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Started this today - read the intro and part one. This piece was a difficult one to swallow. I can't even imagine the things that these people have had to endure as a luxury of where I happened to be born. Looking forward to gaining more insight to something I don't know a whole lot about #learningthroughreading #readingwithoutwalls

Who needed another book challenge? This lady! BookBar made a Reading Without Walls Bingo board for grown ups based on the kid version. Started it off with Every Soul A Star, which was wonderful. Let's see what I can complete by the end of Aug! #BookBarDenver #ReadingWithoutWalls #BookBingo

This spring I shared Gene Luen Yang's #readingwithoutwalls challenge with my fifth graders. I thought I better challenge myself too.

I didn't know much about this book before reading it, except that it had received numerous accolades. I loved the storytelling and the gorgeous language - certain scenes are embedded in my brain forever.

Catching up on some Gene Luen Yang today. #readingwithoutwalls

I'm doing the #readingwithoutwalls challenge with my teen book club, and this was my choice for a topic I don't know much about 🐦

Spoiler: Birds do have knees, but they're hidden by the feathers close to the torso. The part of the leg that bends backwards is their ankle 🤓

"A satiric recounting of the pious struggle of Elijah, Elisha and Jeri as they fight for the immortal souls of their people. Based on the bestselling book The Bible written by God." Also, it's a graphic novel. Okay, I'll bite. #readingwithoutwalls #graphicnovels #biblestories #satire #whatishappening #arc

My library is celebrating Chinese culture. They've dedicated an entire wall to panels from Gene Luen Yang's book. ❤ #Ilovemylibrary #readingwithoutwalls

This book is gorgeous and yet completely devastating. I couldn't bring myself to read it to my kids (5 and 3) but I was so glad *I* read it.

The pages I feature above read (from top to bottom):
I dreamt of pistols that shoot butterflies...
I dreamt that wars are always fought with flowers...
[Some trees] grow despite everything. And it is they who help all to breathe. (Trees = kids)

#readingwithoutwalls

"I think of those words now, as I sag between two legionnaires in the dungeons below Blackcliff. Loyal to the end. Loyal to whom? My family? The Empire? My own heart? Damn my heart to the hells. My heart is what landed me here in the first place." #readingwithoutwalls #diversebooks

This book was so much more than I expected in the best possible way! Yes it is a story about two priests trying to help find a serial child murderer (big TW) in the Philippines. But it also deals with political corruption, intense poverty, abuse of religious power, and the cycle of child abuse. If you like crime mysteries this is a must read!

#readingwithoutwalls #Filipino #mystery #WNDB