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Dive into the riveting world of Endling, a thrilling fantasy trilogy from Katherine Applegate, the New York Times bestselling and Newbery Award-winning author of The One and Only Ivan and more! In the beginning, Byx’s original quest was to discover if there were more of her kind, or if she was destined to become an endling—the last dairne alive. Now, she and her new friends discover that it wasn’t just dairnes in jeopardy of extinction, but that everyone was at risk....
Let’s start with Elementary school Danielle. While living in a small town, the library was a refuge unlike any other. It was there I found myself drawn to books like the Strawberry Shortcake, Nancy Drew, and Karen: Little Sister series. Hindsight shows me that these formative reading experiences shaped the way I viewed my gender immeasurably. They were full of deep female friendships and daring adventures. Unfortunately, they were also steeped in patriarchal views of what women should be like and were packaged in the most stereotypical ways....
While I automatically reached for Alan Cumming, Amy Poehler, Shonda Rhime’s memoirs because I love what I already knew of them and wanted to hear more from them, non-celebrity memoirs give me the opportunity to get to know someone new where I don’t already know at least some of the events and the ending—i.e. their current life status. My favorite memoirs always teach me something about life, myself, take me out of the world I know and into new ones, and either make me feel as if I was at a dinner party with a wonderful storyteller or leave me wanting to go to dinner with the author for more stories....
For Gabi, her poetry is a way to make sense of the world around her, to understand her true self and those around her, as well as to soothe the parts of her that are fraying. In a world that undervalues teenaged girls of color, Gabi uses poetry to carve her identity and show onlookers that yes, she is present, she will not be ignored, and she is worthy. Poetry becomes a form of defiance and apparently, I am drawn to characters who use poetry as a tool of resistance....
Sometimes your genre kryptonite happens to be the fellas with an actual weakness for the infamous space rock. I’ve always loved superheroes. But in the immortal debates of Batman or Superman? Wolverine or Cyclops? Iron Man or Captain America? I fall firmly in the camp with the do-right, goody two-shoes heroes. The Boy Scouts, if you will. Sure, they’re plain vanilla and a bit boring, but they’re also inspiring. They give you hope that, no matter how dark and twisty life gets, there’s someone who fights for justice, who’s out there to protect you....
It wasn’t until I came across The Mortal Instruments‘ Clary Fray that I started to figure it out. At first I was drawn to her determined, one-tracked (okay, somewhat obsessive) behaviour, but by book three in the series I knew with certainty what it was that I enjoyed about her: her love for drawing. Clary uses the very “mundane” talent of drawing to make herself valuable in a world that prizes physical strength....
One of the concept stores is in Columbia, MD, a mere 45-minute jaunt for me. It opened in fall 2018, so I figured it was high time for me to check it out and see the “concept” for myself. My hope was that books would be more in the spotlight, unlike the traditional stores heaving with toys, games, and other knick knacks. In an interview with store manager Jim Jurczak, my hope was affirmed....
Because college life is way different than the high school experience, I love reading about characters who navigate exciting new things that will form them as adults. It’s definitely something that cannot be expressed during your teenage years. Your first job, classes more focused on what you love, more independence, and maybe dropping out of college (anything can happen!) are the themes that you might see in these manga set in college....
Where to Start Reading Maureen Johnson’s Books Further Reading These are just my favorites. But Maureen Johnson’s written so much! She partnered up with John Green and Lauren Myracle for Let It Snow, a collection of interconnected stories about Christmas and romance and smooching. She wrote a handful of fun romcoms in the mid-2000s, too, Suite Scarlett and The Bermudez Triangle among them. The Name of the Star is the first book in the Shades of London series, and I cannot recommend it enough....
When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would spread as widely as it did. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it. Thousands of people participated in the challenge, and nearly 100,000 people downloaded the Me and White Supremacy Workbook. Updated and expanded from the original workbook, Me and White Supremacy, takes the work deeper by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and including expanded definitions, examples, and further resources....
Master vampire Ian has made many enemies over 200 years, including Dagon, a demon who now lays claim to his soul. Ian’s only chance to escape is to join forces with a Law Guardian, but he’s never been able to abide by the rules for long. Veritas’ normal role is police, judge, and jury to reprobates like Ian, but she has her own ax to grind with Dagon. As she uses Ian as bait for the demon, Veritas realizes his devil-may-care image hides something more powerful, and Ian discovers Veritas has secrets of her own....
Since I’m not the parent of small children and therefore don’t spend a lot of time keeping up with kids television programming, I had no idea how good Sesame Street actually could be. We all got a reminder last week when the show helped celebrate the return of Game of Thrones with a spot-on parody called “Game of Chairs” where Robb, Cersei, Joffrey, and Daeneyrus compete to see who will sit on the Iron Throne of Jesteros....
After I stopped stressing about the colons, comas, and dashes in the Spider-Gwen graphic novel titles, I enjoyed the latest adventures of Gwen Stacey by Seanan McGuire. I liked Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider, Vol. 1: Spider-Geddon, but I LOVED Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider, Vol. 2: The Impossible Year! Captain Marvel got me into Marvel movies, but Spider-Gwen got me into their graphic novels. These glimpses into Spider-Gwen’s life were welcome after her cinematic debut in the Oscar winner Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (sequel will be out in 2022!...
It doesn’t have to be this way! Kids love poetry and take to it naturally. I’m not sure they are even aware it’s poetry they are reading or having read to them. For them, it’s fun, a way to hear a good story or silly language and get attention from the grownup reading to them. Some older kids and teenagers read and write poetry to express feelings and be creative....
Before we go any further, it’s important to note that both fiction and nonfiction can be utilized in any medium (film, television, plays, etc.). Here, we’re focusing on the difference between fiction and nonfiction in literature in particular. Let’s look closer at each of these two categories and examine what sets them apart. What Is Fiction? When it comes to the differences between fiction and nonfiction, Joseph Salvatore, Associate Professor of Writing & Literature at The New School in New York City, says, “I teach a course on the craft, theory, and practice of fiction writing, and in it, we discuss this topic all the time....
From Brandon Sanderson―author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive and its fourth massive installment, Rhythm of War―comes a new hefty novella, Dawnshard. Taking place between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, this tale (like Edgedancer before it) gives often-overshadowed characters their own chance to shine. While real-world libraries are, sadly, corporeally and temporally fixed (and, as far as I know, have never employed an orangutan as Head Librarian), there are still plenty of examples of libraries around the world that are secret or restricted, dealing with very different kinds of texts to the public libraries we know and love....
What was I supposed to do now? But this past year, I’ve noticed a resurgence. A ton of new series kicked off in the late spring and early summer of 2022, some of which still pop up in my pull box every month. My email inbox has been filling up with press releases for additional series launching this year. On Free Comic Book Day back in May, Image Comics gave readers a first glimpse of a whole-ass new horror universe, courtesy of Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino’s Bone Orchard Mythos....
Joe Hill—the mastermind behind N0S4A2 and Locke & Key—has arrived at DC, curating his own cutting-edge horror comics pop-up! Hill House Comics will terrify readers with a smart, subversive and scary lineup of five original limited series. Hill House Comics debuted with Basketful of Heads, written by Hill and illustrated by Leomacs. The chills continued in the following months with The Low, Low Woods; The Dollhouse Family; Daphne Byrne and Plunge, from some of the biggest names in horror storytelling....
