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Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
Reviewed by Rethinking Schools Review Source: Rethinking Schools Book Author: Margarita Engle Every 20th-century U.S. history class covers World War II. However, the 1943 attack by white sailors on...
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Forest World
Reviewed by Padma Venkatraman Review Source: The Pirate Tree Book Author: Margarita Engle In Forest World, Young People’s Poet Laureate, Margarita Engle, once again demonstrates her mastery over the...
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Sing to the Moon
Reviewed by Kirkus Reviews Review Source: Kirkus Reviews Book Author: Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl A young boy and his jjajja share memories and wishes in this tender tale set in Uganda. Have you ever...
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The Gravedigger’s Archaeology
Review Source: Independent Book Author: William Archila I have taught several poems by Salvadoran American poet William Archila. At the end of my American Literature class, we have discussed several...
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Clap When You Land
Reviewed by Shea Martin Review Source: Electric Lit Book Author: Elizabeth Acevedo I don’t remember where I was when I heard about Covid-19, when I learned that life would never be the same. Nine...
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When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through
Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: Joy Harjo The first three lines in Rendon’s poem, “What’s an Indian Woman to Do?” are these: what’s an...
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Kiyoshi’s Walk
Reviewed by Pat Corekin Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Mark Karlins “Where do poems come from?” young Kiyoshi asks his grandfather, Eto, and so begins a wonderful journey of poetic...
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Other Words for Home
Review Source: Notes from an Islamic School Librarian Book Author: Jasmine Warga SYNOPSIS: Jude is a 12-year-old girl living on the beach in Syria, watching American movies with her friends and...
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If They Come for Us: Poems
Reviewed by @mariaelenag96 Review Source: Brown Girl Bookshelf Book Author: Fatimah Asghar “Poems of vulnerability, of anger, of love,” reflects guest reviewer @mariaelenag96 on Fatimah Asghar’s work....
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Black Girl You Are Atlas
Review Source: Rethinking Schools Book Author: Renée Watson Black Girl You Are Atlas is Renée Watson’s first book of poetry. Like her novels, Watson’s poems explore the intersection of race, class,...
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