Both of these books were so great! It was definitely a close call for us.
Slay- The imagery in this novel was amazing, and I felt myself getting pulled into the world. As a minority myself, I found myself often wishing that a game like SLAY existed and that I could play it. SLAY also did a great job of presenting issues that some students may be feeling (not fitting in, being the "black voice", ect without sounding preachy or overbearing. A few of us had trouble becoming engaged and could not relate to the voice in the novel.
This Place- the sheer beauty of this anthology is breathtaking. This would also be an amazing resource when teaching history and multiple perspectives, as it tells history but in a way that is mythologized and grand. There is an assumption of prior knowledge for this book.
At the end of the day, we settled on This Place moving forward!
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