Free Lunch. Punching Bag. Abuela Don’t Forget Me. This YA memoir trilogy by Rex Ogle is both engrossing and absolutely tragic. I can’t fathom the courage it must have taken […]
Category: Memoir
Brave Face : A Librarian’s Perspective Review
I read the audiobook of Brave Face, written and narrated by Shaun David Hutchinson. Audiobooks are kind of my jam lately, and I’ve reviewed a few just in the past […]
They Called Us Enemy : A Librarian’s Perspective Review
Awhile back, I read a book called Lies My Teacher Told Me, which discusses the many omissions and glorifications in the way history is taught in American public schools. I […]
Rapture Practice : A Librarian’s Perspective Review
Rapture Practice is a memoir, which is apparently my new favorite genre. Memoirs give us stories with characters, plot, and dialogue, but the twist is that the characters are real […]
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced : A Librarian’s Perspective Review
Just before school got out in late-June, I discovered I Am Nujood in our storage room of class set books. Curious, I checked out a copy of I Am Nujood […]
Every Falling Star : A Librarian’s Perspective Review
If you are in charge of purchasing for your school or library, Every Falling Star is a must. The vast majority of today’s students know little to nothing about North […]
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child : A Librarian’s Perspective Review
How Dare the Sun Rise is the story is the story of ten-year old Sandra. Sandra had a great start to life in a beautiful country and born to a […]
The Boy on the Wooden Box : A Librarian’s Perspective Review
The Boy on the Wooden Box is, to my knowledge, one of only two memoirs written by a Schindler’s List survivor. The other is I Will Plant You a Lilac […]