New York Times-bestseller Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult is a fascinating novel about an African-American labor and delivery nurse, Ruth Jefferson, who works in a mostly white neighborhood in Connecticut. Ruth comes from a poor family and grew up as one of the only African-Americans in her neighborhood who graduated with a professional degree. […]
The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky, Reviewed by Raven J. Callaway-Kidd, age 11
In Holly Schindler’s book, The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky, there are two kinds of people: the ones that shine like Gus’s truck, Old Glory, and the kind who are dull like rusted metal at McGunn’s Scrapyard. The way I see it, books are the same way. Most books I read shine like Old Glory. […]
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Reviewed by Laura Chiu, age 12
Opening Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, I felt almost like I was in fourth grade again-overly eager, attentive, and absolutely addicted to the Harry Potter series. I devoured up her books, one by one, despite the fact that they were, well, enormous. I immersed myself in Harry’s world as best as I could. Nobody […]