The Day Tajon Got Shot featured on Black Lives Matter Book List for Kids and Teens.
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The Day Tajon Got Shot featured on list of 9 Children’s Books About Police Brutality.
“This unique story, written by the teen writers of Beacon House, explores the perspectives of Tajon’s friends, the family of the officer, and others in the community. It powerfully illustrates how we are all interconnected, and how the tragedies of our world affect all of us.”
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Shout Mouse Press’ writing programs and books were featured in an article on Reasons to Be Cheerful.
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In I Am The Night Sky (Next Wave Muslim Initiative), we celebrate the importance of speaking up and out, but not over. “They didn’t ask, but I had to tell them, I had to tell them what I was, who I was, an act of remembrance” (Noor Saleem).
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VERDICT Spotlighting underrepresented voices, this work is highly recommended for all communities in their efforts to promote empathetic, inclusive discussions around immigration.
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A to Z The Real DC was used as a cornerstone text for third grade throughout DCPS.
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I Am The Night Sky was featured on In The Margins’ 2020 Recommended Nonfiction list.
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Voces Sin Fronteras received the top fiction award in fiction category of the 2018 In The Margins Book Awards.
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The Day Tajon Got Shot received the top fiction award in fiction category of the 2018 In The Margins Book Awards.
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The Untold Story of the Real Me received an honorable mention in the category of Nonfiction in the 2016 In The Margins Book Awards
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Our Lives Matter was honored as a finalist in the 2015 Indies awards.
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The Blue Spark was honored as a finalist in the 2015 Indies awards.
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A Little Girl in a Big, Big World was honored as a finalist in the 2015 Indies awards.
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Recommendation: Get it soon if you’re looking for realistic fiction about current events, especially if you’re interested in hearing directly from teens.
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NPR featured the authors of The Day Tajon Got Shot on the Kojo Namdi Show.
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VERDICT This smart and courageous YA novel will open up a dialogue started by young voices who deserve to be heard. A strong purchase.
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DC City Council passed a ceremonial resolution to honor the authors of The Day Tajon Got Shot “for their commitment to using their voices to contribute to a national dialogue and to act as leaders in their community.”
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