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Tag Archives: realistic fiction
Shifting Friendships: a Middle School Book List
When my teen librarian, Ms. D, and I started talking about a realistic fiction list for middle school, the way that formerly close friendships often start shifting in middle school came up as a particularly relevant topic. I’d been working … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Lists, Middle Grade, Realistic
Tagged bibliography, friends, middle grade fiction, middle school fiction, realistic fiction
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2019 Newberys: Merci Suárez Changes Gears and The Night Diary
Here are reviews of this year’s Newbery and Newbery honor books. I had read just one of these when it first came out, The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock. And shout-out to my blogging friend Sondy at Sonderbooks, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Historical, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic
Tagged award winners, historical fiction, Latinx, Newbery, realistic fiction, South Asian, youth audiobooks, youth fiction
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Queer as a Five Dollar Bill
I’d heard of Lee Wind’s blog, I’m Here, I’m Queer, What the Hell Do I Read before, but it took me a little bit to put this together with the nice guy I was chatting with at KidLitCon. He told … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Print, Realistic, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged #OwnVoices, LGBTQ, realistic fiction, teen fiction
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The Hate U Give
This is the first book to be published directly because of the #WeNeedDiverseBooks movement, so of course I had to read it. My only advice would be to please, don’t do as I do, and listen to this audiobook at … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reviews
Tagged #ReadDiverse2017, #wndb, African-American, realistic fiction, teen fiction
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Always and Forever, Lara Jean
It’s always disorienting coming back to blogging from vacation, but here I am, with another simultaneously light and weighty book by Jenny Han, the closing book in the series that started with To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Always and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reviews
Tagged #ReadDiverse2017, Asian-American, diversity, realistic fiction, teen fiction
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
I’m continuing Latin@ week at alibrarymama with a book that’s become a classic just in the five years since it came out. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Read by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Simon … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reviews
Tagged #ReadDiverse2017, Latino/a, LGBTA, realistic fiction, teen fiction
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Stef Soto, Taco Queen
A rare upbeat but realistic view of middle great in Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reviews
Tagged #OwnVoices, #ReadDiverse2017, Latino/a, realistic fiction, youth fiction
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Towers Falling
I was interested to see what the author of Cybils finalist Bayou Magic would do with the topic of September 11, just recently far enough in the past for students to need to learn about it in school. Towers Falling … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reviews
Tagged #ReadDiverse2017, African-American, diversity, history, Muslim, New York City, realistic fiction, youth fiction
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TTT: Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read For the First Time In 2016
Here are ten of my favorite new authors for 2016, with great stories for middle grade, teen and adult readers. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Lists
Tagged diversity, Fantasy, historical fiction, realistic fiction, Top Ten Tuesday
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Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell
Do you love Rainbow Rowell as much as I do? I thought I’d read everything she’d written – until Kate at Mom’s Radius posted about this one, a novella written especially for World Book Day in the UK. Happily, she’d … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reviews
Tagged Asian-American, diversity, fandom, realistic fiction, Star Wars, teen fiction
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