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Emotional Historical YA

Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall

October 10, 2022 by LB 1 Comment

Yup, I cried, but no one is surprised. Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken is a story of resistance and making joy during dark times, as well as family and love. It is a story that examines when safety stops being enough and it’s time to resist and push back against harmful regimes. It is also the story of a group of friends navigating their friendship and society when it’s not safe to be Jewish, it’s not safe to be queer, it’s not safe to be […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: hard of hearing, Nita Tyndall, queer, sapphic, teen friendship, World War Two, WWII, YA, Young Adult

LB's CBR14 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: hard of hearing, Nita Tyndall, queer, sapphic, teen friendship, World War Two, WWII, YA, Young Adult ·
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A story needed to be (but never should have had to be) told

Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel by Andrew Donkin

August 11, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel is a wow book! Adapted by Andrew Donkin, the Ruta Sepetys novel comes to life in a graphic novel format. The story of one family shows another side of world history, and how in World War II, the Soviet Union was not just fighting Germany, but its own people as well. It might not be for everyone as there is much in the way of concepts and content that might be difficult, even for adults. A little-known piece […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: 1925-1953, 1940-1941, 20th Century, Andrew Donkin, Dave Kopka, Labor camps, Lithuania, Military & Wars, Prejudice & Racism, Ruta Sepetys, Siberia (Russia), Soviet occupation, World War Two

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:445 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: 1925-1953, 1940-1941, 20th Century, Andrew Donkin, Dave Kopka, Labor camps, Lithuania, Military & Wars, Prejudice & Racism, Ruta Sepetys, Siberia (Russia), Soviet occupation, World War Two ·
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This elephant didn’t fly but did help save a village

Bandoola: The Great Elephant Rescue by William Grill

May 27, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Bandoola: The Great Elephant Rescue has a mixture of styles. I mean, while this is a non-fiction story about James Howard Williams and an elephant name Bandoola, it is also written as a fiction story. There are facts about elephants, what they eat, etc., as well as what is used and done of the teak plantation. The story is a bit controversial as it does depict the fact elephants in Myanmar were used to harvest the teak for sale around the world. It mentions some […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Bandoola, Burma, Elephants, Environmental Conservation & Protection, James Howard Williams, lumber/teak, Military & Wars, Myanmar, Po Toke, William Grill, World War Two

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:262 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Bandoola, Burma, Elephants, Environmental Conservation & Protection, James Howard Williams, lumber/teak, Military & Wars, Myanmar, Po Toke, William Grill, World War Two ·
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Another I want to put fantasy not History to

Paper Hearts by Meg Wiviott

May 4, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Two comments about Paper Hearts by Meg Wiviott I liked it 2. Read it   But that is only fifteen words and I need 250. The story follows two Jewish girls as they survive Auschwitz as their families and others perish around them. The story is told in alternating chapters between the two voices in prose poetry. Some of the poems are thoughtful, some powerful, some sweet. And some are horrifically amazing at the sensation they create. Have you ever “seen” the smell of the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: Auschwitz, historical fiction, Meg Wiviott, World War Two

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:202 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: Auschwitz, historical fiction, Meg Wiviott, World War Two ·
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crystalclear read my mind!

The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian

February 7, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Way back in the olden days of 2020, the amazing crystalclear sent some inspired picks my way for CBR Book Exchange. Hooray! I kicked off the new year with one of their thoughtful additions to my TBR pile; I had wanted to read Storm Front for some time thanks to the lovely folks here at CBR. The other book, The Light in the Ruins, was a book with which I was unfamiliar. I was immediately excited and impressed after reading the cover copy, as I […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: allied invasion, Antiquities, art, Book Exchange 2020, chris bohjalian, crime, CrystalClear, historical fiction, Italian Resistance, murder, Occupied Italy, revenge, World War Two, WWII

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: allied invasion, Antiquities, art, Book Exchange 2020, chris bohjalian, crime, CrystalClear, historical fiction, Italian Resistance, murder, Occupied Italy, revenge, World War Two, WWII ·
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Toronto: If you make it there, you can be a Comic Book Star (1939-1945)

War Bears by Margaret Atwood

March 17, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

People study the history of a nation. They study the history of that nation’s literature. They study how wars happened, the facts during and the aftermath. But do they ever write about the history of the Comic Book? The Graphic Novel? War Bears is an homage to “The Canadian Whites” and a history of World War Two. Moral back home was important, but also important was the moral of the troops. And the comics that “boys (and gals) back home” made kept spirits up. And […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult Tagged With: 1939-1945, Canada, Ken Steacy, Margaret Atwood, War comics, World War, World War Two

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:122 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult · Tags: 1939-1945, Canada, Ken Steacy, Margaret Atwood, War comics, World War, World War Two ·
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