Unsurprisingly, the first Ukrainian books for children about the Euromaidan revolution, death, and the war in Donbas were picturebooks (Świetlicki, 2018). Probably due to the political situation in Ukraine also, one of Maya’s classmates is a refugee and another lost her father in Donbas....
UNDER THE JOLLY ROGER : BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FURTHER NAUTICAL ADVENTURES OF JACKY FABER Meyer, Stephenie. NEW MOON Meyer, Stephenie. TWILIGHTMichaels, Rune. THE REMINDER Mikaelsen, Ben. TREE GIRL Miklowitz, Gloria D. THE ENEMY HAS A FACE ...
as an independent being, a literature proper to him could also be envisaged. And so in the mid-18th century what may be defined as children’s literature was at last developing. Shifting visions of the child Even after the child had been recognized, his literature on occasion persisted in ...
F. Scott Fitzgerald, American short-story writer and novelist famous for his depictions of the Jazz Age (the 1920s), his most brilliant novel being The Great Gatsby (1925). His private life, with his wife, Zelda, in both America and France, became almost
Feeling out of place at home and at her Jewish day school, Mia finds herself thinking more and more about her Muscogee father, who lives with his new family in Oklahoma. Her mother doesn’t want to talk about him, but Mia can’t help but feel like she’s missing a part of herself ...
“The Cleopatras by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is about all the queens called Cleopatra: the one most of us know about being, in fact, Cleopatra VII. You learn a lot about Ptolemaic Egypt as well as what was happening further East (the first Cleopatra was from Syria). Very striking is the ...
Destroy Peter Michaels. When Peter’s daughter, Wendy, shows up in his bar, James sees his opportunity and takes it. Wendy’s spent her life sheltered by her overprotective father. James’s interest immediately captivates her, but she can feel something off about him… it only makes her ...
In contrast, the ideas explored in ‘Doppelganger’ are very much of the here and now, having been published just last year, but I think this book will remain relevant for a long time. What starts out as an amusing anecdote about being repeatedly mistaken for anti-vax right-wing conspiracy...
That said, the content ratings (beyond being subjective) are based on memory and thorough research. So, make sure to do your own research as well. I hope this is a helpful starting point. How we rate steam levels at The Silver Petticoat Review: One: Wholesome, G-like, some mild kis...
She spends her early years in Russia but then grows up as a teenager in Montana, before being drawn into gunrunning and revolution in the streets of Washington, D.C., during the depths of the Great Depression. When a surprising revelation about her past puts her in the crosshairs of U.S...