![Fighting Words from a 10 Year Old Who Speaks Up about Sexual Assault [MGLit Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fighting-words.jpg?fit=1688%2C2550&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Ten-tear-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. When their mom’s boyfriend took them in, Della had Suki. When that same boyfriend did something so awful they had to run fast, Della had Suki. Suki is Della’s own wolf — her protector. But who has been protecting Suki? Della might get told off for swearing at school, but she has […]
![The Deep & Dark Blue: A Magical Coming Out Tale [MG Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deep-dark-blue.jpg?fit=318%2C432&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki SmithFormat/source: Hardcover/ LibraryPublished: January 2020Publisher: Little, BrownLength: 256 pages Genre: FantasyTarget Age: 8+ After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance lead them to the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will. As the twins learn more about the Communion, and […]
![Contemporary Feminism in Middle School: Dress Coded and Maybe He Just Likes You [MG Reviews]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dress-coded.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Dress Coded by Carrie FirestoneFormat/source: ebook/NetGalleyPublished: 7 July 2020Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers (Penguin Random House)Length: 320 pages Genre: ContemporaryTarget Age: 10+ Molly Frost is FED UP… Because Olivia was yelled at for wearing a tank top when she had to keep her sweatshirt wrapped around her waist. Because Liza got dress coded and Molly didn’t, even though they were wearing the exact same outfit. Because when Jessica was pulled over by the principal and […]
![Pet: A Unique and Important Reading Experience [YA Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/pet.jpg?fit=1000%2C1519&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. With doting parents and a best friend named Redemption, Jam has grown up with this lesson all her life. But when she meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colours and claws, who emerges from one of her mother’s paintings and a drop of Jam’s blood, she must reconsider what she’s been […]
![My First Robin Hood Retelling [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/outlaws-of-sherwood-forest.jpg?fit=261%2C437&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Robin is an apprentice forester in the woods of Nottingham. The arrows he makes and sells earn barely enough extra coin to retain the title to his father’s small lands. The sheriff of Nottingham’s jealousy toward Robin’s father is just as fierce towards his son, and the sheriff’s men take every opportunity to harass the young woodsman. But when Robin defends himself by accidentally killing one of the sheriff’s men, […]