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Young-adult books have recently been doing an exceptionally valuable job of incorporating mental health issues into their stories. Following is a list of books that represent various aspects of mental health issues and how people deal with them.
In 1921, a white mob attacked Tulsa’s Black Wall Street, killing an estimated 300 people, but it wasn’t talked about until recently
‘They didn’t talk about it’: how a historian helped Tulsa confront the horror of its past David Smith © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Universal History Archive/Getty Images There was no memorial to it in town. Teachers made no mention of it, not even during a half-semester devoted to local history. The white schoolboy Scott Ellsworth of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was left to wonder what the city’s darkest secret could be. “As a 10- and 11-year-old, I would occasionally hear older adults, neighbours, talking about what we then called ‘the riot’ and they would alwa...
by A.M. Strickland—May 18, 2021; Imprint You had me at “pansexual bloodmage.” With her blue hair, Rovan Ballacra is easily recognizable as a bloodmage. After witnessing her father be executed for refusing to serve the king, she’s hidden her abilities. But when she is forced to use her powers to save a friend, she’s dragged off to the palace, bound to a shade who keeps an eye on her on behalf of the king, and is set to be married off regardless of her wishes. Somehow Rovan must figure out how to break free of the king’s shackles and expose his corruption to the world.
See who won at the 33rd annual Minnesota Book Awards. Written By: News Tribune | × Bookstore Zenith Bookstore, 318 N. Central Ave., offers these book clubs. Call 218-606-1777 or go to zenithbookstore.com. Poetry Book Club meets at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 12 to discuss "Deaf Republic" by Ilya Kaminsky. Email sheila@sheilapacka.com to register. Queering Pleasure group meets at 5:30 p.m. May 19 to discuss "Kink" edited by R. O. Kwon. Email books@zenithbookstore.com and type queering pleasure in the subject line. to register. Chapter & Verse group meets at 6:30 p.m. May 20 to discuss "Some...