49 min
Season 2, Episode 14: Historical Fiction With A Fresh Perspective The Book Jam
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Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! Winter has just begun and it makes us want to read historical fiction books-but these aren’t your typical historical fiction titles. Both titles we talk about today give voice and fresh perspectives to this genre. Marisa talks about So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow; this book was set in 1863 in the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island and centers on the binding love of a family of four black sisters each finding their own way. Mary talks about The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros, a book set against the backdrop of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. In this queer historical book (with paranormal elements), a Jewish Romanian immigrant teen is possessed by the dybbuk of his murdered best friend and is thrust into a deadly hunt for a serial killer. Other topics we discuss are our feelings about being told the books you ‘should’ read and how the pandemic affects reading habits.
Check out the Books Mentioned below to add even more books to your To Be Read pile.
Marisa’s book:
So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow. Teen, Grades 7+. Published by Fiewel Friends, September 2021.
Mary’s book:
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros. Teen, Grades 7+. Published by Inkyard Press, October 2021.
Books Mentioned:
Harry Potter series
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
One of the Good Ones by Marika Moulites and Maritza Moulites
A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee
Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix by Aminah Mae Safi
What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix by Tasha Suri
Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore
Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Delilah Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake
Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Diviners by Libba Bray
Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Ash by Malinda Lo
Huntress by Malinda Lo
A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Karen McManus’ works
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
The Killing Joke by Alan Moore
Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson
Guardian of the Galaxy series
Wonder Woman: Lords and Liars by Mariko Tamaki
Wicked Things by John Allison
Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! Winter has just begun and it makes us want to read historical fiction books-but these aren’t your typical historical fiction titles. Both titles we talk about today give voice and fresh perspectives to this genre. Marisa talks about So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow; this book was set in 1863 in the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island and centers on the binding love of a family of four black sisters each finding their own way. Mary talks about The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros, a book set against the backdrop of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. In this queer historical book (with paranormal elements), a Jewish Romanian immigrant teen is possessed by the dybbuk of his murdered best friend and is thrust into a deadly hunt for a serial killer. Other topics we discuss are our feelings about being told the books you ‘should’ read and how the pandemic affects reading habits.
Check out the Books Mentioned below to add even more books to your To Be Read pile.
Marisa’s book:
So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow. Teen, Grades 7+. Published by Fiewel Friends, September 2021.
Mary’s book:
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros. Teen, Grades 7+. Published by Inkyard Press, October 2021.
Books Mentioned:
Harry Potter series
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
One of the Good Ones by Marika Moulites and Maritza Moulites
A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee
Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix by Aminah Mae Safi
What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix by Tasha Suri
Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore
Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Delilah Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake
Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Diviners by Libba Bray
Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Ash by Malinda Lo
Huntress by Malinda Lo
A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Karen McManus’ works
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
The Killing Joke by Alan Moore
Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson
Guardian of the Galaxy series
Wonder Woman: Lords and Liars by Mariko Tamaki
Wicked Things by John Allison
49 min