7 Mesmerizing LGBTQ YA books every young adult should know
With love in the air, I have been reading a ton of LGBTQ YA books this February. Whether…
February 14, 2023With love in the air, I have been reading a ton of LGBTQ YA books this February. Whether…
New year, new bookshelf goals! A personal goal of mine this school year is to add more diverse…
Looking for text recommendations and engaging resources that you can use during Native American Heritage Month (and year…
Whether you’re hosting a lit circle or adding to your classroom library, these novels in verse will be…
One tool for promoting diversity in the classroom is using texts by international authors. Here are 5 texts…
Want to have a dystopian literature circle in your classroom? Let me plan it for you! This post…
Whether you’re looking for books to celebrate Women’s History Month or just amazing titles to add to your…
Want a contemporary novel for your curriculum? Need classroom library suggestions? Check out Clap When You Land by…
What a year 2020 has been, am I right? Well, amid everything, some amazing new books joined the…
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, y’all! We celebrate this every year from September 15th to October 15th, and we…
I recently finished Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron and it got me thinking about using inclusive YA…
Are you looking to create a more inclusive classroom library? Are you asking yourself, “What should I read…
Hey y’all! Are you looking for diverse texts for secondary ELA? Do you want to grow your classroom…
With the decade drawing to a close, it’s time to reflect on the great books released in 2019!…
This week we’re chatting about Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz, a heartwarming #ownvoices tale of two…
Our friend Courtney joins us to chat about A River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy. It’s perfect…
Books can be both mirrors, reflecting students’ lives, or windows into the lives of others. You know the…
Writer & teacher L. Samantha Smith joins us to chat about The Stars and the Blackness Between Them…
This week we’re chatting about Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. Our guest is author H.D. Hunter who has some…
BookTuber, Nikea JaLynn (cohost of the series #BlackGirlLit), joins us to chat about The Revolution of Birdie Randolph…
Are you teaching short stories for high school, and all you have is a dusty anthology of “classic”…
Stacey Lee does it again! The Downstairs Girl is exactly the kind of historical fiction we need right…
Project Runway meets Mulan in the new YA fantasy novel Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim. Joining us…
sHow many Asian American YA novels do you have in your classroom library? We recently read Wicked Fox,…
From the 17th Century adventures in Lady’s Guide, to the dystopian future predicted in Internment, this list has…