I Can Make This Promise

Middle grade literature can too often become heavily reliant on a number of well-worn tropes. For example, this year (2019) we’ve been seeing a slew of books where the mom is dead and the daughter has to essentially care for her grief-stricken father. But this literature isn’t just limited to dead m......more

I'm not sure what I was expecting when I picked up this book for #vaultathon, but what I do know is that I learned so much. I've always been an advocate for reading diverse books or reading books with Black characters or books written by Black authors, but what I didn't realize is how much I have to......more

CW: (view spoiler)[Forcible removal of babies from supposedly unfit American Indian mothers, grief over loss of loved ones (hide spoiler)] Well that was another exceptionally interesting middle school novel! I never cease to be horrified at the appalling treatment of Indigenous peoples. I wasn't aware of some of the discriminatory......more

This was so good and so important and just, please read this. Please add it to your TBR.......more