The War Between Us by Sarah Creviston Lee Publication Date: December 14, 2015 Paperback & eBook; 330 Pages Genre: Historical Fiction Editor’s Choice Award from the Historical Novel Society. Alex Moon is not the enemy. Six months after Pearl Harbor’s tragedy, Korean American Alex Moon is sent away from his home in California …
I’m Still Here Review
Austin Channing Brown’s first encounter with a racialized America came at age 7, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future employers into thinking she was a white man. Growing up in majority-white schools, organizations, and churches, Austin writes, “I had to learn what it means to love blackness,” a journey that …
Dear Martin Review
Justyce is top of his class and headed for an Ivy League school, but he is also one of the only African American boys in his area. This is emphasized when he is put in handcuffs after trying to transport an intoxicated friend back home after a party. He has tried to fit in with the …
Carve The Mark Review (Carve The Mark #1)
Cyra grew up with her older brother, her tyrant father, and her loving mother. When she is young, she gets the power to cause people pain. When her brother comes into power, he uses her power to torture and gain information out of people. She hates that she is exploited like this, but there is …
The Secret of the Old Clock Review (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #1)
Nancy is a strong-willed 16 year old girl whose father is a lawyer. When she hears about how the rich Topham family is receiving all of the money from deceased Josiah Crowley’s will, she is slightly suspicious. When she hears rumors from some of the old friends that Josiah used to have and the Tophams …
The Hate U Give Review
Starr is a 16-year-old African American girl. She goes to school at Williamson, which is the private high school made up of mostly white kids, but she lives in the Garden, a place that many including herself sometimes consider the “ghetto”. She usually doesn’t talk to many of the people there, simply because she doesn’t …