This book touched on the tragic Internment of Japanese Americans through the childhood point of view of Star Trek actor George Takei. It was super sadThis book touched on the tragic Internment of Japanese Americans through the childhood point of view of Star Trek actor George Takei. It was super sad at times in the coverage of this horrible atrocity. I honestly can’t believe that people were treated like that and that they still are to this day.
I did enjoy that the memoir was a graphic novel and the team of writers and the illustrator did a great job at telling the true story....more
I love this book so much!! I love all of the mysteries and riddles! I love the world building and how detailed it is. I love all of the characters andI love this book so much!! I love all of the mysteries and riddles! I love the world building and how detailed it is. I love all of the characters and their relationships with one another. There’s a love triangle that I enjoyed. This book is also LGBTQIAP+. This book does discuss some serious issues including homelessness, domestic abuse and stalking and murder and taking dangerous risks and manipulation....more
This YA book is for the older YA age range due to the serious issues that this book covers including: drugs, sex, sexual assault, overdoses, violence This YA book is for the older YA age range due to the serious issues that this book covers including: drugs, sex, sexual assault, overdoses, violence and kidnapping and murder. If I have missed anything please let me know.
I really, really loved this book! The book focuses on a young adult biracial Native American woman who works undercover as a CI for the FBI to figure out how meth is being distributed in her community. Her tribe and especially the Elders play an important role in the book. The characters are all incredibly well written. The plot had me guessing the entire time!
This book is OWN Voices by a Native American author who is part of We Need Diverse Books and this is their debut novel. What an amazing debut!
Because the book covers so many serious topics, this book may be triggering for some readers.
I really enjoyed this book even though it touched on some very serious issues. This book follows the povs of two young women. One of the girls lives iI really enjoyed this book even though it touched on some very serious issues. This book follows the povs of two young women. One of the girls lives in New York and the other girl lives in the Dominican Republic. This story is about what happens when they realize that their lives collide. I love how the story is told through poetry! I think it has good LGBTQIA’s+ rep. The serious issues that this story includes: underage pregnancy, underage smoking, underage prostitution, offscreen attempted rape or actual rape it’s kind of hard to figure out what happened, trauma and depression and death and having two families. Please let me know if I might have missed something....more
I really loved everything about the book from the highly detailed world to the amazingly written characters to the magic based system and the amazing I really loved everything about the book from the highly detailed world to the amazingly written characters to the magic based system and the amazing plot. There was a lot of violence and torture and rape and manipulation and experimentation and the theme of colonialism and drug addiction and these themes might be triggering to some readers. Please let me know if I have missed anything. ...more
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