More new middle grade fiction
It's so exciting to get to read new books. Although the hard part about reading great advanced readers copies is waiting for them to actually get published. These are some you definitely want to keep an eye out for. The first one is called "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes. It's about 11 year old Deja who has grown up in Brooklyn. Her family has always struggled financially but this year, they've had to move into a homeless shelter. It's not awesome. She has to take a lot of responsibility for her younger sister and brother but she feels angry a lot. She's angry that she's had to change schools (even though her new school is much better than the old one), she's angry that she has to wear clothes that don't fit properly and that aren't fashionable, she's angry that the new kids don't understand what it's like to be homeless, she's angry that they have to share a small place and eat in the shelter's dining ...