Good Comics for Kids
Tag: YA
review: One Word, Six Letters
Khorram is talking directly to each one of us through his characters. He’s gentle with his characters, he cares about these young people. We can take it.
review: Balancing Act
Lives are validated not through what reviewers often see as ‘gritty’ but a very nuanced layering of Black classicism. Even though she provides a fictitious urban setting, these teen’s reality isn’t directly about racism, income, or gender. It’s about the balancing act they do to survive every day.
Not Gonna Lie, “Six Seven” and Slang Low-key gets Kids Attention
It’s deeply personal for me that kids feel seen and connected. Books and schools are lifelines, and both failed me as a boy. Many still fail kids.
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review: The Story of My Anger
Mendez structures The Story of My Anger so that it demonstrates ways to express anger, the danger of holding it all in, and the need for community.
Back to School: Self Care
The only way to protect teens is to continue loving and nurturing them, but in ways that provide them space to be seen and heard while they continue to grow.
August Reading
I’m in the middle of two books right now (1; 2) but there are still August releases I’m looking forward to read this month.
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review: Fireblooms
This utopia [New Gault], with its free meals for students, name tags, and continuous positivity, along with the ways Lu and Sebas work to provide space for each other, makes for such a tender story.
review: The Singular Life of Aria Patel
Ahmad provides readers with a unique way to understand the complexities of life, and a compelling reason to figure things out: to get back “home”.
review: Messy Perfect
Messy Perfect is both a window and a mirror, showing readers how systems take away our individuality and the consequences faced by those who can’t find an out.
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