Tag Archive | YA Literature
Buddhism and a Cat: The Cat who went to Heaven
Elizabeth Coatsworth was an American children’s fiction author and poet. Interestingly enough, she has traveled to the Orient and rode horseback through the Philippines, then traveled to Indonesia and China, and slept in a Buddhist monastery. These travels may have influenced her writing of 1930 Newbery Medal winner, The Cat who went to Heaven. The […]
Criminal Families and Curse Workers: Red Glove
We’ve all been manipulated or have manipulated someone in our lifetime, from having a simple candy to maybe getting our parents’ permission to go to a party. Some are good enough, others are criminally good. The Red Glove is the second book in the curse worker series by Holly Black (Check out our review of White […]
Child Labor: Iqbal Masih’s Courage
Child labor still exists. Before children’s rights were put into place, child labor was the norm. While it was an acceptable course of action for manufacturers to hire children, they were given no benefits nor privileges. They were hired because they cost less, but their conditions were deplorable. When Child Labor was made illegal, the […]
Katniss Everdeen: The Girl who Lived On
Writing a review on the Hunger Games Trilogy in 2012 seems like old news, and it is. After all, they’ve released the movie franchise. So, why write a review then? I pondered this question as Myra, upon learning that I finally was reading the trilogy (much of it due to her nagging, lol) suggested that […]
