Lupe Wong Won’t Dance by Donna Barba Higuera – BOOK REVIEW

Lupe Wong wants nothing more than to meet her idol, Mariners pitcher Fu Li Hernandez. Like Fu Li, Lupe is Mexican and Chinese and aspires to be a MLB pitcher one day. Yet, in order to me Fu Li, she must get A’s in all her classes.

The Circus of Stolen Dreams by Lorelei Savaryn – BOOK REVIEW

For three years, Andrea has silently mourned her brother’s disappearance in solitude. Her sadness and guilt leave little room for much else in her life. When her parents inform her that the rest of Francis’s things are to be removed from the house, Andrea yearns to escape the despair threatening to overtake her life.

Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie – BOOK REVIEW

When Claire’s parents ask her to assist her father on one of his ghost tours of Chicago, she cannot think of anything worse or more humiliating. For starters, Claire is a scientist and absolutely refuses to believe in the supernatural.

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi & Ryan Reynolds – BOOK REVIEW

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You traces the history of racist ideas in America. This “not history book” by Jason Reynolds, adapted from Ibram X Kendi’s award-winning novel Stamped From the Beginning, is brilliant in its delivery.

The Boys in the Back Row by Mike Jung – BOOK REVIEW

Eric and Matt are the best of friends. They love comic books, playing in the band, and most importantly, each other. Armed with their support for each other, they can face any problem, or bully for that matter, that gets in their way.

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi & Ryan Reynolds – BOOK REVIEW

It’s Eleanor’s birthday. After losing her mother in a random shooting on her birthday last year, her and her father, both white, decide to explore a slot canyon in the desert. Away from people. Away from crowds. Away from danger. Or so they think.