“Books were what made my days bearable. They were what helped me sleep at night without my homesickness choking me.” When Amal’s ordinary life in her quiet Pakistani village is disrupted and she is forced to stay home from school to help her mother take of her siblings, Amal holds on to the hope that […]
5 Diverse YA Books…Straight from History, Straight from the Headlines
October 14, 2015 by ·
#WeNeedDiverseBooks We need to see ourselves in books… We need to know we are not alone… We need to teach tolerance & acceptance… We need to learn about each other without prejudice… We need to seek understanding… Out Of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez “This is East Texas, and there’s lines. Lines you […]
