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These middle school books about friendship problems can help tweens navigate the challenges of friendship and thrive in social situations that are tricky to maneuver. From dynamic duos to best buddies, these are must-reads for anyone looking to learn more about what makes a healthy, thriving friendship. The Best Middle Grade Books About Friendship Want more great children’s and middle grade books about friendship? Check out these posts! 4 of the Best Friendships in Middle Grade Books Best Friend Squads: 8 Kids’ Books with Best Friend Teams 8 Great Picture Books about Friendship

I also appreciate reading works from around the world and in translation: they often offer us a broader vision of the world we live in, as well as the chance to get to see and experience places we may never get a chance to travel to — some of them fictional. Graphic novels have the particularity of being able to convey images alongside storytelling, granting us an even more immersing way to experience these stories, countries, languages, and cultures....

What do I mean by Star Wars books? When Disney acquired Lucasfilm, all the books that were previously written and considered the “expanded universe”—books set during, between, and after the original and subsequent films—were declared non-canon and rebranded as “Legends.” Disney decided that there would be a new, restructured canon that would ensure continuity along a SW timeline that included the movies. Starting in 2014, the new canon includes all of the Episodes and one-off movies, The Clone Wars film, the TV shows Star Wars Resistance, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and comics, books, and video games published after April of that year....

20 of the Most Influential Historical Fiction Books Historical fiction helps us engage with the past in a more meaningful way. If you want to explore more of this genre, check out 25 Of The Best Queer Historical Fiction Books and 8 Historical Fiction YA Books About War.

Whether you’re getting a new kitty or are helping someone make an important decision on what to call their new furball, let this list of literary cat names be inspiration for giving that feline an excellent identity. I’ve included subcategories here, including names for a pair of cats or a trio of cats that correspond to literature in some capacity. This list includes names of actual cats in the books, as well as other names and references from the books that would make for excellent names....

The virtual Literary Awards Ceremony will be held on April 8, 2021. PEN/Jean Stein Book Award This $75,000 award is given to “a book-length work of any genre for its originality, merit, and impact, which has broken new ground by reshaping the boundaries of its form and signaling strong potential for lasting influence.” This year’s judges were Vievee Francis, Fred Moten, and Tommy Orange. Borderland Apocrypha by Anthony Cody (Omnidawn) The Death of Vivek Oji: A Novel by Akwaeke Emezi (Riverhead Books) Be Holding: A Poem by Ross Gay (University of Pittsburgh Press) The Freezer Door by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents) Sharks in the Time of Saviors: A Novel by Kawai Strong Washburn (MCD)...

First awarded in 1969, the Booker Prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English and published in the UK or Ireland. The winner of the prize will receive £50,000 and each shortlisted author will receive £2,500. The shortlist will be announced September 6th and the winner will be announced in a ceremony held in London on October 17th. — The Booker Prizes (@TheBookerPrizes) July 26, 2022 Trust by Hernan Diaz The Trees by Percival Everett Booth by Karen Joy Fowler Treacle Walker by Alan Garner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shahan Karunatilaka Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet The Colony by Audrey Magee Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley After Sappho by Selby Lynn Schwartz Oh William!...

As the days march ever onward, it’s nice to have a quote to ponder or a story to follow. It might also be nice to have a way to keep track of books recently read or to be read. I’ve curated a diverse selection of styles for you to peruse. There are tons of amazing bookish calendars out there for every kind of book nerd. Perhaps you’re looking for something with passages, poems, or pretty pictures....

The average reader can read about 300 words per minute and still retain the information of the work. The average piece of flash fiction story hovers somewhere between 500 and 1500 words. That makes flash fiction pieces the perfect antidote to those tiny pockets of boredom that pop up in your life. If you want to add more reading time into your day but can’t commit to a big chunk of time, here is a handy-dandy list of flash fiction pieces online for you to read next time you (literally) only have a minute or two....

