Summary: Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado is a coming-of-age story. We follow Charlie, a chunky Puerto Rican girl, and how she navigates the world around her. We witness her inner battle with herself, her mom, and society. Opinion: I had extremely high expectations of this novel. Crystal Maldonado…
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Starting Monday, we will be reading Imperfecta by Alejandra Ramos Gomez. This book is a collection of poems, dialogues, and meditations. The issues portrayed in this book pertain to body image, femicide, immigration, and other topics that envelope the conversation about women. Alejandra Ramos Gomez is another Latina author that…
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Summary: Caroline Kaufman, a.k.a @poeticpoison on Instagram, shares with us what it feels like to fight depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and so much more in Light Filters In Poems. In this collection of poems, many topics are discussed, which can be hard, but it makes one feel less alone. Opinion:…
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On Monday we will start our next book Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado. This is a coming of age novel that follows Charolotte, or Charlie, and how she navigates her life as a chunky puertorican teenager. We see charlie struggle with highschool, boys, her mom, bestfriend, and herself.…
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Tomorrow we will start reading Light Filters in Poems By Caroline Kaufman @poeticpoison and illustrated by Yelena Bryksenkova. In this hardcover collection of poems, Caroline pours out her life to her audience. She shows us what it means to internally fight depression, anxiety, and trauma. She shows us what It…
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My name is Jessica and I am the creator of Readingwyou. When I was younger I hated reading. I started school not knowing English. I had left with my mother to Colombia for two years and came back only knowing Spanish. Because of that I was put into ESL (English…
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Buy Brother Here For this week we will be reading Brother by Ania Ahlborn. This book follows the Morrow Family and the dark secrets they hide from the world. Micheal Morrow, unlike the rest of his family, yearns for normalcy. When Micheal meets Alice in a town nearby, he instantly…
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Summary: In this suspenseful work, we follow the Morrow Family and the secrets that they hide in the Appalachian Forest behind their isolated farmhouse. We are introduced to Micheal Morrow who yearns for normalcy. Micheal meets Alice in a town nearby, and instantly falls in love. She gives him a…