by Elizabeth Wilcox | Jul 27, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
Ever Cursedby Corey Ann HayduGenre: YA fiction, fantasy, fairy-taleFirst published: July 2020 “My beautiful princesses,” Dad says when the music pauses and the food stops its endless parade through the hall. “I’m delighted to...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Jul 23, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
To Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper LeeGenre: literary fiction, Southern Gothic, Bildungsroman (coming of age)First published 1960 “We know all men are not created equal in the sense some people would have us believe–some people are smarter than others, some...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Jul 17, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
A Themed Drink for The Dimension Door Podcast, Season 1 Episode 18It has been a long while since I did a proper entry in my Dressing Up Drinks series here on Briarbook Lane, and I felt it was only fitting to revisit one of the drinks I created to...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Jul 9, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injusticewritten by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard; illustrated by Jennifer ZivoinGenre: Illustrated Children’s Fiction (recommended for ages 4-8)First published 2018...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Jun 25, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indianby Sherman Alexie, art by Ellen ForneyGenre: YA, FictionFirst published 2007 Traveling between Reardan and Wellpinit, between the little white town and the reservation, I always felt like a stranger.I was half Indian in...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Jun 11, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
Speakby Laurie Halse AndersonGenre: YA, fictionOriginally published 1999 It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you...
