Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Kirby’s Lessons for Falling (In Love) is a touching young adult graphic novel that underscores the highs that may come out of the lows in life. From a complex sapphic romance to grief over the loss of a parent and from the pressure of being […]
Some of Us: A Story of Citizenship and the United States
Reviewed by Social Justice Books Staff Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Some of Us: A Story of Citizenship and the United States endeavors to celebrate the diversity of immigrants in the United States and the contributions they make to society as well as underscore the freedom and milestone of choosing to become a naturalized […]
Ophie’s Ghosts
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Ophie’s Ghosts, winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, is a beautifully tender middle grade novel set in the 1920s about the complexity of grief and its lingering effects on both the living and the dead. Author Justina Ireland offers a thought-provoking message […]
The Secret Diary of Mona Hasan
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Written in the tradition of The Diary of Anne Frank and The Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾, this insightful middle grade novel teases out serious themes such as war and politics, immigration and racism, classism and labor, genderism, and more through the lens […]
Noor Needs to Know!
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Precocious Noor needs to know why the women in her family wear hijab, all in different ways that suit them just right. There’s Affa, the best sister and the coolest hijabi whose hijab is always wrapped stylishly. There’s Auntie Salma, the toughest hijabi, whose hijab […]
They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: They Call Me Teach is a fictional story based on true accounts of enslaved African Americans turning to literacy as a form of empowerment. The narrative takes readers through a week in the shoes of “Teach,” a young man who was taught to read and […]
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