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‘When You Look Like Us’ review: Pamela N. Harris’ timely debut on the plight of missing Black girls
Sabrien Abdelrahman January 21, 2021

Pamela N. Harris’ timely debut When You Look Like Us calls attention to an urgent epidemic of missing Black girls. Skillfully blending together mystery and social justice, identity and community, hurt…

Sabrien Abdelrahman January 21, 2021
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‘No True Believers’ review: Rabiah York Lumbard sheds light on the rise of Islamophobia in her debut YA novel
Sabrien Abdelrahman December 18, 2020

In her debut young adult novel, No True Believers, Rabiah York Lumbard draws from personal experience as an American Muslim, both in the United States and abroad, to weave together a story addressing …

Sabrien Abdelrahman December 18, 2020
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‘Grown’ review: Tiffany D. Jackson’s new mystery novel for girls who were forced to grow up too fast
Sabrien Abdelrahman October 5, 2020

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson is not a book for light reading. Grown is a mystery that engages a narrative that is difficult to put down, while simultaneously being difficult to read because of the seri…

Sabrien Abdelrahman October 5, 2020
Books
10 Spring 2020 Reads That Prove Books and Music Go Hand-In-Hand
Marena Galluccio March 26, 2020

Books and music. You can’t find a better combination than that. From listening to an author’s playlist for your favorite book to listening to a film score as you read, books and music go hand-in-hand …

Marena Galluccio March 26, 2020
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Book Review: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Gina Webber November 2, 2019

Of magic, murder, and malignant motivations, Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House traverses the world of occultist secret societies with a story as alluring as it is corrupt. The only life Alex Stern has ever …

Gina Webber November 2, 2019
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Book Review: The Window by Amelia Brunskill
Gisselle Lopez June 4, 2018

In my personal experience, reading mystery novels goes one of two ways: either the story focuses on an official crime case that the characters are working to solve, or the plot provides a take of the …

Gisselle Lopez June 4, 2018
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Read of the Week: ‘The Fall’ by Bethany Griffin
Stephanie Estrada October 3, 2015

The Fall by Bethany Griffin Madeline has spent her life battling the sickness and curse that has plagued so many in her family before her. Told in flashes of time and years scattered, she and her brot…

Stephanie Estrada October 3, 2015

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