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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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For the Children

Looking at the Sky: How Dr. Janusz Korczak Fought for Children's Rights by Amanda West Lewis and Abigail Rajunov

September 21, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

To me, it is always funny when you find a book and really all you can say is, “Wow.”  This Wow can be “WOW! Greatest ever.” Or “Wow, really you wasted a tree on that?” Or even, “Well, wow. That’s an experience.” And Looking at the Sky: How Dr. Janusz Korczak Fought for Children’s Rights by Amanda West Lewis and illustrator Abigail Rajunov left me with a Wow as my initial thought. Not Wow Best ever. Or even Wow that was neat. But Wow, that’s […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: Abigail Rajunov, Amanda West Lewis, Amanda West Lewis and Abigail Rajunov, Children's Rights, Dom Sierot, Dr. Janusz Korczak, europe, family, foster homes, Henryk Goldszmit, Holocaust, orphans, Pan Doktor, Poland, Stary Doktor

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:346 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: Abigail Rajunov, Amanda West Lewis, Amanda West Lewis and Abigail Rajunov, Children's Rights, Dom Sierot, Dr. Janusz Korczak, europe, family, foster homes, Henryk Goldszmit, Holocaust, orphans, Pan Doktor, Poland, Stary Doktor ·
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Friend Carl might not have liked being a book prop, but I liked this book.

Orphanland by Lauren Fischer

October 3, 2025 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

The story behind the book is better than the book, Orphanland by Lauren Fischer, and it is a good book. Or at least I think so, as it made a cozy memory to be connected to a book with a not so cozy theme. I was going to read it online, but got a finished paperback (after requesting the online book and the author contacting me saying thanks for requesting) from the author. We emailed a little bit as we were talking about the book, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: coming-of-age, drugs & alcohol, family, foster homes, friendship, Lauren Fischer, LGBTQ, opioid crisis, orphans, Social Theme, substance abuse

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:425 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: coming-of-age, drugs & alcohol, family, foster homes, friendship, Lauren Fischer, LGBTQ, opioid crisis, orphans, Social Theme, substance abuse ·
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Dorothy Dingle: the Perfect Mother

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko

April 29, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

After his mother has been gone for a week, eleven-year-old Hank and his toddler sister Boo are forced to seek out the stranger listed as their emergency contact. But with Lou Ann’s help comes social workers and a new school, and Hank worries he might have made a huge mistake. I don’t read much middle grade nowadays, but I was intrigued by this book because I haven’t read any middle grade book dealing with foster care and parentification before. The author’s note about her own […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: Addiction, ARC, contemporary, family, foster homes, Gennifer Choldenko, middle grade, NetGalley, siblings

Genres: Children's Books · Tags: Addiction, ARC, contemporary, family, foster homes, Gennifer Choldenko, middle grade, NetGalley, siblings ·
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Magical Mystery Ride

A Girl Called Echo Omnibus (Combined Volume) by Katherena Vermette

November 2, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A while back, I read the first volume in A Girl Called Echo series. And recently I was given a finished copy of the Omnibus. I like the word omnibus. I picture a large bus that has wings or something magical about it. And it carries a lot of things inside of it.  And that fits this story by Katherena Vermette as they created a story that has elements of the here and now, and time travel. Or a bit of magic. I have not […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: 19th century, Canada, coming-of-age, Donovan Yaciuk, family, foster homes, indigenous people, Katherena Vermette, Metis, mothers, north america, Northwest Resistance Canada 1885, People & Places, Red River Valley, school, Scott B. Henderson, time travel

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:794 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: 19th century, Canada, coming-of-age, Donovan Yaciuk, family, foster homes, indigenous people, Katherena Vermette, Metis, mothers, north america, Northwest Resistance Canada 1885, People & Places, Red River Valley, school, Scott B. Henderson, time travel ·
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