by envisionmg | Jun 29, 2023 | Ari Reviews, Children's Literature, For Kids, Middle Grade Fiction
If you enjoy stories involving magic, spooky tales, seances, adventure, etc. you need to check this book out! This was a great middle school children’s book that had all of the above mentioned with so many twists and turns that I could not put this book down and had...
by envisionmg | Jun 26, 2023 | Fiction, Max Reviews, Suspense, Thriller, YA, YA Fiction
Eight hours. Six friends. Five survive. That’s the tagline for Holly Jackson’s Five Survive, a teen thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole read. What starts off as a road trip from Philadelphia to a warm spring break destination turns into a tense...
by envisionmg | Jun 22, 2023 | Discovery List, Horror, Reading Lists, Watch List
Autumn tends to be the season that gets the most credit for being the spooky season, but summer offers its own opportunities for thrills and chills- summer camp shenanigans, vacations gone wrong, cult rituals, and more! Now that it’s officially summer, I wanted...
by envisionmg | Jun 15, 2023 | Max Reviews, Memoir, Non-fiction
Hijab Butch Blues chronicles the life of Lamya H, a queer Muslim writer and activist, through a series of salient and beautifully written prose essays. The essays range in topic and span much of Lamya’s life. In it, Lamya covers topics ranging from xenophobia,...
by envisionmg | Jun 12, 2023 | Biography, Children's Literature, Discovery List, Essays, Fiction, For Kids, Middle Grade Fiction, Non-fiction, Reading Lists, YA
This Bookshelf does not existThe Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, but it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. As a result, in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas, enslaved people would not be free until much later. Freedom finally came on...
