Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero is an elevated middle grade novel set in small town Texas around the twentieth anniversary of 9/11. The story dissects both social and racial justice themes with care, including religious/racially-charged bullying and racial profiling. Author Saadia Faruqi offers a […]
Super Nani and Captain Yaz
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Super Nani and Captain Yaz is a picture book for elementary children that tells the story of how a young girl grows and cultivates a bond with her grandmother despite speaking different languages. Nani will be visiting for the first time from her small village […]
Silenced Voices
Review Source: Publishers Weekly Book Author: In a solo debut, Leon (Miles Morales: Stranger Tides) delivers a potent graphic novel examination of the effects of the Guatemalan civil war on its people. In 2013, American-born brothers José and Charlie live with their overworked single immigrant mother, Clara, in Langley Park, Maryland. When a teacher asks […]
This Thing of Ours
Reviewed by Edi Campbell Review Source: Black Cotton Reviews Book Author: Frederick Joseph is a celebrated poet and nonfiction author. He writes to engage young readers in critical ways to understand how white supremacy and racism permeates our society while providing them with hope for true change. While this is his first work of fiction for […]
Anisa’s International Day
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Anisa’s International Day is a middle grade book perfect for upper elementary children looking to make their foray into more ambitious, independent reading. In this narrative, author Reem Faruqi shows readers the importance of having an open mind and checking their own biases. Anisa’s third […]
Miss Rita, Mystery Reader
Reviewed by Sarah Goodman Duffy Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Reading is what? Fundamental! — Ru Paul Miss Rita, Mystery Reader, by Sam Donovan and Kristen Wixted, is a story that begs the question: in the wake of widespread challenges to DEI, is this what people are really afraid of? Miss Rita is the […]
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