Review: The Rez Doctor by Gitz Crazyboy, et al

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The Rez Doctor by Gitz Crazyboy

The Rez Doctor
Gitz Crazyboy
Illustrated by Veronika Barinova
Coloring by Azby Whitecalf
Lettering by Toben Racicot
Highwater Press
Published September 10, 2024

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About The Rez Doctor

Young Ryan Fox gets good grades, but he’s not sure what he wants to be when he grows up. It isn’t until he meets a Blackfoot doctor during a school assembly that he starts to dream big.

However, becoming a doctor isn’t easy. University takes Ryan away from his family and the Siksikaitsitapi community, and without their support, he begins to struggle. Faced with more stress than he’s ever experienced, he turns to partying. Distracted from his responsibilities, his grades start to slip. His bills pile up. Getting into med school feels impossible. And now his beloved uncle is in jail. Can Ryan regain his footing to walk the path he saw so clearly as a boy?

This inspiring graphic novel for young adults is based on a true story.

My Review

I didn’t realize when I read this book that it was inspired by someone’s life. The story follows Ryan as he struggles in school, navigates growing up in a Native community, and becomes inspired to go to medical school and serve his people as a doctor. He faces challenges both in and out of school and college, and nearly gives up more than once. Ultimately, he finds his way through school and family life and leaves readers with an uplifting message about achieving one’s dreams.

The story does show some alcohol consumption and some harmful consequences. For example, Ryan’s uncle comes home drunk with his face bruised. Later, Ryan visits him in jail. In college, Ryan goes out drinking with friends and quickly discovers his grades suffer if he does this, so he quits. I think those scenes make it a little tricky to find the right reader age group. The length of the book will appeal to younger readers, but the content seems targeted more toward older readers.

All in all, this is an inspiring story that shows the importance of resilience and persistence. It’s a really short book– only about 60 pages– and written in graphic novel format, so it’s great for reluctant readers. I could see this being a useful aid for a social studies or career-focused school unit.

Content Notes

Recommended for Ages 14 up.

Profanity/Crude Language Content
One instance of mild profanity.

Romance/Sexual Content
One image shows a couple kissing. Another image shows a couple at a wedding.

Spiritual Content
Ryan asks tribal leaders and Creator for help.

Violent Content
A man comes home with a black eye and tells Ryan he was in a fight.

Drug Content
References to a family member drinking and getting into trouble (happens off-scene.) Ryan and his friends go out drinking. At one point, a friend offers him some pills.

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Review: How Girls Are Made by Mindy McGinnis

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How Girls Are Made
Mindy McGinnis
HarperCollins
Published November 18, 2025

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About How Girls Are Made

Sex Education meets Euphoria in this dark contemporary novel that tackles perfectionism, emotional abuse, and the dark side of social media.

Fallon is a fixer. From planning prom to organizing her college applications, she’s got it all figured out… except for when her younger sister comes to her with very basic questions about sex. Shocked that she knows so little—and her fellow classmates even less—Fallon decides some practical education is in order. And Fallon isn’t above practicing a little civil disobedience by creating a secret, underground, off-campus group.

Shelby is a fighter. Having her nose broken is nothing new in her semi professional career… but this time it’s her boyfriend that threw the punch. Now her phone is blowing up with texts from a new guy, who tells her she’s perfect, she’s special, she’s everything he’s ever wanted… except for a few small details. Shelby’s happy to adjust for him, because isn’t that what a healthy relationship is about?

Jobie is a failure. She doesn’t have enough followers and her posts never go viral, no matter how hard she crushes challenges and applies exactly the right filter. But a friendly DM from a good girl just like her points her in the direction of a whole new audience of admirers. Guys who just want to talk. Guys who give her the attention she’s always wanted. 

The lives of all three girls intersect in Fallon’s secret class, rumors of which have parents up in arms. Fallon needs to keep herself anonymous, Shelby needs to keep her new boyfriend happy, and Jobie needs to keep her followers… who keep asking for more. Each girl finds herself trapped in an inescapable situation—that will leave one of them dead. 

