First Star for TORCH!
The news is official! Torch has received its very first review…and it’s a Kirkus star! Calling the novel “Equally terrifying and captivating,”...
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A Graphic Novel for the Armchair Traveler
A review of a graphic novel/memoir about a South Korean university student’s introduction to resistance against her country’s dictatorship in 1983.
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Innovative Indie
Review and discussion of a World War II historical novel that shows the high quality of writing and unique subject matter available in self-published books.
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Liu Xiaobo, the Poet Who Would Not Be Quiet
A tribute to Chinese poet, critic, and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died last week while serving an 11-year prison sentence for speaking out for freedom.
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Publishing and Resistance
Remembering how YA literature changed after the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and why we may still have weighty books about diversity and #resistance today.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
