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Book Review: Girlhood: Teens Around the World in Their Own Voices by Masuma Ahuja

Girlhood: Teens Around the World in Their Own Voices edited by Masuma Ahuja is the compilation of the lives of thirty teenage girls from twenty-seven countries and six continents. Whenever we think of a country, we often think of its political, social, geographical, or financial contexts. Rarely do we think how a person living in […]

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Book Review: What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster

Summary What’s Mine and Yours shows the story of two families growing up in North Carolina – the Venturas, a Latinx family, and the Gilberts, a Black family. The Ventura family starts with their parents, Robbie and Lacey May, and their three children, Noelle, Margarita and Diane. The Gilbert family includes their parents, Ray and

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Book Review: Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Elatose is Darcie Little Badger’s debut novel. This speculative fiction/mystery book features 17-year-old Elatsoe (Ellie for short) who lives in an America that has vampires and fae folks. She can raise the dead, a skill passed on from generations of Lipan Apache. She investigates the murder of her cousin while accompanied by the ghost of

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Book Review: Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller

Summary  Have you ever wondered by certain people are anxious in relationships while others pull back whenever they get too close? It’s not a coincidence that people exhibit these types of behaviors. In psychology, there is a concept of “attachment styles” which describe how people are attached to each other. In Attached, professionals researched the

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