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[maeve66]

I don't know exactly why I haven't updated for shit, recently. It's summer; I've got the time. I'm doing pretty well at not falling into my general summer habit of staying up ridiculously late and then sleeping during the day. Partly, my summer is starting off with classes and trainings that don't really permit that

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[sabotabby]

Those all sound really awesome, and besides The Miracle Worker, I hadn't heard of any of them. Thanks!

[paintdrinker]

Hi there. I'm really liking your YAF book review series. Along the lines of YA disability fiction, have you read either The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie or The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon? They are both very good, if you're interested in recommendations.

[slit]

Thank you for this. I can't tell you how many books I read as a kid that were about the smart, slightly socially ostracized but loves to read! girl. And yeah, I was that girl to an extent, so I identified with her, but I remember thinking even at the time this is getting sort of repetitive.

It's one reason I can't stand L'Engle. The unapologetic hierarchies she creates around class and intelligence dwarf anything else she might do well.

[maeve66]

Oh, my god, kindred soul. I LOATHE L'Engle. There is something in me, that even before the shoe or card or whatever has been dropped, reacts viscerally and disgustedly to Christianity in kids' books. I have felt alone in loathing L'Engle. Also, so fucking COLD WAR APOLOGIST.

Libby On Wednesdays is in that mode of smart socially ostracized girls who love to read! And write! But more interesting. Man, that makes me think of Harriet the Spy, Sport, and the truly fascinating Nobody's Family is Going to Change by Louise Fitzhugh. Those are awesome -- must add her to my ongoing long-assed list.

Have you read either Deborah Ellis or Suzanne Fisher Staples, by the way? They both focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan and girls. I mean to be reviewing them soon. Common plot device of girl-dresses-as-boy.

[springheel_jack]

Probably why we had to read "A Wrinkle in Time" in jr. high.

[sarars]

hey, check it out. This is at the end of LaborFest in SF.

July 31 (Thursday) 7:00 PM (Donation) Nap's 3152 Mission St. at Precita, SF
Closing Party
Please join us to celebrate the last day of the LaborFest with the Angry Tired Teachers Band, AT&T. This band, which is based in Hayward has written about the travails of teachers at working class districts in the Bay Area, and was also featured in a daily video strike bulletin of 2007 show called The Truth which can be seen by going to www.youtube.com and typing in “HUSD strike.”

[maeve66]

I love the LaborFest. Is there anything going on that looks good BEFORE July 23rd? I'll be in the Midwest and then New Jersey from July 23rd through August 11th, so AT&T isn't possible, at least not this time. Sigh.