Synopsis: It’s the last few days of her vacation in Pakistan, and Amina has loved every minute of it. The food, the shops, the time she’s spent with her family—all of it holds a special place in Amina’s heart. Now that the school year is starting again, she’s sad to leave, but also excited to… Continue reading Review: Amina’s Song by Hena Khan
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Review: As You Were by David Tromblay
Synopsis: A hypnotic, brutal, and unstoppable coming-of-age story from within the aftershocks set off by the American Indian boarding schools, fanned by the flames of nearly fifteen years of service in the Armed Forces, exposing a series of inescapable prisons and the invisible scars of attempted erasure. When he learns his father is dying, David… Continue reading Review: As You Were by David Tromblay
Review: Surviving the White Gaze by Rebecca Carroll
Synopsis: Rebecca Carroll grew up the only black person in her rural New Hampshire town. Adopted at birth by artistic parents who believed in peace, love, and zero population growth, her early childhood was loving and idyllic—and yet she couldn’t articulate the deep sense of isolation she increasingly felt as she grew older. Everything changed… Continue reading Review: Surviving the White Gaze by Rebecca Carroll
Review: Your Corner Dark by Desmond Hall
Synopsis: Things can change in a second:The second Frankie Green gets that scholarship letter, he has his ticket out of Jamaica.The second his longtime crush, Leah, asks him on a date, he’s in trouble.The second his father gets shot, suddenly nothing else matters.And the second Frankie joins his uncle’s gang in exchange for paying for… Continue reading Review: Your Corner Dark by Desmond Hall
Review: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Synopsis: A god will returnWhen the earth and sky convergeUnder the black sun In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. Meanwhile,… Continue reading Review: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Review: Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
Synopsis: Where does the story of the Owens bloodline begin? With Maria Owens, in the 1600s, when she’s abandoned in a snowy field in rural England as a baby. Under the care of Hannah Owens, Maria learns about the “Unnamed Arts.” Hannah recognizes that Maria has a gift and she teaches the girl all she… Continue reading Review: Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
Review: Nobody Ever Talks About Anything But The End by Liz Levine
CONTENT WARNING: This review is about a book that talks explicitly about suicide, mental illness and substance use. Synopsis: I feel like I might be a terrible person to be laughing in these moments. But it turns out, I’m not alone.In November of 2016, Liz Levine’s younger sister, Tamara, reached a breaking point after years… Continue reading Review: Nobody Ever Talks About Anything But The End by Liz Levine
Review: Nothing Without Us Anthology
Synopsis: We are the heroes, not the sidekicks.“Can you recommend fiction that has main characters who are like us?” This is a question we who are disabled, Deaf, neurodiverse, Spoonie, and/or who manage mental illness ask way too often. Typically, we’re faced with stories about us crafted by people who really don’t get us. We’re… Continue reading Review: Nothing Without Us Anthology
Review: 24/6 by Tiffany Shlain
Synopsis: Internet pioneer and renowned filmmaker Tiffany Shlain takes us on a provocative and entertaining journey through time and technology, introducing a strategy for living in our 24/7 world: turning off all screens for twenty-four hours each week. This practice, which she’s done for nearly a decade with her husband and kids (sixteen and ten),… Continue reading Review: 24/6 by Tiffany Shlain
Review: The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett
Synopsis: Traveling with her treasure-hunting father has always been a dream for Theodora. She’s read every book in his library, has an impressive knowledge of the world’s most sought-after relics, and has all the ambition in the world. What she doesn’t have is her father’s permission. That honor goes to her father’s nineteen-year-old protégé—and once-upon-a-time… Continue reading Review: The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett
Review: The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
Synopsis: In Berlin, at the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. She finds her way to a renowned rabbi, but it’s his daughter, Ettie, who offers hope of salvation when she creates a mystical Jewish creature, a rare and… Continue reading Review: The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
Review: The Braid by Laetitia Colombani
Synopsis:In India, Smita is an untouchable. Desperate to give her daughter an education, she takes her child and flees her small village with nothing but resourcefulness, eventually heading to a temple where she will experience a rebirth.In Sicily, Giulia works in her father’s wig workshop, the last of its kind in Palermo. She washes, bleaches,… Continue reading Review: The Braid by Laetitia Colombani
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