Warrior Girl Unearthed Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that was entirely not her fault, she’s stuck working to pay back her Auntie Daunis for repairs to the Jeep. Thankfully she has the other outcasts of the summer program, […]
On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice A prominent public intellectual tackles one of the most crucial political ideas of our moment. Since Hamas’s attack on Israel last October 7, the term “settler colonialism” has become a center of political debate in the United States. Many progressives, academics, […]
A Constellation of Minor Bears Thank you to HarperCollins, Heartdrum, and Jenny Lu for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Before that awful Saturday, Molly used to be inseparable from her brother, Hank, and his best friend, Tray. The indoor climbing […]
Wandering Stars Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There There —winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, the John Leonard Prize, the American […]
Mind Over Matter: Hard-Won Battles on the Road to Hope Thank you to libro.fm for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. Following the bestselling success of the inspiring All the Way, pioneering Inuit NHLer Jordin Tootoo begins the process […]
I tend to read a lot of audiobooks, but I struggle to write reviews for them, because I process them differently than when I actually read the words. I don’t take the same kind of notes when I read audiobooks, so when I write my reviews, I typically […]
Firekeeper’s Daughter Author: Angeline Boulley Genre: YA Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: March 16, 2021 Publisher: Macmillan Audio CONTENT WARNING: racism, drug use, grief, gun violence, death, violence, addiction, rape, kidnapping, confinement Debut author Angeline Boulley crafts a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the […]
Black Sun Author: Rebecca Roanhorse Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: October 13, 2020 Publisher: Saga Press Series: Between Earth and Sky #1 TRIGGER WARNING: disfigurement, homophobia, alcoholism, prostitution, mention of abuse Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book. I am providing my honest […]
There There Author: Tommy Orange Genre: Contemporary Publication Date: June 5, 2018 Publisher: Knopf TRIGGER WARNING: description of a massacre, substance use, mention of substance use while pregnant, drug dealing, domestic violence, rape, cancer, death, suicide, child abuse, death of animals, gun violence There There is a relentlessly […]
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