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Brutalized & Blamed | How Grown Explores the Exploitation and Victim-Blaming of Black Girls

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Warning: This blog contains major spoilers for Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson, as well as a discussion of rape/sexual assault, pedophilia, stalking, murder, and emotional and physical abuse. (See all

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Celebrity Children’s Authors | The Book With No Pictures by BJ Novak

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Celebrities are, by definition, some of the most viewed and talked about members of our society—and sometimes they leave their normal professions and write books for kids. Which begs some

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The Military and its Narrative Possibilities in Young Adult Lit

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When I read YA novels, like many of us, I harken back to my high school years and all of the struggles and tribulations that that period of my life

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Celebrating All Love Around the World in Love is Love: The Journey Continues

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Warning: This blog contains spoilers for Love Is Love: The Journey Continues written by Fleur Pierets and illustrated by Fatinha Ramos (Six Foot Press, releases November 17, 2020).          Based on

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Trick-or-Treat | Pick a Spooky Literary Locale to Visit This Halloween

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Happy Halloween from everyone here at Pine Reads Review! Even if you aren’t getting to trick-or-treat in person this year, we have a spooktacular graphic below where you can choose

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“Nobody is Safe Here” | Reacting to I’M NOT DYING WITH YOU TONIGHT by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal

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Content Warnings for I’m Not Dying With You Tonight: Violence, police brutality, racism  I’m Not Dying With You Tonight released on August 6, 2019 from Sourcebooks Fire, and is co-written

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