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Tag Archives: Harlem
Stories, Stars, and Grandparents: When You Trap a Tiger and the Magic in Changing Your Stars
I love it when happy accidents like this happen – two very different books with similar themes popping up back-to-back in my TBR. Here we have two stories involving stories, stars, and close grandparent-grandchild relationships. Continue reading
Posted in books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Reviews
Tagged dancing, grandparents, Harlem, mythology, tigers, time travel, youth fantasy
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Young Blerds: SLAY and My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich
Here are two more books from my Cybils TBR Read Down pile. As the partner of someone who was usually one of just a few people of color at the local sci-fi conventions, I was so happy to see two books for young nerds of color like his younger self! Continue reading


