![]() But having finished the latest Jason Reynolds title in the Track series called Patina, if I could go back in time and hand my younger self one book that fell squarely outside her comfort zone, I’d probably hand her this. ![]() When I was a 9-12 year old I went out of my way to avoid works of realistic fiction that could potentially depress me. I often wonder what would have happened if I’d encountered this challenge as a child. You can read about a character that doesn’t look like your, a topic you don’t know much about, and/or a format you don’t usually pick up. Our current National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature, Gene Luen Yang, put this far more eloquently when he urged people to partake in the Reading Without Walls Challenge. ![]() You cannot be a children’s librarian or an adult children’s book reviewer if you do not constantly remind yourself that you have to read outside your comfort zone on a regular basis. ![]()
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