Color Me In by Natasha Diaz tells the story of a young girl named Nevaeh Levitz living in an affluent part of New York City. Her mother is Black and her father is Jewish, but up until this point, that has not really impacted her daily life. This is all until her parents get a…
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo encapsulates the story of a teen mother who is still in high school. One thing that this book does is it shows how the main character, Emori, is able to defeat all odds that surround having a child as a teenager with grace. Her daughter’s name is…
This book was fantastic. If you’re into learning about the Black Lives Matter movement and systemic racism in America this book is for you. It was a quick and easy read with an amazing plot in which you would gain an emotional attachment to the characters, and keep you eager to learn more information of…
I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn is such an amazing book. It’s so very relatable and so very heartfelt, I really do love it. Kimi is the definition of any high school senior and Asian American girl. The struggle to understand her future, her ambitions correlated with her family and her path to…
The novel The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik by David Arnold is a refreshing story about the powers of hypnosis. Hypnosis is being in a state of altered consciousness in which you cannot commit voluntary movements and you respond to a particular external stimulus, like a voice. The main character Noah Oakman received hypnosis at…
This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura is such a wonderful and feel-good book. The gist of the story is the conflicts among relationships and the value of the smallest things, even if its in the past. CJ is such an simplistic and ambitious character and her journey is far more complex than her…
In Emery Lord’s The Names They Gave Us , a young teen Lucy has always seemed to have her life together, relying on her faith to get her through difficult situations and having a steady boyfriend like she has always wanted. Lucy’s life is routine and she never faces sanything unexpected or challenging. But when…
Far From the Tree by Robin Benway tells the story and anatomy of siblinghood and family. Grace, Maya, and Joaquin are the book’s main characters who happen to share the same birth mother but have completely different stories. Grace, who was adopted at birth, suffers a detrimental downfall due to the aftermath of having a teenage…
Sasha has been through it all. When she was five, her mother ran away. When she was eight, her father passed away due to an incident in the mines. After that, she has been left with her brother Michael, and no known family left. Sasha and her brother have always dreamed of leaving Caboose, West…
When We Collided by Emery LordA summer like this one will never be forgotten by Jonah and Vivi. Two, both very different individuals will learn about each other, and help one another. Jonah Daniels has never really had any changes happen to him, except for when his father passed away. Now, he must take care…
