Tag: fantasy

Celebrate National Coming Out Day with Queer YA Lit

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Last week, we celebrated Banned Books Week, seven days of promoting challenged books and speaking out against censorship. As I read list after list of banned books and the reasons

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The Lightstruck | Sunya Mara

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Out Now from Clarion Books; 433 pages Content Warning: Violence, discussion of suicide, poisoning, death About the Author: “Sunya Mara grew up in six different cities across five different states

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The Sun and The Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure | Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro

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The Sun and The Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro Out Now from Disney Hyperion; 480 pages Content Warning: Violence, death, abuse, grief About

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Evaluation of Diabetes Representation in Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

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Books and other forms of media have the ability to shape how society perceives certain conditions and disabilities, such as type 1 diabetes. As someone who is knowledgeable about diabetes,

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Tucson Festival of Books Spotlight: Children’s Authors

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Since its foundation in 2009, the Tucson Festival of Books has welcomed authors, programs, and exhibitions from diverse groups in hopes of promoting literacy rates across Southern Arizona. Included among

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Lonely Castle in the Mirror | Mizuki Tsujimura

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Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura  Out now from Erewhon Books; 384 pages.  Content Warnings: Discussions of anxiety, bullying, abuse, and sibling death.  About the Author: “Tsujimura is

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