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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Jello-Coated Updo

Barely Floating by Lilliam Rivera

January 24, 2025 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Nat is an amazing swimmer, and the pool is her favorite place to be. She’s not afraid to boast about it, or even challenge the older boys to swim races, but she has to be loud and proud. She’s a fat Latina in an sport known for its skinny white athletes. One day, she learns about a local artistic swimming team (formerly known as synchronized swimming). She had no idea that swimmers could not only be strong and fast, but glamorous and creative. Nat adores […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: fat positive, feminism, kidlit, latina author, latinx stories, Lilliam Rivera, middle grade, sports

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: fat positive, feminism, kidlit, latina author, latinx stories, Lilliam Rivera, middle grade, sports ·
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I’m so sad about it, but this was so flawed.

The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1) by Aiden Thomas

April 4, 2023 by narfna 4 Comments

This was fine. But “fine,” after reading this author’s wonderful debut, Cemetery Boys, is not enough. I feel like there were so many flaws baked in to this book before the author even started writing it, and they didn’t do enough to overcome them. The worldbuilding choices made in this book baffled me, and it read like a middle grade novel with f-bombs thrown in. (Not good when you’re aiming for upper YA.) Gonna bullet point this one to sort out my thoughts. *This was pitched […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Aiden Thomas, latinx stories, LGBTQIA, narfna, read harder challenge 2023, The Sunbearer Duology, The Sunbearer Trials, trans protagonist, ya fantasy

narfna's CBR15 Review No:43 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Aiden Thomas, latinx stories, LGBTQIA, narfna, read harder challenge 2023, The Sunbearer Duology, The Sunbearer Trials, trans protagonist, ya fantasy ·
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Adventures in ghost hunting

Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega

December 28, 2021 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I read Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega for our Young at Heart Cannon book club. I am so glad this book came into my life. 2022 has been plagued with a few reading slumps from the pandemic. However, this middle-grade book got me back into the groove. I read the audiobook, which I highly recommend. The supernatural mystery follows two friends, Lucely and Syd, who live in St. Augustine, Florida. Lucely is Dominican-American and can see her ghost relatives. She speaks to their spirits […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Children's Books, Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: book club read, Cannon Book Club, Claribel A Ortega, Florida, ghosts, latinx author, latinx stories, middle grade, middle grade mystery, Young at Heart

teresaelectro's CBR13 Review No:18 · Genres: Audiobooks, Children's Books, Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: book club read, Cannon Book Club, Claribel A Ortega, Florida, ghosts, latinx author, latinx stories, middle grade, middle grade mystery, Young at Heart ·
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