My Review

Not gonna lie, this book is a hard read. It’s such a compelling story. I couldn’t stop thinking about it, even after I finished reading. These are hard topics to write about for teens, and I think the author does a good job scaling the topics to the audience.

I also really appreciate that each of the main characters seem, on the surface, like they’d be insulated from the kinds of trouble they face. Fallon’s conundrum felt the least unexpected, but Jobie and Shelby both read as the kinds of girls who pretty well stay clear of trouble. Shelby, as a wrestling athlete, is not easily pushed around. Her personality is big, frank, and unapologetic.

And yet, we watch her face intense, painful situations that her physical strength can’t spare her from. As much as she wants to shake off the hurt, sometimes she can’t. Her experiences remind us that having a reaction to trauma doesn’t make us weak. It makes us real.

The ending of the book unfolds at a wild pace, with all three girls in increasingly dire circumstances. Periodic italicized scenes from an omniscient point of view remind the reader that one of these girls doesn’t make it through these events alive.

This certainly won’t be a book everyone wants to read, but I’m so glad that there are books for a young adult audience tackling these topics. Education about abuse, intimacy, and online safety can quite literally save lives. I wish that the book included a note in the back offering resources for readers who need help navigating any of the situations that the main characters face. For example, RAINN, a nonprofit organization, offers help for abuse survivors.

Fans of Courtney Summers, especially Sadie or All the Rage will want to read this one.

Content Notes

Recommended for Ages 16 up.

Profanity/Crude Language Content
Strong profanity used somewhat frequently. Some scenes show cruel or disturbing social media comments or messages.

Romance/Sexual Content
Fallon and the girls in her club answer questions from other students about sex and sexual situations (pregnancy prevention, STI transmission, consent, etc.) The information stays pretty generalized. The group discusses the exchange of nude photos and how it’s illegal to send or receive them if the person photographed is under 18 (even if it’s a selfie).

Other references to sex. One scene leads up to a sexual encounter. Another scene leads up to a coerced sexual encounter. Later, someone discovers a video of this experience, obviously recorded without consent.

Spiritual Content
None.

Violent Content
One scene shows domestic abuse. The story catalogs an emotionally abusive relationship. Shelby practices wresling with a partner. At one point, someone body slams another person without their consent.

One scene shows an overdose. Another shows a serious car accident. Another shows a fatal accident.

Drug Content
Shelby drinks alcohol at a teen party. One character swipes someone’s pain medication and takes multiple pills.

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Review: Lord of Blade and Bone by Erica Ivy Rodgers

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Lord of Blade and Bone (Waking Hearts #2)
Erica Ivy Rodgers
Peachtree Teen
Published November 11, 2025

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About Lord of Blade and Bone

A harrowing companion to the romantic fantasy adventure, Lady of Steel and Straw

The kingdom of Niveaux’s most vulnerable are being hanged—their bones mercilessly collected for an arsenal of wraiths. With young Prince Artus locked away and the Order of the Guardians driven from the capital, Cardinal Lorraine the Pure fixes her gaze on conquering bordering nations. To succeed, she’ll have to convince Captain Luc de Montaigne to embrace the power he’s been running from his entire life.

But even in chains, Luc yearns for the light of Lady Charlotte Sand. Proclaimed an outlaw, Charlotte and her lavender scarecrow Guardian, Worth, are staging rebellion with the underground network, the Broken Bird. Three new Guardians have also woken to aid their cause, but someone in their ranks is not who they seem. And with corruption spreading, the Guardians’ hearts are weakening. Can Charlotte trust Luc to abandon his former master and secure peace for the kingdom? Or will the darkness haunting Charlotte’s Guardian destroy any chance for reconciliation?

An exhilarating second installment in the Waking Hearts duology, this YA fantasy was inspired by The Three Musketeers and offers a beguiling dose of dark magic.

