A Winner Speaks Out (and Congratulations!)
Congratulating Malinda Lo on her National Book Award win, taking place in a climate of censorship about which she has spoken out, and I speak out too.
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Award-Winning Nonfiction: Revolution in Our Time
Review of the National Book Award finalist Revolution in Our Time, a history of the Black Panther Party for teen readers.
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Tyrannies of Right and Left
A review off Margarita Engle’s new verse novel Your Heart, My Sky and a defense of democracy and human rights.
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The Story of a Publisher: #WorldKidLit Month
The origin story of publisher Levine Querido and a memoir of the Querido family, Dutch Jews of Portuguese descent persecuted in the Holocaust.
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City Elections 2021
With elections coming up, why it’s important to get involved in local races, and a meeting with Alvin Bragg, a candidate for Manhattan district attorney.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
