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For Strong Girls Who Like Poetry: Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X

July 26, 2019July 25, 2019 ~ Swapna ~ Leave a comment

You Might Like This Book If You…

  • Enjoy YA coming of age books,
  • Struggled with fitting into religious expectations as a teenager,
  • Clashed with your immigrant parents over cultural differences as an American teenager,
  • Love slam poetry
Continue reading “For Strong Girls Who Like Poetry: Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X” →

A Classic Remix

July 18, 2019July 17, 2019 ~ Swapna ~ Leave a comment

You might like this book if you…

  • are a fan of Pride and Prejudice,
  • enjoy YA books that explore coming of age in a world rife with social prejudices,
  • like sassy leading ladies,
  • want to be transported into the world of Afro-Latino culture in Brooklyn,
  • are looking for a strong #ownvoices book,
  • want to listen to an audiobook read by a New Yorker with poetry and soul in her voice
Continue reading “A Classic Remix” →

A Book that Broke My Heart: Into the Wild

June 18, 2019June 17, 2019 ~ Swapna ~ Leave a comment

You Might Like This Book If You…

  • know someone who is young, free-spirited, and difficult to define or pin down,
  • have heard the call of the wild,
  • like nonfiction books in which the writer must do a bit of sleuthing in order to understand their subjects
Continue reading “A Book that Broke My Heart: Into the Wild” →
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