by Elizabeth Wilcox | Aug 6, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
Of Mice and Menby John SteinbeckGenre: novella, fiction, tragedyFirst published 1937 Candy cried, “Sure they all want it. Everybody wants a little bit of land, not much. Jus’ som’thin’ that was his. Somethin’ he could live on and...
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 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...
