This week Alice and Kim talk middle grade nonfiction reads.

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NONFICTION IN THE NEWS

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are Creating a Devil in the White City Series for Hulu [Town and Country]

NEW NONFICTION 

The Mamas: What I Learned About Kids, Class, and Race from Moms Not Like Me by Helena Andrews-Dyer

Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America’s Overdose Crisis by Beth Macy

Democracy’s Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them by Dan Bouk

Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America by Psyche A. Williams-Forson (Univ of NC Press)

Quick Mentions

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  Walking in My Joy: In These Streets by Jenifer Lewis

WEEKLY THEME: MIDDLE GRADE NONFICTION

Yummy: A History of Desserts by Victoria Grace Elliot

Free Lunch by Rex Ogle (AOC)

The Eagle Huntress: The True Story of the Girl Who Soared Beyond Expectations by Aisholpan Nurgaiv with Liz Welch

All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat

Reading Now

KIM: My Imaginary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

ALICE: The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed

CONCLUSION

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