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CrazyQuilts

English - School Libraries, Multicultural Lit, Teen Lit
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CrazyQuilts · 2h ago

Race Uncovered

Interesting day today. The first thing I read was about covers and so was the last. Steph Sue, in her review of The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa pointed out the whitewashing on the cover. Really? Still? The book is clearly about an Asian character, the cover is not. While the comments mentioned a
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CrazyQuilts · 12h ago

Summer Reading Matters

Ahh! Summer! OOOoo!! Summer Reading! Each season seems to temper our reading selection and summer seems to be the time to stop meeting expectations and read to truly enjoy whether it be a pile of classics, a newly purchased paperback romance or the ESPN magazines that have been stacking up all year.
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CrazyQuilts · 3d ago

review: Percy Lavon Julian Pioneering Chemist

title: Percy Lavon Julian: Pioneering Chemist Signature Lives Series author: Darlene R. Stille date: Compass Point Books; 2009 non-fiction reading level: 7.0 preview the book There is a very limited range of biographies of people of color that are available for middle and high school readers, so I w
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CrazyQuilts · 4d ago

SundayMorningReads

May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. This past Friday, PaperTigers Blog had very interesting post on Japanese poetry forms. Macy’s is holding an online Asian-Pacific American History Quiz with the opportunity to win $100. HBO on Demand has packaged Asian themed movies for the month which in
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CrazyQuilts · 4d ago

Review and a contest!

title: BorderTown: Quince Clash author: Malin Alegria date: Scholastic, July, 2012 main character: Fabiana (Fabi) Garza reading level: 5.0 That Santiago! We left him in Crossing the line standing before a judge facing several counts and now we find him in the second book hiding in his girl’s closet
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CrazyQuilts · 5d ago

Saturday Trailers

What better day for book trailers than a Saturday? There’s no such thing as being too rich, too popular or too fabulous… Pace Academy is an exclusive private school catering to the rich, pampered and beautiful. And Starr, Dionne and Marisol are its ruling elite, with an endless supply of designer cl
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CrazyQuilts · 6d ago

A Review and a Chance to Win!

title: Border Town: Crossing the Line author: Malin Alegria date: Scholastic; May 2012 main character: Fabiola (Fabi) Garza Crossing the Line had a somewhat slow start but, that’s OK because we’re being introduced to a cast of characters who are meant to sustain this new Latina series. Fabi’s family
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CrazyQuilts · 1W ago

book review: Darkroom: a memoir in black and white

title: Darkroom: a memoir in black and white author: Lila Quintero Weaver date: University of Alabama Press; 2012 non-fiction Darkroom is a graphic memoir of Weaver’s childhood in Alabama. It’s an unexpected story of an Argentinean family living in Alabama in the 1960s. Through Weaver’s eyes, we see
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CrazyQuilts · 1W ago

book review: Pitch Black: don’t be skerd

title: Pitch Black: Don’t Be Skerd author: Youme Landowne and Anthony Horton date: Cinco Puntos Press, 2008 non-fiction YALSA Top Ten Great Graphic Novels in 2009 reading level: 3.1 They meet on a subway in New York City and although they have little else in common, Youme and Anthony discover they a
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CrazyQuilts · 2W ago

book review: The girl who could silence the wind

book review: The girl who could silence the wind author: Meg Medina date: Candelwick Press; 2012 main character: Sonia Ocampo From the time of her birth, the people of Tres Montes have believed that Sonia was a special gift, that she could work miracles for them. They pin milagros to her baby blanke
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