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The boy who needed to be God

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming

November 20, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming can sometimes be a bit slow in the pacing, sometimes a smidgen romantically written, sometimes sad, sometimes scary, sometimes heart pounding, but always interesting. For me, the “small details” (such as it wasn’t Kool-Aid, the ingreediants used for the mixture were less than $9 then, Jones’ “rainbow family,”) were in some ways more interesting than the overall picture and that was fascinating.  The “human” side of things (even with Jones […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Candace Fleming, cults, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown, November 1978, People's Temple, Social Topics, United States - 20th Century

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:516 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Candace Fleming, cults, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown, November 1978, People's Temple, Social Topics, United States - 20th Century ·
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You know, they are not just strolling in on a whim right?

Unaccompanied: Stories of Brave Teenagers Seeking Asylum by Tracy White

March 17, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Education, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge I have wanted to read all of the Street Noise (the publishers) graphic novels (they only do graphic novels, so that’s redundant…). Anyways, I have wanted to read Unaccompanied: Stories of Brave Teenagers Seeking Asylum by Tracy White since I learned it was going to be published. But something always got in the way of actually reading. I figured maybe it wasn’t something I was going to read, but that was okay. I mean you can’t read them all…. Then […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, Education, Emigration, families, Immigration, refugees, Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Social Topics, Teenagers, Tracy White

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:151 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, Education, Emigration, families, Immigration, refugees, Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Social Topics, Teenagers, Tracy White ·
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Talking to Dad

Dear Dad: Growing Up with a Parent in Prison—and How We Stayed Connected by Jay Jay Patton, Antoine Patton, Kiara Valdez and Markia Jenai

February 27, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I went to the library to drop off some books I had finished and to drop off my reading challenge form. My ride had some errands to run, so I told them to drop me off, and I would use the library as a way to pick up and read a few books I normally wouldn’t read. But first, I looked at the children’s room. I hadn’t been in there too often, and not since they had updated it. But the fist section I went […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Antoine Patton, Children of prisoners, Coding & Programming, Correspondence, family, fathers, fathers and daughters, incarceration, Jay Jay Patton, Jay Jay Patton, Antoine Patton, Kiara Valdez and Markia Jenai, Kiara Valdez, Markia Jenai, parents, Prisoners, Social Topics

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:115 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Antoine Patton, Children of prisoners, Coding & Programming, Correspondence, family, fathers, fathers and daughters, incarceration, Jay Jay Patton, Jay Jay Patton, Antoine Patton, Kiara Valdez and Markia Jenai, Kiara Valdez, Markia Jenai, parents, Prisoners, Social Topics ·
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Children’s Music comes to life

A Life of Song: The Story of Ella Jenkins (The First Lady of Children's Music) by Ty-Juana Taylor

February 27, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was  texting with a friend of mine the other day about how I like biographies of people who are not as well known. I had not yet found A Life of Song: The Story of Ella Jenkins (The First Lady of Children’s Music) by Ty-Juana Taylor and illustrated by Jade Johnson at that time,  but boy does it fit that category. If I had heard of Ella Jenkins, I have since forgotten it.  She is a woman who brought music to the people to […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: African American & Black, Children's Music, Ella Jenkins, Jade Johnson, music, Racism, social activist, Social Topics, Ty-Juana Taylor

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:114 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: African American & Black, Children's Music, Ella Jenkins, Jade Johnson, music, Racism, social activist, Social Topics, Ty-Juana Taylor ·
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Are you a Lucy Stoner?

One Girl's Voice : How Lucy Stone Helped Change the Law of the Land by Vivian Kirkfield and Rebecca Gibbon

February 27, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

You have probably heard of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but have you heard about Lucy Stone? You might not have, but you should as she would influence Anthony and others to join the women’s rights movement and to keep up the good fight. The title One Girl’s Voice : How Lucy Stone Helped Change the Law of the Land by Vivian Kirkfield and illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon inspired me to google Women’s Right Activists to see if Stone’s name came up. Even […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 19th century, Civil & Human Rights, Lucy Stone, Rebecca Gibbon, Social Themes, Social Topics, United States, Vivian Kirkfield, Vivian Kirkfield and Rebecca Gibbon, women history

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:112 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 19th century, Civil & Human Rights, Lucy Stone, Rebecca Gibbon, Social Themes, Social Topics, United States, Vivian Kirkfield, Vivian Kirkfield and Rebecca Gibbon, women history ·
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If someone makes fun of your outfit, fart in their face

The League of Super Feminists by Mirion Malle

Feminism: A Graphic Guide by Cathia Jenainati

November 15, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When history starts to become current events again, you might be surprised at how the “old books” became “new” and recommended reading. Two books I happened to find (when browsing for something else) that were on the current event theme of feminism are League of Super Feminist (published 2020) and Feminism: A Graphic Guide (published 2019). I am assuming due to the way they were set up and presented, not too much needs to be updated, but while I haven’t finished the second, I did […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult Tagged With: Cathia Jenainati, feminism, feminist theory, Jem Milton, Judy Groves, Mirion Malle, sex roles, social science, Social Themes, Social Topics, sociology, women

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:558 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult · Tags: Cathia Jenainati, feminism, feminist theory, Jem Milton, Judy Groves, Mirion Malle, sex roles, social science, Social Themes, Social Topics, sociology, women ·
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