Category: Reviews

That’s a Wrap! | Staff Favorites of 2020

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2020 has been . . . a year, to say the least. Luckily, the book gods still graced us with some amazing stories to help endure the veritable hellscape around

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Just Our Luck | Julia Walton

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Just Our Luck by Julia Walton  Random House BFYR, 2020, 272 pages  Content Warning: generalized anxiety, panic attacks, mild violence, character passes out, bullying/revenge, death of loved ones (off-page), blackmail,

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Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance | Nikki Grimes

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Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes With poems by Mae V. Cowdery, Helene Johnson, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Clarissa Scott Delany, Angelina Weld Grimké, Gertrude Parthenia McBrown, Anne

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Love & Olives | Jenna Evans Welch

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Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch Simon Pulse; 2020; 500 pages Content Warnings: Divorce, anxiety, bipolar disorder, kidney disease About the Author: “Jenna Evans Welch was the kind of

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The Next President | The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America’s Presidents | Kate Messner

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The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America’s Presidents by Kate Messner  Illustrated by Adam Rex Chronicle Books LLC, 2020, 48 pages About the Author: “Kate Messner

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A Universe of Wishes | Dhonielle Clayton

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A Universe of Wishes edited by Dhonielle Clayton and written by Samira Ahmed, Jenni Balch, Libba Bray, Dhonielle Clayton, Zoraida Córdova, Tessa Gratton, Kwame Mbalia, Anna-Marie McLemore, Tochi Onyebuchi, Mark

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