My Review

This book was at the top of my list of most-anticipated books coming out this year. I loved Lady of Steel and Straw. I don’t think I spotted the similarities to The Three Musketeers in that first book, but I definitely loved the whole magic system based on guardians with magical hearts that woke when placed inside a scarecrow body laced with herbs.

Lord of Blade and Bone started off a little rough for me, if I’m honest. It’s been a year since I’d read the first book, so I remembered the broad strokes but no details about the political scene or minor characters. The opening scene doesn’t include anyone I remembered from the last book. It sets up the action in this book nicely. Once I finished the book, I went back and reread that first chapter. It made a lot more sense.

There’s not a lot of recap in the opening chapters of this book, despite the fact that it’s almost 500 pages. While I love that I got to read the whole story at once, I wonder if the book would have been better as two novels so there was a little more time to catch up forgetful readers or introduce characters more slowly.

Because there are a LOT of characters, which is something I generally struggle with anyhow. It would have been cool to see a list of all the guardians and their herb-infused abilities somewhere, too.

Though the book started off a little rough, once I remembered who everyone was and what was happening, I didn’t want to stop reading. Charlotte and Luc’s slow burn romance is so sweet. Micah and Viggo are adorable, too.

The book has a lot of political intrigue and wrestling over whether magic abilities are good or evil. There’s a character recovering from addiction. It’s got a lot of intriguing elements.

Conclusion

Lord of Blade and Bone is packed with political intrigue and reads more like an adult fantasy that’s light on romance. If you liked King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo, definitely check out this duology. Be sure to start with Lady of Steel and Straw.

Content Notes

Recommended for Ages 15 up.

Profanity/Crude Language Content
Strong profanity used somewhat frequently.

Romance/Sexual Content
Kissing. References to sex.

Spiritual Content
Wielders use forbidden power to disturb dead spirits, raising them as wraiths who inspire fear, pain, and torment in others. Very rarely, when someone dies, they become a Guardian, or an immortal warrior bonded to a person who will fight someone wielding the dead or settle disturbed spirits as part of the Order of old gods.

Under the cardinal’s rule as regent, the people worship a new duo called the Silent Gods, and the old ways are forbidden.

One theme that emerges in the story explores whether the magical ability to wield wraiths is itself evil or whether it’s a neutral ability that can be used for good or bad.

Violent Content
Situations of peril. Battle scenes. References to torture. References to the murder of civilians. Some brief descriptions of execution.

Drug Content
One character is recovering from a chemical addiction. A few references to alcohol served at social events or adults drinking socially.

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October 2025 Reading Recap

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October 2025 Reading Recap

Well, so far this reading recap thing is going…. well-ish?? I completely forgot to finish my post until now, but it still seems like a more manageable idea than the quarterly approach I was doing before.

I read a lot this month, helped along by the fact that I really enjoyed many of the books on this list. It is going to be SO HARD to narrow down my favorites of the year to ten books. There have been some great ones. This month, among my favorites are Busted by Dan Gemeinhart, We Fell Apart by E. Lockhart, and All the Way Around the Sun by XiXi Tian. Labyrinth of Souls by Leslie Vedder and Silenced Voices by Pablo Leon also blew me away.

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October 2025 Reading Status Update

The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett

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My Thoughts: I heard about this book from another blogger, who loved it. This is a reimagining of Anne of Green Gables if Anne was a witch and was unwillingly adopted by another witch. I wasn’t sure I’d like this at the very beginning because of the Marilla character, but this clever story won me over. The main character is so Anne. I loved this.

Published February 12, 2023 | My Review to Come

Paul Weaver and the Soul Reaver by Sean McMurray

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My Thoughts: Each chapter of this one starts with an illustration that looks like a YouTube video thumbnail. The chapters are written like a video transcript. That format worked really well for this wacky paranormal story.

Published July 8, 2025 | My Review

Through Our Teeth by Pamela N. Harris

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My Thoughts: Harris’s debut was incredible, so I knew I had to read this one. It’s an intense, closed circle suspense story that kept me on edge. I love how she used Wuthering Heights in this book.

