Young Adult Fiction

Do you like books that challenge racism and stereotypes? If you do for BIPOC, Asian American, AAPI, mind-blowing kind of fiction, this one totally fits with the emotions, actions, and the interwoven events around a high school girl. Book Title: The Silence That Binds Us Creator Joanna Ho

Discussing the significance of emotional maturation and its impact on romantic relationships as shown in Onyi Nwabineli’s debut novel — TW: Mentions of suicide Spoiler warning: Please be aware this review contains spoilers A wise queen named Rupaul once said, “if you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?” Through my own personal experiences, I’ve found that to be one of the truest sayings…

Lo and Rita are sisters who are trapeze artists. They travel with their circus family from town to town, never staying in one place for long. Although Lo is happy in the circus, she also wonders what life on the outside is like. She meets a boy named Dean and…

This is the second in a series of select annotated bibliographies I am putting together before the release of the Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (2023) movie and the documentary Forever Judy (2023). The first was a series of five Judy Blume books to read before you see…

It was way past curfew. Time must have sped up because none of us noticed. Our awesome treehouse adventures had left us oblivious. We scrambled towards the exit. Janice hugged a tree branch for dear life as she lunged her feet towards the ladder. She scaled down the ladder delicately—watching…