A wonderful contemporary story about a high school senior who is navigating many things--exploring a crush with a new boy at school, raising her two year old daughter, and pursuing her career of becoming a chef. Highly recommended for aspiring teen (or adult!) chefs or anyone who likes a fast-paced novel with richly diverse characters.
A perfect book to cozy up with in the winter months if you are feeling contemplative and reflective. May writes about her own experiences with weathering hardships in her life, and how rest and self-care can go a long way. She also writes about natural phenomenon such as the Northern Lights, animals in hibernation, and how different cultures have their own ways of coping with the long winter months. I listened to this on audiobook and the narrator is lovely!
Fantastic fantastic fantastic story for exploring the complexities of racism, classism, and the detrimental effects of microaggressions in today's world. This graphic novel is important for ALL readers in modern America.
What a beautiful adaptation of one of the most groundbreaking YA novels out there. The artwork, style, and modern updates enhanced this story and made it all the more accessible for a wide range of readers. Whether this is your first introduction to this story, or if you are revisiting a favorite like I am, this graphic novel is highly recommended.
This is a graphic novel about female friendship that is rooted in a shared love for art. I found this particular friendship to be relatable because it was frought with tensions related to parents’ expectations, urban vs. rural life, and finding a sense of self inside and outside of a friendship. This was a very quick read with beautiful artwork and I can’t wait to see it in full color!
This book should come with a trigger warning. I got about halfway through and could not read any more because it was so graphic and horrific. Unimaginable things have been done and and still being done to people of the "lower caste" (i.e. non-whites) but I did not necessarily need to read about every minute detail. I think that this book is extremely powerful and looks at race in America in a different way than other books that I've read, I just wish that it would have been edited to be more readable for the general public. I think that if this book was republished as a young readers edition I would absolutely read it. I just could not take the graphic violence that put me on edge for days after reading.
An amazingly articulate text about how intersectionality is the only way to move feminism forward. Chalk full of personal and societal accounts, Kendall's book is a must-read for feminists who are aspiring to be better allies.
Suzette and Lionel are step-siblings that have a very close relationship, until Lion begins struggling with a mental illness and Suzette is sent off to boarding school on the other side of the country. This was a great book that incorporated blended families, exploring one's sexuality, and the pain of dealing with a family member with bipolar disorder.