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- ReadingWithPictures Resources and research for using comics and graphic novels in the classroom
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- Accepting Dad Dad supporting his gender variant child. Lots of resources.
- Queer YA: Fiction for LGTBQ Teens Review blog of fiction of interest for Queer teens.
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- Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists! All sorts of interesting book lists and links.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
An Immigrant’s story: Review of Mali Under the Night Sky by Youme Landowne
So I’ve just discovered a new favorite Independent Press: Cinco Puntos Press. They generously sent me a few books that they thought might be of interest to folks reading this blog, and I plan to feature them over the next … Continue reading
Lyn Miller-Lachmann reviews Words In the Dust
Here‘s a link to Lyn Miller-Lachman’s review of Trent Reedy‘s wonderful new novel Words in the Dust. Trent was a soldier in Afghanistan where he met a young girl living with a cleft palate. This story is his imagining of … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
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Self-harm is the Symptom, Not the Disease
Deliberate Self-Harm is an umbrella term that encompasses any non-accidental activity that a person engages in that, well, harms that person physically. Cutting is the most talked about self-harm behavior. But the term also includes head-banging, pulling out hair, biting, … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged abuse, eating disorders, Laurie Halse Anderson, neglect, self-harm, Speak, substance abuse, suicide, trauma, Winter Girls
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“It Gets Better”–the Book
The “It Gets Better” project–a nation-wide video project started in the wake of several gay teen suicides–is now a book entitled, It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living. With 100 stories, culled from the over … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Organizations
Tagged depression, gay, GLBTQ, It gets better, Lambda Literary, suicide
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When She Was Bad . . . Review of Chime by Franny Billingsley
Not since The Great Gilly Hopkins have I met a character as nicely nasty and wholly lovable as Briony Larkin from Franny Billingsley‘s new novel Chime. Summary: In the early 20th century in Swampsea, 17-year-old Briony, who can see the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged chime, emotional abuse, emotional neglect, fantasy, Franny Billingsley
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Lambda Literary Award Finalists
The finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards, given for books with high literary merit to self-identified LGBTQ authors writing on LGBTQ issues, can be found here. This years finalists in the Children’s/YA book category are: Christian, the Hugging Lion, by … Continue reading
Posted in Book Lists, Current Events, Organizations
Tagged books, GLBTQ, Lambda Literary
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Looking for God in the Ruins: Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr
So my first review for this blog is Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr which I read about a year and a half ago and reviewed for BookBrowse.com. I’ve been thinking about this book again following Anne’s comment the other day … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged alcoholism, book review, church, Once Was Lost, Sara Zarr, teens
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Interview at Waging Peace
Lyn Miller-Lachmann interviewed me about this blog and my “efforts to raise awareness of and find solutions for child abuse and domestic violence” for the TimesUnion blog Waging Peace. You can read the interview here.
Why bother writing for children? Who Cares?
So I promised last week to write about homeless youth, and I have not done so. I’m sorry. But two events this past week have left me heart-broken and seriously questioning why I bother doing this work. Why keep this … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Reviews, Thoughts
Tagged Ask Us Who We Are, film, foster care, Green Mountain Film Festival, rape, vermont
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Something Like Hope
For Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s interview of first-time author Shawn Goodman about his new book Something Like Hope click here. The book is about his experience working in New York Juvenile detention centers, and it looks like it’s worth checking out. I’ll report back after I’ve … Continue reading
