![]() If you haven’t heard of it before, it was born out of a crazy coincidence. And as such, I actually think my book is kind of good. Why? Because unlike my work’s committee, this is a one-woman show. That said, I suffer no such compunctions with today’s list. So it was with a tiny bit of sadness that we made sure that Long Road to the Circus, my debut novel, didn’t make it onto our list. And putting your own book on the committee that YOU created and help run… that’s a bit skeezy, isn’t it? It’s a little “Oh wow! What a coincidence! A book I wrote made it onto this list I run!” Yech. ![]() It’s something I stole from my former employer New York Public Library, and I absolutely love running it. So I run this marvelous committee out of my library every year that determines the 101 Great Books for Kids. The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera You literally couldn’t imagine him any other way if you tried. I found the ending satisfying and that cover image by Gordon James? He must have read the book cover to cover because that IS Emmett. Seuss makes it into this book) but you stick with it because you’re invested in Emmett. There are moments where it feels like the author just wants to pack as much history and current talking points into the narrative as possible (even the problematic nature of Dr. Emmett is both smart as a whip and really good at self-sabotage. Will he still be a boy wonder or something a lot more complicated? Oo! I like this one! Granted, Olugbemisola likes to pack a LOT of words on a page, so this one took me longer to read than I would have necessarily liked. But when Emmett’s beloved older brother Luke says he’s going to work at a fancy Black summer camp, Emmett finds a way to tag along. If he’s not guaranteed to win then super smart Emmett doesn’t want to play. This book would completely deserve it.īlack Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood, edited by Kwame Mbalia Cline-Ransome got herself some shiny gold. I certainly hope the Newbery committee puts aside the whole this-is-a-companion-novel nonsense and judges this book on its own merits because it is far and away high time Ms. I kept finding excuses to listen to more. Sometimes I have to drag myself back to continue listening to an audiobook. I had the distinct pleasure of listening to the audiobook and reader Dion Graham KILLS IT with his rendition. ![]() There’s not an excess sentence or superfluous scene in this book. Lets create pottery email 31 how to#You other authors out there need to read this to get a sense of how to write with the least amount of fat. And this book may be one of the best written, most enjoyable of this year. There isn’t so much of a whiff or a hint that there are other books out there. ![]() Having completely forgotten their plots, I came into Being Clem cold and I can tell you for sure and for certain that it stands entirely on its own. And yet it had been a long time since I read either of those books. This book is a companion to her previous books Finding Langston and Leaving Lymon. In a sense she’s sort of painted herself into a corner. Me? I aspire to someday lasso even a tenth of the emotional power of a Lesa Cline-Ransome novel. If you are an author, it is good to find fellow contemporary authors to aspire to. Something to look out for then.Īmari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Lets create pottery email 31 full#It’s a tricky subject, and maybe I don’t agree with every choice the writer made, but on the whole it’s unique, full of math love, and emotionally balanced. Of course, for my part I was impressed by how well the author worked Lucy’s love of math into the basic text. It’s a dark premise but Isler keeps things nicely balanced throughout. Now indulging in her love of math and joining an afterschool mime group, Lucy has a chance to make a new life for herself and for her classmates. ![]() Her younger brother had a heart defect and died not long before her move. Lucy, as it turns out, is living in the wake of her own family trauma. And since no one really ever moves to this town, her status as the new kid is unique. Now entering the 8th grade, Lucy is the same age as the kids that witnessed and survived the shooting firsthand. Lucy and her family move to a town that experienced a massive school shooting a couple years before. Considering the fact that my kids have to participate in active shooter drills on a regular basis, it stands to reason that the plot of this book should touch on the reality behind it. ![]()
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