Category Archives: Autobiography
Courage: My Story of Persecution (I, Witness) by Freshta Tori Jan
Courage: My Story of Persecution (I, Witness) by Freshta Tori Jan. Norton Young Readers, 2022. 9781324016670 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Autobiography What did you like about the book? Freshta Tori Jan … Continue reading
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Adapted for Young Adults by Barack Obama
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Adapted for Young Adults by Barack Obama. Delacorte Press, 2021. 9780385738729 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Autobiography What did you like … Continue reading
The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin
The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain – Eugene Yelchin, Candlewick Press, 2021. 9781536215526 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5+ Format: Hardcover Genre: Autobiography What did you like about the book? … Continue reading
Zion Unmatched by Zion Clark and James S. Hirsch
Zion Unmatched by Zion Clark and James S. Hirsch. Candlewick Press, 2021. 9781536224184 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Autobiography What did you like about the book? This visually striking autobiographical picture … Continue reading
Watercress – Andrea Wang, pictures by Jason Chin
Watercress – Andrea Wang, pictures by Jason Chin. Neal Porter Books, 2021. 9780823446247 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: autobiographical What did you like about the book? As her family drives down … Continue reading
The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell – Jordan Sonnenblick
The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell – Jordan Sonnenblick. Scholastic Press, 2021. 9781338647235 Format: Uncorrected proof Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Genre: memoir, humor What did you like about the book? Jordan loves snakes … Continue reading
Gone to the Woods – Gary Paulsen
Gone to the Woods – Gary Paulsen, Farrar Strauss Giroux, (9780374314156), 2021 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: Biography What did you like about the book? How do some people have this … Continue reading
Displacement – written and illustrated by Kiku Hughes
Displacement – written and illustrated by Kiku Hughes, First Second, 9781250193544, 2020 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Graphic novel What did you like about the book? In this semi-autobiographical memoir/time travel … Continue reading
Concrete Kids (Pocket Change Collective) by Amyra León
Concrete Kids (Pocket Change Collective) by Amyra León. Penguin Workshop, 2020. 978059309519 Format: Paperback Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 What did you like about the book? This may be my favorite in the Pocket Change … Continue reading
Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid – Mikaila Ulmer
Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid – Mikaila Ulmer, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 9781984815088, 2020 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: Memoir What did you like about the book? Do you ever wonder what … Continue reading
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