Carole Boston Weatherford’s Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe covers Marilyn’s expansive influence, but attempts to do so through Norma Jeane, the real woman behind the so-called blonde bombshell. … More Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe by Carole Boston Weatherford
Goerzen’s free verse is appropriate for a young audience as it is uncomplicated and makes use of staple devices such as concrete imagery, caesura, and enjambment which act as guides to convey where Mercedes’ emotions ebb and flow. … More River Mermaid by Christy Goerzen
Review by RJ McDaniel. Provides young readers with concrete examples of how numbers shape our lives while giving them the framework to pursue their curiosity about these numbers beyond the pages of the book. … More We Are One: How the World Adds Up by Susan Hood, illus. Linda Yan
Review by Shyamala Parthasarathy
From narrative essays to how-to-guides to poetry and illustration, the book offers a wide range of fat writers directly addressing fat teens on topics from fashion to self-acceptance. … More The (Other) F Word, ed. Angie Manfredi
Review by Elizabeth Leung
It is truly a testament to the genius of the original song how, over 40 years after its debut on The Elephant Show, the undeniably catchy tune of Skinnamarink(-y dinky dink, skinnamarinky doo) can resonate with this book’s readers. … More Sharon, Lois and Bram’s Skinnamarink by Sharon Hampson, Lois Lilienstein, and Bram Morrison with Randi Hampson, Illus. by Qin Leng
Review by Emily-Anne Mikos
Laurie Halse Anderson wrote Speak in 1999 to encourage the discussion and awareness of sexual assault that was lacking at the time. Shout is the response to absence of change since then by further exploring what it means to be a survivor in the form of a poetic memoir. … More Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
Review by Tze Liew
The moon, la Luna, means so many things to eleven-year-old Celi Rivera. A dancer in the night. A goddess pulling on the tides of her heart. Her first menstruation cycle, which will wax and wane with the month. … More The Moon Within by Aida Salazar
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