It's always a little strange when new fiction tackles current issues. Once you consider publishing schedules, the authors who write these texts seem downright prescient. In Air, Ryan Gattis takes on police brutality in Baltimore, and creates an instant --- if flawed --- classic in the process. Air centers on Grey Monroe: a mixed-race teenager … Continue reading Air: A Review
Born holding hands, Giselle and Isabelle Boyer have the kind of twinship you hear about in weird news. They feel each other's pain, and can practically read each other's minds. But in Edwidge Danticat's Untwine, the girls' sisterhood takes a turn for the worst when Giselle experiences something Isabelle never will: the feeling of her … Continue reading Untwine: A Review
Three great YA novels, for women and men of all ages, that prove young women don't need magic or weaponry to be strong, feminist role models.