Meta
Search Slatebreakers
-
Join 197 other subscribers
Archives
- August 2014
- July 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
Blog Stats
- 193,663 hits
- Activism
- Art
- Boarding School
- Body Image
- Bullying
- Civil Rights
- College
- Covers
- Death
- Detectives Week
- Diversity
- Divorce
- Dolls
- Dystopia
- Fairy Tales
- Family
- Fantasy
- Feminism
- Feminist Heroes
- Friendship
- Frontier Week
- Ghosts
- Girl Detectives
- Graphic Novel
- Graphic Novels
- Grief
- high school
- Historical Fiction
- Horror
- Humor
- Identity
- Jessica Darling
- Latina
- LGBTQ
- London
- Loss
- Magic
- Meg Cabot
- Middle Grade
- middle school
- Murder
- Music
- Mystery
- Mythology
- New York City
- Nonfiction
- picture book
- Picture Books
- Pink
- Poetry
- Princess Culture
- Princesses
- Race
- Realism
- Realistic Fiction
- Religion
- Retellings
- Reviews
- Romance
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Shakespeare
- Siblings
- Sisters
- Small Town
- Speculative Fiction
- Steampunk
- Summer
- summer jobs
- Summer Reading
- Theatre
- Theme Week
- travel
- ya
- Young Adult
Find us on Twitter!
- Seeking out a summertime mystery in anticipation of warmer weather? Read Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald. goo.gl/FbdSFn 8 years ago
- Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere by Julie T. Lamana is a story of hope & family & strength. Read w/Kleenex. goo.gl/tNrCN5 8 years ago
- Summer camp season is right around the corner. Get ready with the graphic novel Chiggers by Hope Larson slatebreakers.com/2014/04/24/rev… 8 years ago
- Don't miss @tashrow's amazing post about "Boys, Reading, and Misogynistic Crap." wakingbraincells.com/2014/04/21/boy… 8 years ago
- Don't let the prickly title scare you off. The F*ck It List by @julie_halpern is a hopeful, upbeat, and awesome book. slatebreakers.com/2014/03/20/rev… 9 years ago
Like us on Facebook!
Categories
Top Posts & Pages
- Review: Flesh and Blood So Cheap by Albert Marrin
- Review: Drita My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard
- Review: The Baby-Sitter's Club - Mary Anne Saves the Day by Ann M. Martin & Raina Telgemeier
- Review: A Wrinkle In Time - The Graphic Novel adapted and illustrated by Hope Larson
- Review: The Year of the Beasts by Cecil Castellucci & Nate Powell
- Review: The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Review: 17 & Gone by Nova Ren Suma
- Review: When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle
- Review: Pie by Sarah Weeks
- Review: Babymouse by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm
Tag Archives: Cuba
Review: The Wild Book by Margarita Engle
The Wild Book by Margarita Engle. Harcourt Children’s Books, 2012. Currently Available. Genre: Historical Fiction, Poetry Face Value: The colors are beautiful, evocative of the setting and the wildness of Fefa’s imagination. The girl on the cover is visibly Latina, … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grade, Reviews
Tagged Cuba, Dyslexia, Historical Fiction, Latina, Middle Grade, Poetry
3 Comments
Review: Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa
Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa. Delacorte Press, 2003. Currently available. Genre: YA Realistic Fiction Face Value: The bold colors, dress, and tiara allude to the quinceañero theme of the book. However, there isn’t much here that interested me. Based on … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Young Adult
Tagged Bechdel Test, Cuba, Family, Feminism, Nancy Osa, Quinceanera, ya
Leave a comment
Brianna
Sarah
slatebreakers 