Ultimately, Hoodie’s journey is about learning how to be fully himself.
In reading his story, we might get a little closer to figuring out how to be fully ourselves, too.
Middle Grade Book Review!
I am always here for a good story.
There are stories that invite us to dream, and there are stories that invite us to belong.
Anya and the Dragon, an enchanting middle-grade fantasy by Sofiya Pasternack, is a very good story that expertly does both.
In BeJEWcy, my middle grade Jewish book club, when we talked about Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang’s book Not Your All-American Girl we began by asking:
What does it mean to be “all-American”?
For the book’s main character Lauren Horowitz, a sixth grader who’s both Jewish and Chinese, the answer turns out to be a lot more complicated — and personal — than she expected.
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Spill the JEWce, my online Jewish YA book club, welcomed teacher, librarian, and author, Kyle Lukoff, to join our circle in September. If you are in a position to welcome and pay an author to come and speak with your community of kids, teens, or adults online or in person, I 10/10 recommend bringing Kyle to talk about his book, A World Worth Saving. Kyle Lukoff joined our circle with warmth, presence, and curiosity. He modeled what it means to listen deeply and respond with heart. Face to face experiences with authors change everything.
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My 2024-2025 ONLINE Jewish Middle Grade Book Clubs Be JEWcy and Spill the JEWce are open for registration! $45 each semester or $80 for the year
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