Tag: contemporary

The Children’s Home + 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act [Review]

13 July 2018 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
The Children’s Home + 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act [Review]

The Children’s Home by Charles Lambert In a sprawling estate, willfully secluded, lives Morgan Fletcher, the disfigured heir to a fortune of mysterious origins. Morgan spends his days in quiet study, avoiding his reflection in mirrors and the lake at the […]

Claire King Writes an Effective 5 Year Old Narrator in The Night Rainbow [Review]

5 July 2018 / review / 0 Comments
Claire King Writes an Effective 5 Year Old Narrator in The Night Rainbow [Review]

The Night Rainbow by Claire King Format/Source: ebook/library Published: April 2013 Publisher: Bloomsbury Length: 224 pages Genre: Contemporary fiction ★★★★  Under the sweltering heat of the summer sun, five-year-old Pea – and her vivid imagination – run wild in the meadows […]

Family Reads: Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of A Fist by Sunil Yapa

19 August 2017 / family reads / 0 Comments
Family Reads: Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of A Fist by Sunil Yapa

Born out of a desire to get a family of book lovers to connect more over what they’re reading, Family Reads is an occasional feature where my mom, dad or sister and I read and discuss a book. Why we chose […]

Exploring Biracial Identity in The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond

3 July 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Exploring Biracial Identity in The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: January 2014 Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books Length: 240 pages Genre: Contemporary middle grade Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery Violet is a smart, funny, brown-eyed, brown-haired girl in a […]

Diversity Spotlight Thursday #2

29 June 2017 / brief reviews, meme / 2 Comments
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #2

Read and Enjoyed: Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee Mattie, a star student and passionate reader, is delighted when her English teacher announces the eighth grade will be staging Romeo and Juliet. And she is even more excited when, after a series of […]