Published September 16, 2025 | My Review

Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures #1) by Katherine Rundell

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My Thoughts: Every time I saw this book at the bookstore, I wanted to read it. It’s got some sad moments, but I loved the imaginary world and all the fantastical creatures. Christopher is a great main character. I just bought the sequel, so I’m excited to see where the series goes.

Published September 10, 2024 | My Review to Come

Make Me a Monster by Kalynn Bayron

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My Thoughts: Kalynn Bayron plus a Frankenstein-inspired novel? YES, PLEASE! This contemporary fantasy had me hooked until the last page. The main character’s family runs a funeral home, which was such a cool setup for this kind of story.

Published September 30, 2025 | My Review

Busted by Dan Gemeinhart

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My Thoughts: I thought I couldn’t like another book by this author as much as Coyote Lost and Found, but I was wrong. This wild road trip book had me laughing and crying. I loved every minute of it.

Published October 7, 2025 | My Review

The Essential Christmas Classics by Charles Dickens, et al.

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My Thoughts: This is a boxed set containing three volumes: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffman, and Twelve Christmas Classics, a short story collection by various authors. The collection includes some familiar stories and stories by familiar authors. If you’re looking to start a collection of Christmas classics for readers 10 up, this is a good beginning.

Published October 7, 2025 | My Review

Exquisite Things by Abdi Nazemian

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My Thoughts: So many of the things I want to say about this one are spoilers, so I can’t say them! I did enjoy this one. It has scenes from several different timelines that all converge on a series of events. I like that it showcased life in multiple time periods and gave readers space to compare/contrast them.

Published September 23, 2025 | My Review

If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry

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My Thoughts: This one blew me away. The story follows Jack the Ripper’s murders, but centers on a group of women who ultimately go head to head with him. I loved the setting and unforgettable characters.

Published September 16, 2025 | My Review

The Song of Orphan’s Garden by Nicole M. Hewitt

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My Thoughts: This fantasy novel in verse is such a sweet story. It’s amazing how much world building Hewitt does in so few words. It’s a perfect pick for music lovers.

Published January 21, 2025 | My Review

The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar by Sonora Reyes

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My Thoughts: This is the first novel by Reyes that I’ve read, but I will absolutely read more. Though I wouldn’t describe this as an easy read, I couldn’t help rooting for Cesar, even when we both knew he wasn’t making good choices. Such a moving story.

Published September 16, 2025 | My Review

The Unfinished (The Unfinished #1) by Cheryl Isaacs

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My Thoughts: Making an undisturbed body of water seem sinister isn’t easy, but Isaacs does it so well in this book. This story is perfectly unsettling. The tale continues in a sequel that I couldn’t wait to jump into.

Published September 3, 2024 | My Review to Come

All the Way Around the Sun by XiXi Tian

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My Thoughts: I’d loved another book by this author already, and I love this one, too. It’s an up-close exploration of complicated grief and the cost of avoiding vulnerability. So well done. I highly recommend this one.

Published September 30, 2025 | My Review

The Labyrinth of Souls by Leslie Vedder

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My Thoughts: The author of one of my favorite YA series has started a MG series! And its so worth reading. I loved the creative story world with all the fun creature names. The plot kept me guessing. And Ix is such a wonderful main character. I can’t wait to read the sequel.

Published February 11, 2025 | My Review to Come

The Others (The Unfinished #2) by Cheryl Isaacs

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My Thoughts: Yet again, Cheryl Isaacs makes something completely normal seem deeply unsettling. I think I liked this one even more than the first in the series.

Published September 16, 2025 | My Review

Grave Flowers by Autumn Krause

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My Thoughts: An intricate fantasy world with a mystery spanning generations. I’m not always into enemies to lovers stories, but this one won me over. I have thoughts about the way twins were used in the story.

Published September 2, 2025 | My Review to Come

The House on Rondo by Debra J. Stone

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My thoughts: Partly a historical account, partly a novel. The story of how a neighborhood torn down to make way for a highway impacts the community. A compelling story.

