The best YA books take on the toughest subjects. Speak is remarkable and important. It's a story I'll put on our family bookshelf to guide conversatioThe best YA books take on the toughest subjects. Speak is remarkable and important. It's a story I'll put on our family bookshelf to guide conversations we'll have sooner than I'd like to admit. The voice feels so honest, so real.
Special nod to Jason Reynolds for a striking note at the end of this story and to the author for her very thoughtful remarks as well. (Listened to audio version.)
Remarkable. Thankful to Chanel Miller for sharing her voice and name with us. She gives us context and insight to a crime that captured the nation's aRemarkable. Thankful to Chanel Miller for sharing her voice and name with us. She gives us context and insight to a crime that captured the nation's attention. She commands attention with her honest account of the personal ups and downs, with the twists and turns of a criminal justice system that puts the burden on the perpetrated. Having performed sexual assault exams in an emergency setting, I cringed. The trauma begins with the sexual assault but it surely doesn't end there.
One of the highlights of parenting is rereading my childhood favorites with my crew. This story enthralled me then and enchanted them now.
And it's noOne of the highlights of parenting is rereading my childhood favorites with my crew. This story enthralled me then and enchanted them now.
And it's no secret that this story, in part, inspired The Sky at Our Feet. Bold children and New York City make for an irresistible combination....more
Becoming FLOTUS changed Michelle Obama's life. This memoir expands that effect exponentially. A bit like the side mirror of a car, Obama makes objectsBecoming FLOTUS changed Michelle Obama's life. This memoir expands that effect exponentially. A bit like the side mirror of a car, Obama makes objects or objectives closer than they appear. Anyone who has read this book can believe and tell others to believe, authoritatively, that civic engagement can work. That change happens in increments and is led by ordinary people.
The writing is clear and lovely, threaded with wisdom. I listened to an audio version and loved hearing her story in her own voice. ...more
I sank into this without reading the synopsis. It grabbed me, initially because it's a story of a family in which mom is a doctor (!) and dad is a novI sank into this without reading the synopsis. It grabbed me, initially because it's a story of a family in which mom is a doctor (!) and dad is a novelist (!!). Of course I liked them straight away. But this is not just a story about the two halves of my brain. It's a masterfully told tale of those parents doing their very best for their children and one particularly special child making his/her way through a binary world. Humanizing. Thought provoking. Funny....more
Breathtaking. So rich in contextual detail and so brilliant in historical perspective. Kingsolver, with clever palindromes and three dimensional charaBreathtaking. So rich in contextual detail and so brilliant in historical perspective. Kingsolver, with clever palindromes and three dimensional characters, gives us a story that asks some of the most important political and personal questions of our time. ...more
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