Clap When You LandElizabeth AcevedoQuill Tree BooksPublished May 5, 2020 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About Clap When You Land In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that … Continue reading Review: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Poet XElizabeth AcevedoHarperTeenPublished March 6, 2018 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About The Poet X Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable … Continue reading Review: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
With the Fire on HighElizabeth AcevedoQuillTree BooksPublished May 7, 2019 Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indiebound | Goodreads About With the Fire on High With her daughter to care for and her abuela to help support, high school senior Emoni Santiago has to make the tough decisions, and do what must … Continue reading Review: With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
FuriaYamile Saied MéndezAlgonquin Young ReadersPublished September 15, 2020 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About Furia An #ownvoices contemporary YA set in Argentina, about a rising soccer star who must put everything on the line—even her blooming love story—to follow her dreams. In Rosario, Argentina, Camila Hassan lives a double life. At home, she is a … Continue reading Review: Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez
Best Books I Read in 2023 I feel like I’ve spent the whole last month scrambling to catch up on the things I didn’t get to in December, which means that my January tasks have also gotten pushed back a little later than normal. But, at last, here we are: talking about the best books … Continue reading Best Books I Read in 2023
Only on the WeekendsDean AttaBalzer + Bray/HarperTeenPublished May 24, 2022 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About Only on the Weekends From the Stonewall Award-winning author of The Black Flamingo comes a romantic coming-of-age novel in verse about the beautiful–and sometimes painful–fallout of pursuing the love we deserve. The ideal next read for fans of Kacen Callender, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Becky Albertalli. … Continue reading Review: Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta
