Something I think students with siblings might be able to relate to is competing with each other to please their parents or be the best. In some cases it’s all in good fun, but other times young teens might feel pressure to match their sibling’s...
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The best part of my job is the gift of diversity and the stories I get to prompt students to produce in a creative way through narratives, short...
It’s not a secret that people compare American schools with other countries’ schools, and Chinese schools are known as some of the strictest in terms...
Juno Dawson is a prominent transgender activist and writer. Known for her fact-driven books, she focuses on topics teens wonder about or need to...
In Yolk, author Mary H.K. Choi portrays a pair of estranged sisters. They’ve grown apart following their childhood in Texas, and now both live in New...
You know those books that you hug at the end? This is one of those books. All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven is just plain good—heartbreaking,...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s also the last full month of school for traditionally-scheduled districts. I think mental health is the...
My favorite thing about Lifting As We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Boxby Evette Dionne is that it’s accurate, and the author highlights...
In Kimberly Brubaker Bradley’s Fighting Words, 10-year-old protagonist Della gives readers a front row seat to her daily life in foster care with her...
In recent months, the Taliban in the Middle East has taken over once again after American troops removed themselves. The first person I thought of...
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