Book Review: Jadie in Five Dimensions

What do you do when you realize your whole life has been a lie? Jadie in Five DimensionsDianne K. Salerni Science-fiction has a wonderful habit of exploring the speculative and theoretical, sometimes you come out the other side feeling smarter, and other times you come out with your mind thoroughly worked out. My brain was…

Book Review: Wink

Wink: Surviving Middle School with One Eye OpenRob Harrell We’re starting the year off strong with this captivatingly raw, yet polished contemporary middle grade novel. There is only one thing keeping me from giving it a full 5 stars, which I will get into below. If you liked School of Rock, or are a fan…

Book Review: Blended

BlendedSharon M. Draper I’d never read Sharon M. Draper’s work before; but given the accolades online about her work and the awards she’s won, I thought that suggesting Blended to my teen intersectionality book group was a solid choice. They seemed to think so too (but I’ll get their full opinions after I’ve drafted this…

Book Review (+bonus Discussion Questions): The Only Black Girls in Town

The Only Black Girls in TownBrandy Colbert I was so excited, not to mention relieved, when my Teen Intersectionality Book Group picked The Only Black Girls in Town to read for January (and I will be posting my discussion questions at the end of this review too). The last few picks have been uplifting, thankfully,…

Week 10: Awkward

An OEL manga, Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova, is a wonderfully articulated story about learning to fit in and how to make friends in middle school. Peppi Torres loves art and loves her Art Club. Art Club’s contentious rival is the Science Club and its members. In a nod to traditional manga tropes of story lines centered…