This book is amazing. The colors are stunning, the heroes are unlikely and completely lovable, and the world is so original and cool. A very rich story. I can't wait for the second one.
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readingrecsfromjoy rated Keith Haring: 5 stars

Kay Haring: Keith Haring (2017, Dial Books)
Keith Haring by Kay Haring
This one-of-a-kind book explores the life and art of Keith Haring from his childhood through his meteoric rise to fame. …
readingrecsfromjoy rated Akata Witch: 5 stars

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns …
readingrecsfromjoy rated When We Rise: 5 stars

When We Rise by Cleve Jones
Born in 1954, Cleve Jones was among the last generation of gay Americans who grew up wondering if there were …
readingrecsfromjoy reviewed 5 Worlds :The Sandstorm Warrior by Mark Siegel (5 worlds)
readingrecsfromjoy rated The Librarian of Basra: 5 stars

The Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter
Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for …
readingrecsfromjoy rated The heart and the bottle: 4 stars

The heart and the bottle by Oliver Jeffers
After safeguarding her heart in a bottle hung around her neck, a girl finds the bottle growing heavier and her …
readingrecsfromjoy rated Brave Girl: 5 stars
readingrecsfromjoy rated If I Was Your Girl: 5 stars

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit …
readingrecsfromjoy rated HILDA THE TROLL: 5 stars
readingrecsfromjoy rated The Minpins: 5 stars

The Minpins by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake, Patrick Benson
Little Billy enters the Forest of Sin and meets the Minpins, matchstick-sized people who live in tree cities besieged by …
readingrecsfromjoy rated The Riddle-Master of Hed (Riddle-Master #1): 4 stars

The Riddle-Master of Hed (Riddle-Master #1) by Patricia A. McKillip
In seeking the answer to the riddle of the three stars on his forehead and the three stars on the …
readingrecsfromjoy rated Rani Patel in Full Effect: 5 stars

Sonia Patel: Rani Patel in Full Effect (2016, Lee & Low Books, Incorporated)
Rani Patel in Full Effect by Sonia Patel
Rani s fully present as MC Sutra, Call my solution a female revolution / retribution in the form of rhyme …
readingrecsfromjoy reviewed Shrill by Lindy West

Lindy West: Shrill (2016)
Review of 'Shrill' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
Best book I read in 2016