Although I’ve personally enjoyed many of these books and series, I tried to explain how they were influential in both positive and negative ways and criticism they’ve received. Also, saying one book helped pave the way for others doesn’t necessarily mean one author directly imitated another. More broadly, the earlier book’s popularity contributed to an environment where books on similar themes would sell. These books have had major impacts on the fantasy genre and publishing industry — and on pop culture at large....

Speaking of lists of must-read books for 9th graders…The following list of books definitely fit the bill. Memoirs and Nonfiction Books for 9th Graders For new high schoolers who enjoy reading YA nonfiction, these are books by and about extraordinary teens doing extraordinary things from bravely fighting Nazis to living their most authentic truth. Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for 9th Graders Did someone say “Hey YA!” or “SFF Yeah!...

As with every other topic under the sun, authors have spun this into tender, challenging, incredibly moving narratives of being the younger caretaker. To honestly capture these experiences, authors need to explore: Money, and the way that finances constrain decisions around care and comfort Bodies, and how age and infirmity dispel myths around the tidiness of the physical form Gender, including how women shoulder a disproportionate share of the responsibility for elderly or relatives Guilt, a seemingly universal condition where adult children feel that they’re not doing enough, regardless of how much they are doing, partly because their parents have tended to be the unselfish ones in their family roles Death, addressing the fears that loom over and can cloud the other emotions...

Over the weekend, I got a chance to read an advance copy of Picturing a Nation, the newest book by legendary National Book Award-Winning author Martin W. Sandler. It doesn’t come out until October, but I just had to put it on your radar! It is all about the US Farm Security Administration’s sweeping visual record of the Great Depression, and it’s packed with more than 100 full-color and black-and-white photographs....

Family Life by Akhil Sharma The story of the Mishras starts with Ajay, his older brother Birju, and their mother planning on emigrating to America to join their father. What comes next is the high handedness of the Indian diaspora, an untoward accident, daily plight with the reality of immigrants in the U.S., alcoholism, navigating a highly ableist world, and the like. And to top it off, the omnipresent psychological trauma keeps following the characters throughout the course of the novel....

Twin sisters Sunshine and Margot are as different as chalk and cheese, but what they do have in common is a complete lack of luck when it comes to love. Emotionally stunted by a mother who dropped everything to follow boyfriend after boyfriend, the sisters have ever only had each other for support and to share a pint of post-heartache ice cream. When Margot, an etiquette specialist, is hired to work with Bianca, an icon from Hollywood’s Golden Age with romantic entanglements of her own, she and Sunshine become the daughters she never had, and their friendship teaches them how to embrace the quirks that make them unique, and how to demand the love they deserve just as they are....

1. The Book Haven Identify an adaptable space in your home that you can transform into a reading nook. This can be a room, a couch, a table and chair, or even just a vacant corner with some floor space. Decorate the area with beautiful things that you think help to create a relaxing, literary mood. You could include fresh plants, dried flowers, scented candles, a funky lamp, glass jars with sweet and savory snacks (think cookies and crisps), a prepared tea or coffee tray, fluffy cushions, a cozy blanket, or anything else you like and have on hand!...

Now that we have that out of the way, let’s talk about a certain type of strong female character in contemporary adult and YA fiction. It’s not that these women don’t think about, experience, or even wish for rewarding romance. In fact, romance is often at the very center of their stories. It’s just that in the end, they are capable of growing and changing with or without romance. These women’s stories are complex page-turners that leave us inspired—and yes, maybe even make us swoon....

One of the most important authors writing about race in America in the 1950s and ’60s, Baldwin dealt with the intersection of masculinity, sex, race, and class in ways that had not been popularized prior to his work. While there’s been a lot written about James Baldwin, many interesting details of his life and career remain unknown by the general public. Here are five interesting facts you might not know about one of the most powerful and controversial authors of the 20th century....

Rock Paper Scissors is the latest exciting domestic thriller from the queen of the killer twist, New York Times bestselling author Alice Feeney.Think you know the person you married? Think again…Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Every anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts–paper, cotton, pottery, tin–and each year Adam’s wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read....