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Student Review: "Rosa Parks," by Kitson Jazynka
The Rosa Park book is about the difference between black and white people to give equality to both colored people. Rosa Park struggled...
Jennifer Denney
Jan 29, 20221 min read


Student Review: "Concrete Kids," by Amyra Leon
This book was about a black girl and her trials in life. She explains how her life is which has its ups and downs like her birthday and...
Jennifer Denney
Dec 30, 20211 min read


Student Review: "Black Brother, Black Brother," by Jewell Parker Rhodes
This book was a book about a white and black brother. The black brother has the hardest time at school because he was black. Then, he...
Jennifer Denney
Dec 18, 20211 min read


Student Review: "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You," by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
Stamped was about racism and anti racism. It talked about the first racists and how the country started. It told what happened to black...
Jennifer Denney
Sep 12, 20211 min read


Student Review: "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You," by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
Stamped is a very good non-history history book. It is a remix of Stamped From the Beginning and is VERY well written. It talks about...
Jennifer Denney
Sep 12, 20211 min read


Review: "Dear Justyce," by Nic Stone
In this sequel to Dear Martin, we follow Quan right after he is arrested for the shooting death of an officer. Through a series of...
Jennifer Denney
Jul 30, 20211 min read


Review: "Dear Martin," by Nic Stone
When Justyce is sent to spend the night in jail after doing nothing wrong (only because he was a black kid helping a drunk white girl),...
Jennifer Denney
Jul 24, 20211 min read


Review: "This is My America," by Kim Johnson
Tracy is doing whatever she can to try to save her dad from the death penalty. She knows he didn't murder two people seven years ago, but...
Jennifer Denney
Apr 22, 20211 min read


Student Review: "This Promise of Change," by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
This book takes place in a time when colored students were trying to integrate into whites only schools. This is the story about 1 of the...
Jennifer Denney
Mar 17, 20211 min read


Review: "Black Brother, Black Brother," by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Donte and his older brother Trey have just moved to a new small town and are attending a prestigious private school, but Donte doesn't...
Jennifer Denney
Mar 17, 20211 min read


Review: "Ghost Boys," by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Jerome tries to keep his nose clean. Sure, he's bothered by bullies at school, but when he makes a new friend from Texas, he's surprised...
Jennifer Denney
Jan 13, 20211 min read


Review: "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You," by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
Read this book, or better yet, listen to the audiobook read by Jason Reynolds. Worth it! And even better news - this is being adapted for...
Jennifer Denney
Nov 20, 20201 min read


Review: "Into White," by Randi Pink
Black teenager Toya Williams has an encounter with Jesus and she tells him that more than anything, she wishes she was a white girl. She...
Jennifer Denney
Nov 15, 20191 min read


Review: "Piecing Me Together," by Renee Watson
Jade is one of very few African American students at her private school. She attends on scholarship and doesn't have any close friends at...
Mrs. Denney
Apr 24, 20181 min read


Review: "All American Boys," by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Love love love. This is (surprisingly!) the first book I've read by Jason Reynolds, THE Jason Reynolds, and it was everything I knew it...
Mrs. Denney
Feb 28, 20182 min read
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