The publisher recently shared the anticipation of their next season releases with a gaggle of giddy librarians and booksellers—and a few furry friends.
A great pick for any middle or high school social studies class studying mass incarceration and as a consideration for what college is really all about.
These three memoirs about young people who have overcome incarceration, gang life, and impoverished childhoods will satisfy the need for representation of teens in the margins.
No matter the age or sentence, the incarcerated teens that Amy Cheney serves enjoy being read to. She shares several offerings that would make excellent and diverse read-alouds and storytime picks for disenfranchised young adults.
Librarians and booksellers flocked to the Chronicle Books preview in San Francisco recently for a look at the publisher's upcoming titles, including a picture book biography of ballerina Anna Pavlova, a can't-miss new work from Benjamin Chaud, and some gripping YA.
Inspired by Kelly Jensen’s series, “About the Girls” on the “Stacked” blog, librarian Amy Cheney highlights recent works that feature young women dealing with tough stuff, including sex trafficking, incarceration, and self-harm.
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