Homelessness and Poverty
Their stories and their voices are so important to have represented, not just for representation's sake, but to show other children surviving difficult situations and to offer hope and empathy.
Book Review: Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow
This well-written, moving story is one that will stick with me for a long time.
Using the Feelings of Childhood Memories to Find the Heart of a Story, a guest post by Sharelle Byars Moranville
The heart of Forget-Me-Not Blue springs from something that happened to me in fourth grade music class when we were learning a folk dance that required girls and boys to partner.
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Hope and Representation, a guest post by Dannie M. Olguin
Between Safe and Real wasn’t fun to write and it’s unlikely readers will think it’s fun to read, but I’m okay with that because I truly believe representation matters, even when it’s not fun.
Book Review: What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson
A first purchase and a must-read. Prepare to be haunted and chilled to the bone by this exceptional story.
Book Review: Not Your #Lovestory by Sonia Hartl
Hartl does an excellent job showing how reality can look so very different from how something appears online. With an interesting cast of characters, layered backstories (trauma, grief, heartbreak, poverty, and more), and quick dialogue, I #lovedthisstory.
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Book Review: The Life and Medieval Times of Kit Sweetly by Jamie Pacton
As Kit says, "What better way to smash the patriarchy than with a lance and a sword?"
A Moment of Radical Honesty and Talking Frankly about Modern Poverty in THE LIFE AND (MEDIEVAL) TIMES OF KIT SWEETLY, a guest post by Jamie Pacton
"The notion of radical honesty contains many elements, but a core one is that you can bring about change by being honest. I try to be honest in my life and in my fiction, so, I’ll just come out and say it: I have been very, very poor at certain times in my life," Pacton shares, in this honest and illuminating post about the poverty in her new book and in her own life.
Book Review: We’ll Fly Away by Bryan Bliss
Publisher’s description Luke and Toby have always had each other’s backs. But then one choice—or maybe it is a series of choices—sets them down an irrevocable path. We’ll Fly Away weaves together Luke and Toby’s senior year of high school with letters Luke writes to Toby later—from death row. This thought-provoking novel is an exploration of friendship, […]
Book Review: Being Fishkill by Ruth Lehrer
This book will rip your heart right out of your chest. Several times. Literally. Publisher’s Book Description: Fishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be — until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck-Duck and a chance for a new start. Born in the backseat of a moving car, […]
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