#ReadingBracket2023
I loved doing the reading bracket last year. I am not sure who created it, but I am going to swipe it for 2023.
The idea is to pick your favorite book each month (or post the only book you read that month, like I did a couple times this year) & then narrow it down to your favorite book at the end of the year.
pickI finished this a couple days ago and felt it was very powerful. A raw look at 2 sisters in the foster care system, the book is still geared toward a middle grade audience. The narrator is 10, though her life experiences have caused her to grow up faster than most her age.
pickA difficult subject but done in such a tender and loving way… a story of two sisters and their path from abuse to healing… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley has a knack for bringing children‘s voices to life and make you feel like characters are real people. This is such an important book on a very important topic.
TW: CSA
#MiddleGradeMay
pickAbsolutisme riveting middle grade novel about the aftermath of abuse and the path to healing.
The kids are back today so they got to open their #blitsy packages. Corrine loved all her goodies. She‘s excited the most for the tagged book (another one I may have to swipe.) We‘ve been doing a lot of puzzles recently & this one looks fun. She‘s going to have to hide the bunny because the puppy thought it was for him - she snatched it back from him pretty quick. Thanks @Chelleo for hosting - the kids had a lot of fun (and so did I!)
pickThis is Della's story. Della's mom is an addict who has been incarcerated since Della was five. Della is 11 now and just entering foster care with her 16 year-old sister Suki. They were living with their mom's abusive, long-haul trucker, boyfriend, who left them alone all week. Now that they are in a safe environment they are beginning the process of healing. This important story should be in every classroom from 5th to 12th grade.
pickBook 14 My first five star read of 2022. Fighting Words is the best I've read of Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's work. It's children's literature without simplistic language, relationships, or emotions. It's about childhood sexual abuse and foster care, about which the author writes from personal experience. It's not at all vulgar, and it has a very hopeful message about working together to fight against these atrocities. Highly recommend.
pickI don‘t cry easily when reading, but this book had me sobbing more than once. It is a book about very tough topics including drug addiction, sexual abuse, and suicide. However, it is written a truly masterful way that addresses those topics more appropriately for middle grade readers than anything else I‘ve read touching on those topics.
I may not say snow or snowflakes without thinking of this book for a long time. ❄️
#TRS2021 #MiddleGrade
