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Getting in my review of Class Act

Class Act by Jerry Craft

October 9, 2023 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Class Act reminded me of The Hate U Give, in that we have a protagonist who is attending a school with predominantly white, privileged classmates. Our main characters are Drew and Jordan (Jordan was the focus on Craft’s previous book in this universe, New Kid) as they deal with being scholarship student eighth graders at Riverdale Academy.   But what’s this story about, you ask? From Goodreads: “Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying “You have to work twice as hard to […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Banned Graphic Novels, CannonBookClub, cbr15bingo, Class Act, Jerry Craft, politics, read harder challenge

faintingviolet's CBR15 Review No:27 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Banned Graphic Novels, CannonBookClub, cbr15bingo, Class Act, Jerry Craft, politics, read harder challenge ·
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Banned Graphic Novels Book Club

October 6, 2023 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

 Join in any or all of our three discussion posts: Class Act by Jerry Craft  Banned in several school districts for fear it would teach young readers Critical Race Theory. Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe #1 most challenged book in 2022, challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and claims it was sexually explicit. This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki Banned and challenged because it includes LGBTQIA+ characters, drug use and profanity, and it was considered sexually explicit with mature themes. We’ve got discussion […]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: Banned and Challenged, Banned Graphic Novels, CannonBookClub, Class Act, Gender Queer, This One Summer

Genres: Book Club · Tags: Banned and Challenged, Banned Graphic Novels, CannonBookClub, Class Act, Gender Queer, This One Summer ·
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This one summer book cover

Book Club Discussion Post: This One Summer

October 6, 2023 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

Welcome to our Banned Graphic Novels book club! This go round we’ve selected three graphic novels that have been banned or challenged for various reasons. Each of our books –Class Act by Jerry Craft, Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, and This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki – have their own Discussion Posts.

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: Banned and Challenged, Banned Graphic Novels, CannonBookClub, Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki, This One Summer

Genres: Book Club · Tags: Banned and Challenged, Banned Graphic Novels, CannonBookClub, Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki, This One Summer ·
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Book Discussion Post: Gender Queer

October 6, 2023 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

Welcome to our Banned Graphic Novels book club! This go round we’ve selected three graphic novels that have been banned or challenged for various reasons. Each of our books –Class Act by Jerry Craft, Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, and This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki – have their own Discussion Posts.

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: Banned and Challenged, Banned Graphic Novels, CannonBookClub, Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe

Genres: Book Club · Tags: Banned and Challenged, Banned Graphic Novels, CannonBookClub, Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe ·
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Book Club Discussion Post: Class Act

October 6, 2023 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

Welcome to our Banned Graphic Novels book club! This go round we’ve selected three graphic novels that have been banned or challenged for various reasons. Each of our books –Class Act by Jerry Craft, Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, and This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: Banned and Challenged, Banned Graphic Novels, CannonBookClub, Class Act, Jerry Craft

Genres: Book Club · Tags: Banned and Challenged, Banned Graphic Novels, CannonBookClub, Class Act, Jerry Craft ·
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“Sometimes I feel like my brain is a machine built by someone who lost the instruction manual.”

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

October 4, 2023 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I haven’t often re-read books in the past decade as I’ve gone on my Cannonball journey. But sometimes I revisit an old favorite, or earlier books in a series before continuing with the newly published. Due to my personal commitment to reading banned and challenged books it has also meant that our Banned Book Week book clubs have included re-reads. I try to review the re-reads on their own merits – what was the reading experience this time. But in the case of Gender Queer my […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Book Club, Non-Fiction Tagged With: banned book club, banned book week, CannonBookClub, cbr15bingo, Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe, Queer Lives, read harder challenge, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR15 Review No:25 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Book Club, Non-Fiction · Tags: banned book club, banned book week, CannonBookClub, cbr15bingo, Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe, Queer Lives, read harder challenge, we need diverse books ·
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