What sets it apart from similar books is the expressiveness of the characters, and an edginess that's not often found in books for very young children published in the United States. (This was originally published in Great Britain in 2007.) ...
I have not been reading. For months now. I have picked up books here and there and never got into them then let life get in the way. That’s just stupid. The “life” I let get in the way had to do with things I’d rather not be doing, i.e. a job for money, where the ...
You may get some snooty people’s noses turning up for these books being YA, or “for girls” (they’re not, they’re for everyone,) but let me assure you—the writing, characters, and plots are more beautifully intricate and adult than anything, say, I dunno…picking another Deeply Sk...
A blog about magic, books, writing, laughter, and much more! I'm a YA fantasy author, poet and reviewer. My first YA fantasy novel The Curse of Time - Book 1 - Bloodstone is set in Cambridge and Book 2 - Golden Healer is now out too. As well as this, I have contributed to ...
there were no shrubs for me to hide the eggs. The girls could see every egg through the windows and patio door as we ate lunch. They couldn’t keep their eyes off the garden. This third year, there are some shrubs and small trees and raised flower beds that helped to keep some eggs...
but stands so ferociously for girls who’ve been silenced; all the authors who’ve written Orthodox representation into their YA books and remind me there’s a space for it, including Leah Scheier, Aden Polydoros, and Isaac Blum; obviously Aimee Friedman, who first inspiredGoing BicoastalwithTw...
As a child, then even into my teens, I loved the atmosphere of the church. The Mass was in Latin, a language I didn’t understand, except for the prayers my parents made me memorize. As I graduated from first to fourth grades, I learned more and more Latin, until I knew what the...
survived, though for many years of childhood I had a wobbly walk, would often fall from just anywhere, and everyone started calling me, “now what” and “ what next, where?” Was a runner, everywhere, never hungry loved the open air, loved books, all fair ...
Books burnt awayFrom American brainsHerded back toStone AgeIn the name of GodNoRedeem themFatherFor they know notWhat they doSoundFrom JesusUhhh, it ain’t Easter yet, dudeWhatever Silence of the lambsStrangled onThe highway to hellAmerican brainsBurning onBroken infrastructureWe are The World ...
teens are keeping themselves alive as they can in low light near breathless June waters. Boston Seaport, July 2024 Where the unpredictability of the body meets weather is the world. Toweatheris to survive and fall apart. Like this. I am weathering, every day ...