Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

One tough Cookie

Rainbow Cookies by Lesléa Newman

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I was nervous that I was not going to like Rainbow Cookies by Lesléa Newman and illustrated by Z. B. Asterplume. I have read several LGBTQ titles and they were starting to feel repetitive. Not to say they were bad or anything, I just wanted something a little different than what I had been reading. And Newman’s book is it. We really focus on the idea of helping each other in our community via a special cookie. We are focusing on Love is Love, but […]

A really long review about two books but I think worth the read

Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang

Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi

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The graphic novels below have little in common. Or so I thought at first. While I was reading Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi I kept thinking that it would pair nicely with Ash’s Cabin by Jan Wang. I think that was because they both deal with identity, but nothing else. It was while writing this review I found more similarities.  Saving Sunshine is about twins who are punished for their behavior by being in forced proximity. Ash’s Cabin is about a nonbinary child coming of […]

History is not only about the past.

Obaasan's Boots by Janis Bridger and Lara Jean Okihiro

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It took me months to read Obaasan’s Boots by Janis Bridger and Lara Jean Okihiro because I was reading it via an online reader copy at lunch and when I could sneak it in on my phone (which was not as often as I’d like as there was always something else to read or do when there). This long time reading probably affected the biggest issue I had which was, I was not always sure which cousin was who. Charlotte and Lou are marked by […]

Hoops is the name, being true to you the game

Lion on the Inside: How One Girl Changed Basketball by Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir

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Do you want a fun book about basketball, being true to yourself and girl power?  Lion on the Inside: How One Girl Changed Basketball is the book for you. Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir, Judith Henderson and Katherine Ahmed made this book. They took Abdul-Qaadir’s life and show us how one brave woman fought the system to stay true to who she was and honor her faith. The idea that as a Muslim girl, Bilqis Abul-Qaadir was not allowed to “wear a scarf” while playing basketball. It did […]

More than the black-veiled image at her husbands funeral

Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Corretta Scott King by Alice Faye Duncan

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I knew a little bit about Coretta Scott King’s story, but mostly how it related to her husband Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And when I saw Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King I was wondering how much her life would be shaped by her husbands? How much would there be about her and not just “oh she was this really famous guy’s wife and mother of his children?” Well, there is a lot about her. More than I really would have […]

A little love

Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall’

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Around seventh grade I first heard about the Japanese American internment camp stories because my aunt is Japanese American. But it was not until I was much older that it clicked. My aunt, her siblings, her mother, and my cousins, not to mention her aunts, uncles and cousins would have been incarcerated. And while I was able to find a little here and there, it was difficult until the last few years to find things that were well done or interesting enough to keep me […]



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