Tag: Dean Atta

Barbie The Album as YA Books Part I

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Filled with beloved bops and ballads, Barbie The Album is the official soundtrack of summer. I’ve curated a booklist featuring a YA book for each song on the album. Just

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Interview with Pine Reads Alumni Ajia Barnes

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Ajia Barnes is a Pine Reads Review Alumni. She is an aspiring writer/poet who was raised in Warner Robins, Georgia. She was born in Hampton, Virginia but due to her

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Celebrating Black Boy Joy

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Content Warnings: Police brutality, death of a loved one, racism, anxiety, depression, COVID-19, pandemic discussions What is joy made out of? Is it made of bubbles, talking lizards, spaceships and

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Watch It, Stream It, Read It | The Cheetah Girls Songs as Books

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Before Blackpink and Little Mix, there was one girl group that stood above all the rest: The Cheetah Girls. It’s been almost twenty years (*gasp*) since the first film originally

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Black Flamingo | Dean Atta

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Black Flamingo by Dean Atta Hodder Children’s Book, 2019, 360 pages Trigger Warnings: sex About the Author: Dean Atta is a British poet who received his B.A in Philosophy and

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2019 Wrap Up

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Aija’s Choice Black Flamingo by Dean Atta Hodder Children’s Books, 2019, 360 pages “I love the main character of the novel and how he always stayed true to himself regardless

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