Published October 7, 2025 | My Review

The Leaving Room by Amber McBride

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My thoughts: Mysterious and evocative storytelling in verse. This was such a moving story.

Published October 14, 2025 | My Review

Georgia Watson and the 99 Percent Campaign by Sara F. Schacter

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My thoughts: Such a sweet story! I loved how Georgia uses science and creativity to navigate tricky social situations in her class at school. She doesn’t always get it right, but ultimately, she learns some great lessons.

Published October 14, 2025 | My Review

You’ve Found Oliver (You’ve Reached Sam #2) by Dustin Thao

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My thoughts: This companion to Thao’s popular debut follows Sam’s best friend as he navigates grief and new love. A tender romance exploring the philosophy of space and connection.

Published September 30, 2025 | My Review

The Crimson Throne by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis

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My thoughts: I read a series by these authors before and enjoyed it, so I knew I wanted to read this one. I really appreciate the way the story sets up this enemies-to-lovers romance. Lately, I’ve seen that trope done in some frustrating ways, so I love that I enjoyed this version. I also love alternate history novels, so I’m especially intrigued by those components. Can’t wait for book two!

Published October 7, 2025 | My Review

Hazelthorn by C. G. Drews

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My thoughts: I loved Don’t Let the Forest In, so I knew I wanted to read this book. It’s darker than Don’t Let the Forest In, but has this very “The Secret Garden but make it horror” vibe. Loved the characters. At first there were horror moments that seemed like too much, but they make so much sense once you reach the end.

Published October 28, 2025 | My Review

We Fell Apart: A We Were Liars Novel by E. Lockhart

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My thoughts: I’ve followed this series since the beginning, and I’ll admit that I went into this one uncertain if it would still grab me as much as the first book had. Uh, yeah! It really did. This book takes you on an unsettling emotional journey. It kept me off-balance, waiting for that shoe to drop, and when it did, I still felt stunned.

Published November 4, 2025 | My Review

Once for Yes by Allie Millington

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My thoughts: It’s not everyday that you see a book embrace a building as a sentient character and give it a voice. I loved the way the Odenburgh narrates scenes and finds ways to communicate with its tenants. Prue had my heart from her first page. I loved how she framed things through her “talk show.”

Published March 25, 2025 | My Review to Come

Silenced Voices by Pablo Leon

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My thoughts: I am only ever more convinced that my education didn’t include enough information about South and Central America. I didn’t even realize that this genocide happened. I love that this multi-generational book explores the history and its impact on families.

Published September 2, 2025 | My Review to Come

The Sleepless by Jen Williams

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My thoughts: What an immersive story world. I loved the characters and the tension between them. I will absolutely continue this series.

Published September 30, 2025 | My Review

Your October 2025 Reading Recap

Did you read anything in October that stands out? Do you track your reading? Leave a comment and let me know if you read anything on my list.

MMGM Review: The Beasts Beneath the Wind edited by Hanna Alkaf

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The Beasts Beneath the Wind: Tales of Southeast Asia’s Mythical Creatures
edited by Hanna Alkaf
Harry N. Abrams
Published October 21, 2025

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About The Beasts Beneath the Wind

A sweeping and magical story collection showcasing the mythical creatures of Southeast Asia, including work by two-time Newbery medalist Erin Entrada Kelly and National Book Award finalist Shing Yin Khor

A turtle the size of an island. A cricket that can possess you if swallowed. A giant who turns enemies to stone. The legends of Southeast Asia—or “the lands below the winds,” as explorers used to call it—are populated with a whole menagerie of colorful beasts that inspire awe and fear in equal measure. Yet, passed on as they are through story and song, so many of these stories remain rooted in some long-forgotten past and bound by the borders of the region, creatures of myth and memory and nothing more. Until now.

Welcome to The Beasts Beneath the Winds, a collection of Southeast Asia’s most elusive cryptids by a team of bestselling and award-winning authors. Within these gorgeously illustrated pages, readers will find the stories of seventeen regular kids who encounter these mythical creatures in the here and now, and—fortunately or unfortunately—live to tell the tale.

