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A review by maryehavens
Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration by Rose Brock
5.0
So many great stories in here!! I was very excited to see some familiar names (Libba Bray, Angie Thomas, Jason Reynolds, Julie Murphy) and learn some new ones (Nic Stone, Nicola Yoon, Atia Abawi, Marie Lu, and more).
A troll-like review about this book condemned the fact that the authors did not write about major issues (paraphrasing). These are short stories so stuffing someone's major life issue wouldn't really cut it here. You want to read about something major like a life defining rape (Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson or Lucky by Alice Sebold) or suicide attempt (I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez) come to mind. You want to read about how successful people overcame micro/macro aggressions and insults, read Hope Nation.
TBH, most/all young adults/people are way more likely to experience these encounters than the major life issue ones. And those encounters are hard to overcome and it's comforting to see how others dealt with them. Atia Abawi's story, in particular, stuck with me. I took a 6 week equity course before my break and it was very difficult. Hearing Abawi's story really helps frame the content I learned in that course, as do other stories.
I really enjoyed this collection. The narrators were also really great and it was nice to hear some familiar voices like Bahni Turpin and Kyla Garcia. Also stoked there were at least three Texans
A troll-like review about this book condemned the fact that the authors did not write about major issues (paraphrasing). These are short stories so stuffing someone's major life issue wouldn't really cut it here. You want to read about something major like a life defining rape (Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson or Lucky by Alice Sebold) or suicide attempt (I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez) come to mind. You want to read about how successful people overcame micro/macro aggressions and insults, read Hope Nation.
TBH, most/all young adults/people are way more likely to experience these encounters than the major life issue ones. And those encounters are hard to overcome and it's comforting to see how others dealt with them. Atia Abawi's story, in particular, stuck with me. I took a 6 week equity course before my break and it was very difficult. Hearing Abawi's story really helps frame the content I learned in that course, as do other stories.
I really enjoyed this collection. The narrators were also really great and it was nice to hear some familiar voices like Bahni Turpin and Kyla Garcia. Also stoked there were at least three Texans