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Task #20: Read a middle grade book that doesn’t take place in the U.S. or the UK
By Book Riot · 90 posts · 1679 views
By Book Riot · 90 posts · 1679 views
last updated Dec 31, 2020 02:39PM
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Jun 30, 2020
Molly
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
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recommended,
5-stars,
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read-in-2020,
summer-2020
I opted for this version of the book for a couple of reasons: I wanted to put it in my classroom, and Stamped from the Beginning was out of stock on Bookshop. I definitely want to read the...first edition? original edition? grownup edition? but I’m glad I started here. This book does an amazing job of explaining something so complex in a way that’s easily accessible (I mean, yeah, racism itself isn’t all that complex I suppose, but the systems that prop it up definitely are).
I was hoping to be ...more
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I want to read the longer version of this as well but this was a good starting point. It's great on audio too - Jason Reynolds (the author) is an excellent narrator.
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This was my second attempt at reading this. The first time, I could not get the rest of the family to like or pay attention to it. So I just started all over (it had been way too long between readings anyway).
I get that this is a middle grade or high school book, but I could not get on board with the over-the-top jokiness of the tone. And I also get that Reynolds was trying to distill down Kendi's big, historical book into something that kids (maybe) would read, but there were just so many insta ...more
I get that this is a middle grade or high school book, but I could not get on board with the over-the-top jokiness of the tone. And I also get that Reynolds was trying to distill down Kendi's big, historical book into something that kids (maybe) would read, but there were just so many insta ...more
Jun 21, 2020
Elizabeth
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
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nonfiction,
youngadult,
audio,
would-recommend,
e-book,
more-than-32-pages,
overdrive,
nonfiction-ya,
2020
Nov 24, 2020
Darryl Knudsen
marked it as to-read
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Shelves:
racial-justice
