Anna Tschetter

This was really well-written but took me FOREVER to read because the near-futureness of it all stressed me out way too much.

This was a sweet graphic novel about grief, accepting yourself and others, and the importance of vulnerability. I think this will resonate with a lot of tweens and teens, though I did think that sometimes it was hard to figure out via context clues/images what was happening when characters spoke Indonesian. But, it's great for Indonesian people to see that representation!

A sweet story about two girls becoming friends - and maybe more?! - while bonding over music. I really like the green, black and white palette. Excited to see where this goes.

Despite it taking me forever to read because of . . . the horrors . . . I really enjoyed this! Ren and Sunho's romance is a little insta-love but it still worked. It did take me waaaaaayyyy too long to figure out the geography but it's a nice folklore-inspired fantasy!

Why yes it did take me 4 months to read this book which betrays my massive amount of privilege to put it down when it got too upsetting. I challenge anyone to read this and come to the conclusion that what the state of Israel - with the help of americas bombs and money - has been doing to the Palestinians is just and humane.