My Review

I love how upbeat the tone of this whole collection is. Between each story, a two page spread that looks like pages from a journal introduces a cryptid. Illustrations show what the creature looks like while text describes where it lives, its temperament, and what it’s known for.

The stories often center around family relationships and connecting or reconnecting with the protagonist’s culture. Some stories are set in Southeast Asian countries while others happen in the United States. Sometimes the main character learns something unexpected about a friend or relative through their experience with the cryptid. At other times, the beast appears to impart wisdom or simply remind the protagonist that the world is a larger, more mysterious place than they realized.

I also love that this book introduces Southeast Asian mythology to readers in the context of short stories. This would be a perfect book to begin with for readers interested in folklore but who don’t generally reach for nonfiction. A list of further reading recommendations would have been amazing to add.

All in all, this is an entertaining collection that’s sure to engage readers.

Content Notes

Recommended for Ages 8 to12.

Profanity/Crude Language Content
None.

Romance/Sexual Content
None.

Spiritual Content
Contains stories about mythological beasts from Southeast Asian folklore and myths. Reference to Muslim holidays and prayer practices.

Violent Content
Situations of peril. In one story, characters stop poachers. In another, a character intervenes to help a creature battling an evil being.

Drug Content
None.

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Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday

I’m sharing this post as a part of a weekly round-up of middle-grade posts called Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday. Check out other blogs with posts about middle-grade books today on Marvelous Middle-Grade Mondays at Always in the Middle.

Review: Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen

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Two Tribes
Emily Bowen Cohen
Heartdrum
Published August 15, 2023

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About Two Tribes

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the complexity, meaning, and deep love that comes from being part of two vibrant tribes. Mia is still getting used to living with her mom and stepfather, and to the new role their Jewish identity plays in their home. Feeling out of place at home and at her Jewish day school, Mia finds herself thinking more and more about her Muscogee father, who lives with his new family in Oklahoma. Her mother doesn’t want to talk about him, but Mia can’t help but feel like she’s missing a part of herself without him in her life.

Soon, Mia makes a plan to use the gifts from her bat mitzvah to take a bus to Oklahoma—without telling her mom—to visit her dad and find the connection to her Muscogee side she knows is just as important as her Jewish side. This graphic novel by Muscogee-Jewish writer and artist Emily Bowen Cohen is perfect for fans of American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. It is published by Heartdrum, an imprint that centers stories about contemporary Indigenous young people.

My Review

This is one of those books where I have to separate my feelings as a divorced parent from my thoughts about a kid reading this book. It was so easy to identify with Mia’s mom’s struggle with her relationship with her dad. Kids have a right to have relationship with both parents, but it can be really tricky to figure out how to do that safely. And to figure out the difference between safe for your kid and comfortable for you as the other parent. (Because there can be a huge difference.)

Mia’s mom definitely doesn’t do everything right (which she acknowledges). Her dad also has some mistakes to own up for. I liked how both parents are portrayed as imperfect and still learning. That’s pretty real, too.

Mia’s experiences also resonate as realistic. Her hunger to know both parts of her family history is palpable. As she’s able to fill in some of the gaps in her history and culture, she blossoms. It bolsters her confidence. I love that we can see the impact of both cultures on her life.

This book has been on my reading list for a while, but it wasn’t until I spotted it on the shelf at the library that I realized it was a graphic novel. I love seeing a story about Jewish and Muscogee heritage in graphic novel format. If you enjoy stories about family connections and culture, definitely pick this one up.

Content Notes

Recommended for Ages 8 to 12.

Profanity/Crude Language Content
None.

Romance/Sexual Content
None.

Spiritual Content
Mentions of Jewish holidays and traditions. Mia attends a powwow with her family. Mentions of Muscogee traditions and spiritual practices and beliefs. Mia’s cousin shares a Muscogee creation story with her. Mia studies Torah with the rabbi, learning about Jonah. Mia’s dad attends church.

Violent Content
None.

Drug Content
None.

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