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Finding Junie Kim By Ellen Oh

July 7, 2021 ♦

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Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow! What a book! The focus on family and stories is such an important focus and I loved the power shown to the elders. I also loved the awfully accurate racism shown in this book-it was real and…

What Lane? By Torrey Maldonado

June 19, 2021 ♦

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What Lane? by Torrey Maldonado My rating: 5 of 5 stars Thank you Torrey Maldonado and Nancy Paulsen Books for sharing What Lane? with the LitReviewCrew in exchange for an honest review! This book is what my library, and many libraries and homes, need. Here are 3 things I loved:1-Finding…

Slay by Brittney Morris

June 19, 2021 ♦

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Slay by Brittney Morris My rating: 4 of 5 stars Thank you for sharing this book with the LitReviewCrew.This book was more than a gaming book…it was a book that touched on really important issues. Some of my favorite quotes is this one: “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the…

Review: Muhammad Ali by Kwame Alexander and James Patterson

September 24, 2020 ♦

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Thank you to Edelweiss for an eARC and for Libby.fm for sharing an audiobook. I am a HUGE Kwame fan and will read ANYTHING he writes, so it was no question that I would fight to get this book as soon as I could. Even better, the audiobook was narrated…

Sharing Black Stories: The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert

June 16, 2020 ♦

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Audiobooks have become a staple for me over the last couple of years. I first discovered them when I was traveling all over as a substitute teacher. I think my first audiobook (CD) was Hamilton…and it was a long listen! Now you can find at least 3 audiobooks downloaded on…

Sharing Black Stories: For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama J Lockington

June 8, 2020 ♦

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I am a girl but most days I feel like a question mark. People throw their looks at me. Then back at my mama sister and papa. Who are all as white as oleander. Then they look back at me. Black as a midnight orchard. And I see their puzzled…

Sharing Black Stories: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

June 6, 2020 ♦

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Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, originally published in 1976, was one of the few books that I remember from my childhood. I read a lot, but this is one of the books that I was constantly reading and rereading. Something drew me to the Logans. It…

NetGalley Readathon Week 1

May 17, 2020 ♦

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Well, WEEK ONE is done and I am proud of my progress and the books I have been reading! Here is my updated Bingo card. The check means I finished, the circle means I am currently reading! Somehow…I am on my way to a BINGO without planning it! What a…

PB Frenzy Review: Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins

July 29, 2019 ♦

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Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins By Michele Meadows and Illustrated By Ebony Glenn A lyrical picture book biography of Janet Collins, the first African American principal dancer at the Metropolitan Opera House. Janet Collins wanted to be a ballerina in the 1930s and 40s, a time when racial segregation…

Mini Review

June 30, 2019 ♦

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In a racially polarized classroom in 1970 Alabama, Lu’s talent for running track makes her a new best friend — and tests her mettle as she navigates the school’s social cliques.Miss Garrett’s classroom is like every other at our school. White kids sit on one side and black kids on…