YA Books with Strong Female Leads
Whether you’re looking for books to celebrate Women’s History Month or just amazing titles to add to your…
by Leila Hobbs March 9, 2021
Whether you’re looking for books to celebrate Women’s History Month or just amazing titles to add to your…
by Leila Hobbs March 9, 2021
Want a contemporary novel for your curriculum? Need classroom library suggestions? Check out Clap When You Land by…
by Leila Hobbs February 17, 2021
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, y’all! We celebrate this every year from September 15th to October 15th, and we…
by Danielle Hall September 24, 2020
When Liliana Cruz gets an opportunity to go to a school in the Boston suburbs, her immigrant mother…
by Danielle Hall August 18, 2020
This week we’re chatting about Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. Our guest is author H.D. Hunter who has some…
by Danielle Hall September 12, 2019
Are you teaching short stories for high school, and all you have is a dusty anthology of “classic”…
by Danielle Hall August 15, 2019
From the 17th Century adventures in Lady’s Guide, to the dystopian future predicted in Internment, this list has…
by Danielle Hall June 20, 2019
Picture Us in the Light – Kelly Loy Gilbert Danny Cheng has always known his parents have…
by Danielle Hall March 30, 2018
A Possibility of Whales by Karen Rivers Summary Twelve-year-old Natalia Rose Baleine Gallagher loves possibilities: the possibility…
by Danielle Hall March 9, 2018
Books to Read, Love, and Share: Americanized by Sara Saedi Description from Goodreads: At thirteen, bright-eyed, straight-A…
by Danielle Hall February 27, 2018
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood by Christopher Emdin In For White Folks Who Teach in…
by Danielle Hall November 2, 2017
How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon is a careful, thought-provoking portrait of the aftermath of a shooting,…
by Danielle Hall October 3, 2017
Wild Swans by Jessica Spotswood Ivy grew up in her great-grandmother’s house under the constant gaze of…
by Danielle Hall April 18, 2016
Fifteen Lanes by S. J. Laidlaw Noor, the daughter of a sex worker, has grown up in…
by Danielle Hall March 28, 2016
The Love that Split the World by Emily Henry Natalie’s last summer before college is off to…
by Danielle Hall February 7, 2016
Underwater by Marisa Reichardt After a terrible tragedy, Morgan is too afraid to leave her apartment. She…
by Danielle Hall January 31, 2016
Everything, Everything Madeline, who can’t leave her Clean House for fear of dying from an allergy to an…
by Danielle Hall January 10, 2016
Read Nouvelle: We Were Liars and many more! I recently signed up to receive Advance Reader Copies through…
by Danielle Hall May 26, 2015
Teaching Historical Fiction: Ideas for Fever 1793 I love Historical Fiction, and my new favorite is Laurie Halse…
by Danielle Hall May 2, 2015