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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Vegetarian & Vegan Characters
A group of characters you don’t often read about in middle grade and young adult books are vegan and vegetarian characters. As I’ve stated over and over again this month, diversity is about more than just race and it’s so important for all different types of kids to get the…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Universal Stories
As I get closer and closer to the end of the alphabet it’s getting a little harder to figure out themes for some of the more difficult letters. For the Letter “U” I chose to highlight universal stories. In other words, titles that I didn’t get to add to other…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Trans Characters
Although I included trans characters on my Queer Book List earlier this month. I felt that I should highlight more titles with trans characters for the Letter “T” today. So here are twelve middle grade and young adult titles. And I know there are a lot of white characters in…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Teachers
I’m featuring trans characters later today, but I also wanted to share a few titles that focus on how much influence teachers have on the kids they encounter every day. Check out these fun middle grade titles! Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea Booked by Kwame Alexander Ghost by…
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Top Ten Tuesday: First 10 Books I Reviewed
I started blogging in 2011 and if I’m being completely honest, was not very good at it. I’ve learned a lot since then, but that being said, I thought it’d be fun to go back and see what I was reading and reviewing eight years ago! Moon Over Manifest by…
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9 Titles to Celebrate Earth Day
It’s Earth Day! When you live with a journalist, you never know what new information he’ll come home with. So after a story about a local trash and recycling company, he came home with a lot of information and ever since we’ve been trying to be even more conscious about…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Social Justice
Social justice “is the equal access to wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society.” Something that many countries across the globe continue to struggle with because it something that affects everyone. It’s not just to eliminate racism or sexism, but ageism, the opportunities afforded to the wealthy over the poor,…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Refugee Experience
Refugees coming to America has been a hotly debated topic for decades. An experience that some people can barely fathom as families flee violence, hardship, gangs, war, famine, and persecution searching for a better life. These are just a few titles that speak to that experience whether through historical fiction,…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Queer Voices
For the purpose of this book list, queer voices encompass bisexual, asexual, gender fluid, intersex, and trans characters. With only twelve titles, I didn’t try to create a comprehensive list – there are blogs, websites, and lists that are already available. Check out Queer Books for Teens and the Stonewall…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – PTSD
When someone hears Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) they often think of soldiers returning from combat integrating back into civilian life. And although that does happen, PTSD can also occur from other traumatic events in a person’s life. I hope that this list shows characters with PTSD in an honest and…
