Reviewed by Sarah Goodman Duffy Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Spanish edition available here. Barrio Rising is a lyrically illustrated account of a San Diego community’s collective action to build Chicano Park. Author María Dolores Águila grew up in a San Diego neighborhood not far from Barrio Logan that faced similar environmental challenges due to industrial […]| Social Justice Books
By Sarah Goodman Duffy I have lived next to military bases my whole life. I grew up in Annapolis, Maryland, near the United States Naval Academy on the Chesapeake Bay. I went to school with the kids of Navy personnel. We would have classes together for two years before their parents were stationed somewhere else. […] The post Department of Defense Education Activity Book Bans appeared first on Social Justice Books.| Social Justice Books
Reviewed by Sarah Goodman Duffy Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Reading is what? Fundamental! — Ru Paul Miss Rita, Mystery Reader, by Sam Donovan and Kristen Wixted, is a story that begs the question: in the wake of widespread challenges to DEI, is this what people are really afraid of? Miss Rita is the […] The post Miss Rita, Mystery Reader appeared first on Social Justice Books.| Social Justice Books
Reviewed by Sarah Goodman Duffy Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: It took me until I was seventeen to figure out I was Queer. No crushes on girls. I pretended not to have them because it would have been easier to like a boy. Just the overwhelming realization that much of what I thought was […] The post Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World appeared first on Social Justice Books.| Social Justice Books
Reviewed by Sarah Goodman Duffy Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: But even if you pull all the Queer books from our class, even if you could manage to somehow pull all the Queer books from this town, I guarantee you, you will not stop us from being who we are. The worst damage you […] The post Answers in the Pages appeared first on Social Justice Books.| Social Justice Books
Reviewed by Sarah Goodman Duffy Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Spanish edition available here. It is like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket. — V. E. Schwab on The House in the Cerulean Sea The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune’s breakout book, tells the story of Linus Baker, a quiet, by-the-book caseworker […] The post The House in the Cerulean Sea appeared first on Social Justice Books.| Social Justice Books