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This fall, I’m starting a new chapter in my career. Let’s call it “The Forty-Something First-Year High School Teacher.” I’m almost finished with my teacher certification course work as well […]
Kyle Lukoff’s Too Bright to See (2021)
I don’t know if the title of Kyle Lukoff’s debut middle-grade novel Too Bright to See (2021) was inspired by Lesléa Newman’s Too Far Away to Touch (1998), but I […]
Jimmy Matejek-Morris’s My Ex-Imaginary Friend (2021)
Jimmy Matejek-Morris’s My Ex-Imaginary Friend (2021) creatively explores the deliberate silences and painful experiences of invisibility that comprise one young boy’s childhood. Ten-year-old Jack has a part-walrus, part-human imaginary friend […]
Kate Moore’s The Radium Girls (2020)
I just finished Kate Moore’s young reader’s edition of The Radium Girls. Wow! I was emotionally engaged from beginning to end. Moore tells the story of hundreds of young women […]
Natalie Lloyd’s Over the Moon (2019)
Natalie Lloyd’s Over the Moon (2019) will have readers immediately rooting for Mallie, the middle-grade fantasy novel’s twelve-year-old protagonist. Mallie lives with her parents and younger brother in Coal Top, […]
Pat Cummings’ Trace (2019)
A series of interrelated events assemble to create a haunting tale of intergenerational salvation in Pat Cummings’ debut middle-grade novel Trace. The title character loses his loving parents in a […]
Aida Salazar’s The Moon Within (2019)
Aida Salazar’s The Moon Within features a beautifully dimensional cast of Latinx characters who are evocatively brought to life through her poetic vignettes. However, at its core the book is […]
Raise Them Righteous 