Smackdown Books 2021

Ordinary Hazards
We Dream of Space
If These Wings Could Fly
We Are Not Free
The King of Jam Sandwiches
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
The Companion
Punching the Air
Show Me a Sign
Land of the Cranes
Furia
Dragon Hoops
When Stars Are Scattered
Snapdragon
The Radium Girls: The Scary But True Story of the Poison That Made People Glow in the Dark
American as Paneer Pie
Tune It Out
The Gilded Ones
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Saturday, February 23, 2019

Verse battles Dystopia














Two books, two great reads.  I enjoyed Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves.  In this dystopian novel, the reader is left to mourn the destruction of the environment and an essence of human nature - the ability to dream.  The undercurrents of racial tension add the uneasiness felt throughout the book.  The Poet X written in verse draws the reader in with an intensity that was quite surprising.  Family tensions, secrets and the strength to believe in oneself fill the pages of this book.  I could not easily put this book down and was quick to recommend it to others as it left such an impression with me.  My vote to continue is The Poet X.

Maureen