CeCe dreams of being a pirate. When the neighborhood boys tell her that she can’t, she wonders where to begin. Luckily, she suspects her grandpa must know something about being a pirate–why else would he have all those tattoos? As he shares each tattoo, Grandpa and CeCe are transported from adventure to adventure, and CeCe […]
Happy YA Books to Read Right Now!
I LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE HAPPY! I need HAPPY! I love happy books and I think the world needs to read more HAPPY BOOKS right now and always!! These past couple of weeks have been pretty crazy and I find that happy books help to ease my brain. Here is a list of a few of […]
All-American Muslim Girl by: Nadine Jolie Courtney
Nadine Jolie Courtney’s All-American Muslim Girl is a relevant, relatable story of being caught between two worlds, and the struggles and hard-won joys of finding your place. Allie Abraham has it all going for her—she’s a straight-A student, with good friends and a close-knit family, and she’s dating popular, sweet Wells Henderson. One problem: Wells’s father is […]
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton & Throw by Ruben Degollado
Banned Books Week and Hispanic Heritage Month fall at the same time. All week I am going to be spotlighting a Classic Banned Book and a book by a Hispanic Author that I think you will love if you loved the banned book. A Margie’s Must Reads version of “If you like this, then you […]
The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena
One of my favorite books of the year so far is The Beauty of the Moment, this book has everything I love all packed up into 320 pages. A love story for the ages, a coming of age story for our time, this book a timely story. Malcolm and Susan are not two kids who […]