Finished with this week’s WNDB Summer Reading pick FELIX EVER AFTER by Kacen Callender? Check out our discussion guides and activities for the book, along with the reads below:
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"I went into Felix Ever After knowing I would want to write about a person like me, someone I had never before seen in books or in any media: A Black, queer, trans masculine person who identifies as a demiboy. I’ve seen trans masculine characters (though still very rare), I’ve seen queer characters (not as rare these days, but there could still be more), and I’ve certainly seen plenty of non-Black and especially white characters in stories before. Sometimes it’s a mixture of two of these identities, but never all at once."-
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We love Black Girl Greatness in Middle Grade! Done reading this week’s WNDB Summer Reading pick, A GOOD KIND OF TROUBLE by Lisa Moore Ramée? Check out our discussion guides and activities for the book, along with the reads below:
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"Black kids’ lives are particularly complex. And while it’s way past time for people to understand we are more than Black pain (so, so much more), our pain does have a way of vining its way into our stories. It has to. It’s part of our story. So yes, a book about a Black girl that is primarily about friendships shifting, family, and a first crush also has to be about police brutality. Why? Because that’s the truth of being Black in America. Black kids know this; other kids should know it too."-
Lisa Moore Ramée, WNDB Summer Reading: Both Pain and Joy Are Part of Kids’ Lives
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