It's here! It's here! It's awesome! It stands alone (although there are a few minor plot points that you'll appreciate more if you've read New Kid). IIt's here! It's here! It's awesome! It stands alone (although there are a few minor plot points that you'll appreciate more if you've read New Kid). It's a wonderful blend of humor and serious anti-racist subject matter and would make a great family read for conversations about race.
**A 2020 Favorite!** I loved, loved, loved this funny, gory novel about a book club in Charlestown, SC that takes on a neighborhood vampire. Set in th**A 2020 Favorite!** I loved, loved, loved this funny, gory novel about a book club in Charlestown, SC that takes on a neighborhood vampire. Set in the 90s, it's Steel Magnolias meets Anne Rice and such an enjoyable read with memorable characters and a giggle for every shudder. I listened to the audiobook, expertly narrated and fully voices by the indomitable Bahni Turpin. This is a perfect summer read and distraction. It's my first Grady Hendrix, but it won't be my last! ...more
What a powerful story with a strong heroine on America's frontier. This book is a fabulous historical novel to hand to readers of the Little House booWhat a powerful story with a strong heroine on America's frontier. This book is a fabulous historical novel to hand to readers of the Little House books who like stories of strong girls in the American West. It doesn't shy away from the racism that a non-white person would have experienced, while still making this an empowering and engaging story that will appeal to a wide variety of readers. ...more
Gene Yang never thought he'd write a basketball book. But when that's what all the kids at the high school where he teaches wereWhat a fantastic book!
Gene Yang never thought he'd write a basketball book. But when that's what all the kids at the high school where he teaches were talking about their basketball team, Yang investigated to see if there was a story there.
A super basketball team that had never won a state championship, despite playing in the championship game many years. Could this be their year? Yang intersperses the team's story with his own personal story of taking steps forward into the unknown. As he worked on the book, he wrestled with the difficult decision whether to quit his beloved teaching job and write full time. That might sound like a story only an adult audience can appreciate, but Yang treats his teen subjects with such respect and honesty that this truly is a teen book with huge crossover potential.
Not only a self-deprecating memoir of Yang's learning curve with basketball and the changes that he and the team go through, this is an action-packed sports story and the book dips its toe into sports history, as well. Sports fans will definitely appreciate this book, but there's a lot for the nerdy quiet kids who don't care about basketball, too.
Press this into the hands of kids who enjoyed ATTUCKS by Phillip Hoose....more
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