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Cover of the book I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day

Stories from the 1% (no not THAT one)

I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day

February 11, 2020 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Recently I was lucky to present at our state comic con on Teen Girls in Space, and one of the focuses of my panel contributions was diversity in pop culture. I got to really dig into the still terrible statistics of representation in literature and media, and while it was nice to see the numbers getting better, all in all it is a “long way to go” situation – unsurprising to any Pajiban and Cannonballer, I am sure. Of the many major bummers, one super-major […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: American Indian, children's book, children's lit, christine day, contemporary fiction, duwamish nation, middle grade, Multigenerational, Native American, suquamish nation

cosbrarian's CBR12 Review No:4 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: American Indian, children's book, children's lit, christine day, contemporary fiction, duwamish nation, middle grade, Multigenerational, Native American, suquamish nation ·
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