Newly released book by Judith Butler,“Who's Afraid of gender?”explores the concept of gender and the fear behind it. Gender can be defined as the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects...
12 Rules For Life is a self improvement book by Jordan B. Peterson, in which the reader may learn civic competence and become the man they thought they could never be. The book has garnered a reputation...
Everything I knew about race, life and the way I was treated really came to a halt in sixth and seventh grade. Around that time I read the book Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes.
First recommended...
In 2018, author Susan Meissner released a fictional story about a small family that comes face to face with the Spanish Flu in 1918. Unbeknownst to her, the story would become relevant in 2020 readers'...
John Green is one of my favorite authors, and I have read all of his bestsellers from The Fault In Our Stars to Looking for Alaska. All of his books are teen dramas, as he writes many coming-of-age novels....
Every year since 1992, the Black-Eyed Susan Book Award has been given to authors of exceptionally good books chosen by Maryland students. The award is used to promote reading by encouraging students to...
Five brothers. One Murderer. One mother. One lover. One girl. An odd assortment of animals, including but not limited to a mule residing in the kitchen.
From the first chapter, Markus Zusak’s book...
“Heartbreaking, thought-provoking, and well-written.”
These are the words forensics science teacher Ms. Jessica Baker, used to describe the events of Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death...
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
John Green. I’m sure you’ve heard his name at one point, whether it was written in the shining lights of a cinema, or merely in a passing conversation with a bibliophile friend.
Green...
Eric Garner. Michael Brown Jr. Tamir Rice. Freddie Gray. Keith Lamar Scott. These are just a few of the many African American victims of police incidents reported and sensationalized in the news. And yet...
