Blogs in June 2021

That Green Eyed Girl 18th June 2021

1955: In an apartment on the Lower East Side, school teachers Dovie and Gillian live as lodgers. Dancing behind closed curtains, mixing cocktails for two, they guard their private lives fiercely. Until someone guesses the truth . . ....

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When Stars Rain Down 15th June 2021

18-year-old Opal is a young Black woman working as a housekeeper in a small Southern town in the 1930s―and then the Klan descends. A moving story that confronts America’s tragic past, When Stars Rain Down is both heartwarming and...

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The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories 15th June 2021

A collection of raucous stories that offer a panoramic view of New Orleans from the author of the “stunning and audacious” (NPR) debut novel We Cast a Shadow Maurice Carlos Ruffin has an uncanny ability to reveal the hidden...

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When You Trap a Tiger 13th June 2021

Winner of the 2021 Newbery Medal A hopeful, heartwarming story of a girl discovering her family’s past and present when she makes a deal with a magical tiger from her grandmother’s stories, the Korean version of “Once upon a...

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Other Words for Home 12th June 2021

A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed. Jude never thought she’d be leaving her...

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