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This week, Joseph Bruchac talks about THE HERO NEXT DOOR and gives Native American #OwnVoices book recs!
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EVENT ALERT: Folks in NYC! PEN America has put together a superstar YA panel on the intersections between young adult literature and activism that will be held at the Strand Book Store this coming Monday, 10/22 – moderated by Ibi Zoboi and featuring Dhonielle Clayton, Emily X.R. Pan, Joseph Bruchac and Kheryn Callender. Details and tickets here!
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If you liked Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi, try Trail of the Dead by Joseph Bruchac because both feature tough, strong main characters struggling against the powerful in a post-apocalyptic world.
Joseph Bruchac: A Strong, Early Voice in Indigenous Children’s Literature
Imagine a lake with its shimmering, glass-like top – quiet and calm. Yet just below, fish dart and snakes swim in search of food. Above, water striders glide and dragonflies flit on the smoot…
Traci Sorell, an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee nation, and a writer of picture books, both fiction and non-fiction writes about the work of Native American writer Joseph Bruchac for this month’s Looking Back series.
REMINDER! Our next #WNDBChat is on July 28th & we’ll be focusing on Science Fiction & Fantasy! We’re excited to have these four authors corinneduyvis, karensandler, Joseph Bruchac (with tubooks), and Zoraida Cordova so join in!
Please note the chat is midday from 12-1pm (Eastern) so that those who are international can also join in!
Our next #WNDBChat is on July 28th & we’ll be focusing on Science Fiction & Fantasy! We’re excited to have these four authors corinneduyvis, karensandler, Joseph Bruchac (with tubooks), and Zoraida Cordova so join in!
Please note the chat is midday from 12-1pm (Eastern) so that those who are international can also join in!
Such a wonderful (and wonderfully colorful) #WeNeedDiverseBooks display from Christine Edison at Batavia Public Library in Batavia, Illinois. We adore seeing these displays and hearing your stories.
We so very much appreciate the importance of librarians and libraries when it comes to increasing literacy, as well as getting the word out about diverse books.
Thank you, Christine!
#WeNeedDiverseBooks summer reading series! If you liked Coraline by Neil Gaiman, try Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac because both are creepy stories about young girls who awake to find their parents have been kidnapped by supernatural beings and have to go save them.
Thanks to buttonmeupbuttons!
#WeNeedDiverseBooks summer reading series! If you liked Divergent by Veronica Roth, try Killer of Enemies by Joseph Bruchac because both feature kick-ass heroines in a dystopian/post-apocalpytic setting with an absorbing, complex world and story. (Bruchac gets extra credit for the creepy, genetically engineered creatures.)