For the second yr in a row, the highest spot on PW’s annual graphic novel critics ballot is shared by two titles. The debut graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls (MCD) and the graphic novel Victory Parade by Leela Corman (Schocken) each obtained a complete of 5 votes from PW’s panel of 11 critics. […]

Victory, Stand!, this 12 months’s ALA YA nonfiction award winner, tells the story of the infamous “Olympic fist” from a viewpoint that makes it comprehensible. Victory, Stand! Elevating My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes, art work by Dawud Anyabwile. Norton, 2022, 202 pages. Studying Degree: Center Grades, ages 10-12 Really helpful […]

I have to warn you that Victory Parade will not be a straightforward learn. It consists of intertwining tales of Rosie, Ruth, Sam, Rosie’s lover, Mr. Finlay, and the aftermath and impact of WWII. The story begins in Brooklyn, 1943, the place Rosie is working as a riveter (Rosie the Riveter was a cultural icon […]