I love Shirley Chisolm. This book provides a short but profound look at Chisolm’s background as well as several of the things that led up to making her the tenacious lawmaker she became. I eragerly anticipate reading her other memoir.
I thought this would be a fun romp with talking animals and at a few points it was. The rest felt a little too absurd and cynical for my tastes. My students have enjoyed it though.
I have to admit that life events delayed the writing of this review so the details in this review will not be as specific as I would wish. As far as the book itself goes, even though several years passed between when I first read the first book – shortly after release – I was able to quickly dive back into the narrative. Most of this narrative takes place in the jinn city, a place on a completely different plane. I enjoyed how Abdullah
explored how this new setting affected the characters and their relationships. I hope that the conclusion to the trilogy will not take as long to release.
I loved this so much! I checked out the book after seeing a post on Facebook from Alexander about the book being on the best seller list. This story stars the co-authors as kids competing in a story competitions complete with comic asides and teasing. This was so much fun to read.
Has the United States ever done the right thing? Williams did a brilliant job wading through all the terrible evidence of Western interference in African countries as they attempted to become independent, interference like the sanctioned assassination of a leader using his desire to bury his small child in their hometown after the child’s tragic death to lure him from his safe house. This book took a while to read but I highly recommend it.
I really wanted to enjoy this retelling of the classic Little Women, a classic which I enjoyed. On the surface, Morrow does a more than capable job of staying true to the original while placing the characters in unique situations around the same time period. Unfortunately, the narrative stayed on the surface, making it difficult to engage with any of the characters.
