"Pink is careful to never allow the story itself to fall into agenda-pushing. Instead, she allows Toya to explore the gray areas teens negotiate as their identities shift and as their belief systems are challenged. This debut ought to inspire readers to have conversations among themselves about family, empathy, community, and respect for others."—Booklist, starred review
"Pink isn’t afraid of being provocative (Jesus makes regular appearances), and the book dives into thorny issues of identity, self-image, and the internal effects of racism in a strikingly frank way." —Publishers Weekly
With its killer concept (and awesome cover), Randi Pink’s debut Into White is high atop my list of most anticipated reads of 2016. Bullied LaToya Williams is one of just a few black students at her high school in the Bible belt. After a particularly humiliating incident involving a pair of scuffed Air Jordans, she prays to Jesus to change […]
Make ready your pre-order hand: 2016 is gonna be a doozy for books whose concepts are so insanely compelling you’re going to freak out, pass out, and wake up in Milwaukee, covered in hardcovers and in terrible book-buying debt. (It’ll be worth it.) Here are 10 titles you won’t be able to say no to…unless […]
All that sacrificing of Moleskine notebooks and Earl Grey tea to the book gods must’ve worked: September is an insane month for great YA. The only thing that makes the end of watermelon season bearable (besides the beginning of soup season!) is the historical greatness of autumn book releases, and this brand-new book stack will […]
Another season, another crisp stack of YA debuts to lose your heart to. Earlier this year I talked up 15 January–June debuts I adored, now I’m diving face first into amazing releases for the rest of the year. These 11 books by new authors to watch include a metaphysical fantasy bookworms will find irresistible, a daring coming of […]