![Coming of age in a Puerto Rican-Mexican family [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/the-moon-within-1.jpg?fit=318%2C434&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
The Moon Within by Aida Salazar Format/source: ARC/ALAMW19Published: 26 February 2019Publisher: Arthur A. Levine BooksLength: 240 pages Genre: Contemporary middle grade verse★★★★ Celi Rivera’s life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy. And her best friend’s exploration of what […]
One of the assignments for my children’s literature course last term was to write 25 annotations (snapshot reviews between 50 and 150 words) on all sorts of kidlit. It was a great opportunity to delve out of my comfort zone […]
![25 KidLit Annotations: Early Readers [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/we-are-growing.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
One of the assignments for my children’s literature course last term was to write 25 annotations (snapshot reviews between 50 and 150 words) on all sorts of kidlit. It was a great opportunity to delve out of my comfort zone […]
![Anna-Marie McLemore’s Dazzling Debut [Review + Discussion Questions]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/weight-of-feathers.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
The Weight of Feathers, Anna-Marie McLemore’s debut novel, tells the story of two families of entertainers caught up in a bitter feud. The French Romani Corbeaus walk in trees and the Latinx Palomas swim as mermaids, travelling to small towns in California for performances. The Weight of Feathers explores themes of family, loyalty, and love with a touch of magical realism. The book is #ownvoices for Latinx representation.
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Deep within the enchanted woods in the town of Watch Hollow stands the once-grand Blackford House, whose halls hold a magical secret: a giant cuckoo clock that does much more than tell time. But when the clock’s gears cease to turn, an evil presence lurking among the trees begins to come out of the shadows.