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The Chaos - Nalo Hopkinson
The Chaos by Nalo Hopkinson Hopkinson is an award winning adult fantasy author, The Chaos is her YA debut and set in Toronto. After being bullied at her old school, Sojourner Smith who goes by...
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Wanted - Heidi Ayarbe
Wanted by Heidi Ayarbe I have a bad tendency of reading review copies well before the release date and not writing up a review or even jotting down notes. Though this also has it advantages as well...
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Happy Families - Tanita Davis
Happy Families by Tanita Davis Ysabel and Justin Nicholas are twins from a happy home. Their parents encourage and support their extracurricular activities. This cohesive family unit, also includes a...
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Flora's Fury - Ysabeau S. Wilce
Flora's Fury by Ysabeau S. Wilce This is the third book in the Flora series. I read and loved, Flora Segunda, the first one but somehow I missed the second one. Reading the second one first would've...
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Best Shot in the West - Patricia & Fredrick McKissack, Randy Duburke
Best Shot in the West by Patricia C. McKissack & Fredrick L McKissack Jr illus. by Randy DuburkeThis is a graphic novel based on the life of Nat Love who was born into slavery in 1854 and grew up...
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The Great Cake Mystery - Alexander McCall Smith, Iain McIntosh
The Great Cake Mystery by Alexander McCall Smith, Illustrations by Iain McIntoshThe author has a bestselling mystery series called The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency. The stories are quaint and a whole...
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Saying Goodbye to Leo Dillon 1933- 2012
Awarding winning and groundbreaking illustrator Leo Dillon died on May 26th. The first I heard of Dillon's passing was when I stopped by illustrator Shadra Strickland's blog yesterday. Today a friend...
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On Sale Now - New Releases (Playing Catch Up)
Every month I list all children's and young adult titles, that I am aware of, that feature characters of color or a diverse cast. This I can't find that many new releases for this feature for the...
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The Rock of Ivanore - Laurisa White Reyes
The Rock of Ivanore by Laurisa White ReyesEach year in the village of Quendal, young men on the verge of manhood are sent on a quest. This year it is 14yr old Marcus turn, along with Jerriod, Zody,...
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Congratulations to Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (2012 Boston Globe -Horn Book Award)
Ms. Nelson is the 2012 Boston Globe -Horn Book Award Winner in fiction for No Crystal Stair. A story I absolutely loved. My review. I interviewed the author earlier in the year. I thought Nelson's...
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Nalo Hopkinson Interview (2012 Summer Blog Blast Tour)
Welcome to the first day of 2012 Summer Blog Blast Tour. This week eight bloggers will be sharing various interviews, all of which will be linked back to Chasing Ray. Nalo Hopkinson is an award...
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Tanita Davis Interview ( 2012 Summer Blog Blast Tour)
Tanita Davis has been one half of the YA author blog Finding Wonderland since 2005. Her third novel, Happy Families was just released last month. Like the author's previous works, the family dynamic is...
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Cynthia Levinson Interview (2012 Summer Blog Blast Tour)
Over the past few years there have been several young adult non fiction books on the civil rights movements. So even though We've Got A Job received three starred reviews, I let the galley sit on my...
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Benjamin Alire Saenz Interview (2012 Blog Blast Tour)
Welcome to the final day of the SBBT. I've been a fan of Benjamin Alire Saenz since I read Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood. With each new book Saenz confirms that he is one of the best YA authors out....
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37 Things I Love (in no particular order) Kekla Magoon
37 Things I Love (in no particular order)by Kekla Magoon Ellis, has less then a week left of her sophomore year but all she can think about is her father who has been in a coma for the last few years....
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Lone Bean - Chudney Ross
Lone Bean by Chudney Ross I couldn't resist reading this middle grade debut thanks to its very adorable cover. Bean is excited about the start of third grade, but has a very bad first day. Carla, the...
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Male Protagonists - Are An Essential Part Of My Reading Diet
Most of the novels I've read recently feature female protagonist. I love stories with female leads but I can not exist on that diet alone, and I am experiencing a bit of a burn out. In the beginning...
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Alien On A Rampage - Clete Barrett Smith
Alien On A Rampage by Clete Barrett Smith This is the follow up to the author's excellent debut Aliens on Vacation. Once again David is going to be spending the summer working at his grandmothers bed...
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Texas Gothic - Rosemary Clement-Moore
Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-MooreAmy Goodnight will be ranch sitting for her aunt Hyancith with her old sister Phin. All the Goodnight women are practicing witches with the exception of Amy....
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On Sale Now : New Releases
Displaying new releases at the beginnning of the month, with characters of color or that sfeature a diverse cast, is my only ongoing feature. Though recently I've considered stopping it, because each...
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Flying the Dragon - Natalie Dias Lorenzi
Flying the Dragon by Natalie Dias Lorenzi Skye and Hiroshi Tsuki are cousins but they've never meet. Skye lives in the United States with her parents and loves to play soccer. Hiroshi lives in Japan...
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Small Press Fortnight Blog Tour
For the next two weeks there is an ongoing project that will showcase various independent publishers, started by Jodie from Bookgazing. The full schedule Tomorrow, is my official day to post about...
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Cinco Puntos Press - (Small Press Fortnight Blog Tour)
After spending a three months interning at Periene Press, a small publishing press in London, Jodie from Bookgazing decided to give bloggers the opportunity to show a little love to smaller,...
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The 1st Post Back is Always The Hardest/August New Releases
I took an unexpected but much needed hiatus. I have enjoyed the extra time but I am trying to get my blogging grove back. Though I have still been reading. I am almost done with Team Human by Justine...
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Cornered: 14 Stories of Bullying and Defiance
Cornered: 14 Stories of Bulling and Defiance edited by Rhoda Belleza I assumed most of the stories in this collection would feature the bullied. While there are stories with thebullied as the main...
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