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So many of my favorite YA authors have come together to create a collection about JOY! The joy of play, of love, of achieving a goal. Bring it on Suyi Davies Okungbowa, and P. Djeli Clark, and Jerry Craft, and Tochi Onyebuchi! Told through genres that are accessible to young people: fantasy, scifi, comics, poetry,... Continue Reading →
Emmy is back... with a new directive: Use the magazine to encourage women to join the military effort. But her research and interviews find that these jobs in shell factories and the like are not as inviting to women as they should be. Important issues have to be addressed, yet the male managers could not... Continue Reading →
Is it bad to say that I got exactly what I expected out of this book? MMA-style fighting... a school for fighters... fighters fighting... a crusty mentor... big fights that mean A LOT!!! This is the kicker (pun intended): Fighters battle for their particular nation. That means that they will go in the ring to... Continue Reading →
I was sitting on the porch of our family cabin reading this book... and all of a sudden a speedy red helicopter ripped over my head. I had heard that there was a missing hiker one canyon over, but this may have been for another emergency. The Sierra Nevada range in dangerous. An injury that... Continue Reading →
A mother's suicide draws a young woman into the biggest journey of her life. Upon her death, Leigh's mother turns into a bird. A bright red bird that Leigh gets glimpses of in her peripheral vision... a reminder of her mother. A reminder or a sign or a message? Leigh's mother is Taiwanese and dropped... Continue Reading →
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