Tag: lit bites
April 1, 2022
Art Spiegleman’s masterpiece, the Maus duology, is one of the most compelling and important graphic novels your teen will read. With the recent controversy surrounding it, I thought it was important to write a Lit Bite around it. I first read Maus several years ago and it has stuck with me ever since. Part memoir … Continue reading "Lit Bite: Maus I and II"
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April 1, 2022
“It was a dark and stormy night…” And so begins A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, a classic children’s science fiction novel. We follow Meg and her gifted brother Charles Wallace as they travel through space and time to rescue their father from the growing darkness spreading across the universe. A Wrinkle in Time … Continue reading "Lit Bite: A Wrinkle in Time"
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April 1, 2022
Ophie’s Ghosts might be the best middle-grade novel I read in 2022, so far! Beautifully written, this is a story about grief, ghosts, and racism in 1920s America. Ophie and her mother have just moved to Pittsburgh after her father’s death, and they struggle to make a life for themselves. But Ophie has a secret … Continue reading "Lit Bite: Ophie’s Ghosts"
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