Fresh Reads, Honest reviews, Educator-approved
A forgotten story of Dr. Mary Walker, the only female Medal of Honor recipient. Despite its slightly simplistic prose, this image-filled biography is an eye-opening account of a Civil War surgeon, spy, and radical suffragist who unapologetically challenged the gender norms of her time.
Steeped in rich Yoruba mythology, Tomi Adeyemi’s Legacy of Orïsha is a heart-pounding, high-stakes fantasy epic where magic is both a stolen birthright and the ultimate weapon for revolution.
What if the freedom you were promised was stolen from you in a single day? In Yellow Wife, Sadeqa Johnson tells the unforgettable story of a young enslaved woman fighting to protect her family and her humanity inside one of Virginia’s most notorious slave jails.
A masterpiece that reimagines antebellum slavery with striking grace. Following an enslaved girl’s heart-wrenching march from the Carolinas to Louisiana, this novel beautifully interweaves historical brutality with magical realism and allusions to Dante’s Inferno.
A timeless anthem of sisterhood and ambition. Following the four March sisters through the hardships of the Civil War homefront, the novel shines through Jo March’s fierce determination to forge her own identity as a writer.