In The Lilac Folks, my debut novel about trans folks in Weimar Berlin and Nazi Germany, I’ve a facet character so small, they’re downright tertiary. Dora Richter has no talking position, nor does she have any influence on the plot. And but she’s included as a result of she’s necessary, and she or he was […]

Our second roundup of Newbery-buzzing books features a graphic-novel fairy story, an escape narrative, and a time-travel journey. Plain Jane and the Mermaid mixes fairy-tale components with graphic-novel fashion. Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Ver Brosgol. First Second, 2024, 352 pages Studying Degree: Center Grades, ages 10-12 Advisable for: ages 8-15 Jane is not […]