This week's New Title Tuesday, Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram, is a really important young adult read that addresses multiple themes including family, depression, friendship, cultural and religious identity, and the overarching chaos of being a confused hormonal adolescent. Publisher's Summary: Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more … Continue reading Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram – New Title Tuesday
The Five Star Friday recommendation this week is Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy by Emily Bazelon. The book is a hefty yet very interesting examination of bullying and its new and increasingly complex forms. Summary: … Continue reading Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy by Emily Bazelon
Hello, my name is Susan, and I’m an adult who reads YA books. Well, the truth is, I love to read good books and I thought Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick, the author of The Silver Linings Playbook, might be worth a passing glance for New Title Tuesday. Well, a glance turned into a gaze, then … Continue reading Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick
