On Pointe

Posted on March 21st, 2021

After reading The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert, I decided to check out her back list. I chose Pointe and Little & Lion to add to my classroom library. Pointe initially intrigued me because the protagonist dances. I can’t think of one single book in my classroom library that features dance as part of the book and yet I have a lot of students involved in dance. The tagline on the cover also grabbed my attention: “First he stole her heart. Then he took her friend. Now she knows the truth.”

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On Pointe full post

(895 words, 1 image, estimated 3:35 mins reading time)

Posted in Coming of Age | Tagged as: eating disorder, pointe, sexual abuse, Voice, YA, YA Lit, YA Literature, young adult lit, young adult literature

Stealing Power

Posted on March 11th, 2021

“With a smart and stealthy heroine who should appeal to Gallagher Girls fans, Carter’s story is fast-paced and popcorn-ready” (Publishers Weekly).

In my last post, I explored the problematic relationships found in Pretty in Pink and The Anatomy of a Misfit. I was (and still am) concerned about the images we present to our girls about being female. I’m still bothered that Andie and Anika did speak up and yet they were silenced. But not all portrayals of female characters in YA are still stuck pre-second wave Feminist Movement.

Stealing Power full post

(633 words, estimated 2:32 mins reading time)

Posted in Coming of Age, Uncategorized | Tagged as: Heist society, YA, YA Lit, YA Literature, young adult lit, young adult literature

Pretty Misfit

Posted on March 7th, 2021

Yesterday morning I was up early and flipping through the channel guide looking for something mindless to watch. My brain was still half asleep, and I just wanted the tv equivalent of comfort food. I was surprised to see that Pop TV was showing Pretty in Pink. Admittedly, this was not one of my favorite 80’s movies, but I could resist the pull of the Duckman, so I flipped to it.

Pretty Misfit full post

(977 words, estimated 3:54 mins reading time)

Posted in Coming of Age | Tagged as: anatomy of a misfit, gen x, pretty in pink, YA, YA Lit, YA Literature, young adult lit, young adult literature

Heart Full of Story

Posted on March 2nd, 2021

My alarm cheerfully–maybe too cheerfully–signaled the start of a new day, and I slapped the snooze. Grabbing my phone, I began the daily scroll through news and notifications. Nothing like getting the blood pressure spiked before getting out of bed. Only today, what caused my alarm was not the latest shenanigans in DC or the recent COVID numbers, it was that my phone was at 10%.

Heart Full of Story full post

(480 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

Posted in Slice of Life | Tagged as: books, podcasts, Reading Life

This Is Not Your Typical Coming-of-Age Book

Posted on February 21st, 2021

In exploring This Is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey, I’m going to do something I normally don’t do. I’m going to start with a very brief summary. I’m playing with the structure of the blog a bit, and I really think this post lends itself to lists. So you’ll see a lot of them this week.

Summary:

It’s 1998, and Jess is a junior in high school. She’s dealing with normal high school things:

A crush on her best friend, Tyler
An unwanted date to the Spring Formal
Trying to get out of the house even though she’s grounded

This Is Not Your Typical Coming-of-Age Book full post

(874 words, estimated 3:30 mins reading time)

Posted in Coming of Age | Tagged as: Coming of Age, Identity, The is not the Jess Show, YA Lit, YA Literature, young adult lit, young adult literature

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