A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give, at our local SCBWI LA/MS JambaLAya conference. As you can see, I was fangirling a little bit, and I hadn’t even read her book yet! I still regret not making intelligent conversation at the signing or later,…Continue reading On meeting Angie Thomas
Tag: young adult books
Book Review: The Hate U Give
Believe the hype. This book is as good as everybody says it is. From its elegant front cover to its subtly devastating back cover (of a barely visible, faceless, brown-skinned young man) this book had me riveted. Sixteen-year-old Starr attends a party she shouldn’t (her parents would freak) with a friend she barely knows anymore.…Continue reading Book Review: The Hate U Give
JambaLAya Kidlit Festival tomorrow!
Exciting! I’m attending the LA/MS SCBWI children’s literature festival here in New Orleans tomorrow! AND I might get a chance to meet the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Angie Thomas! Ms. Thomas is a guest author at the conference, offering her insight into writing and publishing her first book. Her story is…Continue reading JambaLAya Kidlit Festival tomorrow!
Book review: March
Happy African-American History Month! To celebrate, check out the #1 New York Times and Washington Post Bestseller March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell, winner of: National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award, which recognizes an African American author of a book for kids Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in young-adult literature…Continue reading Book review: March
Book review: Boxers and Saints
Today, when our country feels so divided, I’m gonna recommend a good book. Actually, two: a pair of YA graphic novels that tell the same story from two opposing perspectives. Gene Luen Yang’s Boxers and Saints, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist, can be read in either order; I read Boxers first. Set in Northern…Continue reading Book review: Boxers and Saints
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