Vanessa rated Behold the Dreamers: 4 stars
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
When Jende Jonga journeys to New York City from Cameroon in 2004 on a visitors' visa in hopes of obtaining …
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Vanessa rated Book of V.: 5 stars
Vanessa rated Disappearing Earth: 4 stars
Vanessa rated Aquellas mujercitas: 5 stars
Aquellas mujercitas by Louisa May Alcott, Abigail Nieriker, Abigail Nieriker, and 2 others
Louisa May Alcotts classic novel, set during the Civil War, has always captivated even the most reluctant readers. Little girls, …
Vanessa rated Fleishman Is in Trouble: 4 stars
Vanessa rated Children of Virtue and Vengeance: 4 stars
Vanessa rated Children of Blood and Bone: 4 stars
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us.
Now we rise.
Zélie Adebola remembers when …
Circe by Madeline Miller
The daring, dazzling, and highly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Song Of Achilles that briliantly reimagines …
Vanessa rated Living sunlight: 4 stars
Vanessa rated The Oxford Brotherhood: 5 stars
Vanessa rated Clown Fish and Sea Anemones Work Together: 5 stars
Vanessa rated Pancakes, Pancakes! (Stories to Go!): 3 stars
Pancakes, Pancakes! (Stories to Go!) by Eric Carle
By cutting and grinding the wheat for flour, Jack starts from scratch to help make his breakfast pancake.
Vanessa rated Crazy hair: 5 stars
Crazy hair by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
Bonnie encounters all sorts of exotic animals and marvelous things inside a man's crazy hair.
Vanessa rated Jabari jumps: 5 stars
Jabari jumps by Gaia Cornwall
"Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, …
Vanessa rated The Best We Could Do: 5 stars
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
A national bestseller and American Book Award winner, The Best We Could Do is an intimate and poignant graphic novel …