pick4.5/5⭐️
Unreliable narrator, bleak, violent, sad, dark and all the triggers.
I couldn‘t stop reading.
so-so(2017) Six years ago, a white family's baby died while in the care of Mary's mother. The blame fell on Mary, who has just been released from 6 years in "baby jail" to a group home. But what really happened and will the truth ever out? Mixed feelings about this: it has multiple strengths but ultimately didn't work for me due to a gimmicky resolution. OTOH, the audiobook is read by Bahni Turpin, who is always a pleasure to hear.
Think I‘m behind on the #12booksof2024 so this is my October pick. I finally read Dear Martin & this one—in time to meet Nic Stone at a book fair. Loved both, but this one hit me just a bit more because of kids I have worked with. @Andrew65
pickWhile I was still processing Dear Martin, I wanted to listen to this one. The story of Quan, who‘s in juvie for murdering a cop, & his contacts with Justyce. TWs for domestic violence, gangs, gun violence. This book is one I can relate to because I used to work in a school with these types of boys (poor, poc, trauma in fams). I have thought about my 3 Black boys from that school who have died before they were 18 in the last few yrs. The school 👇
Tired, by Langston Hughes
It has been a hard week in the US, for those of us who believe the Death Penalty should be abolished. 5 state executions in 7 days.
I am sad, I am tired.
If you have not read the tagged by Angela Davis or The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander I really encourage you to even if you do not live in the states.
#AboutABook #ByMultipleAuthors @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
One of the only books this year I‘ve sent away for my own physical copy of as soon as my library copy got returned.
pickI can't wait to better recommend this one to my students. It highlights the school to prison pipeline that exists in much of America. It is about how small decisions can have big consequences and about accepting what you cannot change.
I'm teaching this one in my summer Children's Lit class! Zoe intercepts a letter from her absent father on her 12th birthday and learns that he is claiming to be innocent of the murder he's been convicted of. This starts her quest to get him released, learning how systemic racism impacts the judicial system. Zoe and her father start a sweet correspondence to get to know each other, bonding over food and music.
#MiddleGradeMonday @Karisimo
