Showing posts with label racial equality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racial equality. Show all posts

Friday, February 17, 2023

The Tryout

by Christina Soontornvat

Love this completely accurate portrayal of middle school in the south. Soontornvat is on fire right now--all her books are winners. Anyone who has ever lived through middle school will find something to relate to in this book!

 

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

 

by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

Wow. I feel weird saying I "enjoyed" a book like this, but that speaks to the enumerable talents of Jason Reynolds--that he can take this topic, and actually make it something that you really look forward to picking up and reading again every time you put it down. Horrified, heart-broken, educated, enlightened. Puzzled, ashamed, shocked, sadly not-shocked. Simultaneously energized and defeatedly depressed. Lots of emotions here. Many have said this before me, but what an important book to have in our hands right now.