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Reverse-Gentrification of the Literary World

Akashic Books

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Grand Isle Craft Activity!

Create beautiful flowers like those found in Kate Samworth’s wordless picture book, Grand Isle! To follow along as Kate Samworth demonstrates how to create these paper flowers, visit our YouTube page at the following case-sensitive link: bit.ly/GrandIsleCraft

Discussion Guide for Zero O’Clock

The following is an 18-question discussion guide to enhance your reading of Zero O’Clock. For a downloadable/printable .pdf version of this guide, please click here. 1. Why do you think Geth Montego is so fascinated by the boy band BTS? What purpose do music and fandom play in her life? 2. Geth has OCD. What […]

Discussion Guide for They Better Call Me Sugar

The following is a 14-question discussion guide to enhance your reading of  They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the Hardwood. For a downloadable/printable .pdf version of this guide, please click here. 1. Sugar Rodgers grew up in very difficult situations, especially the poverty she experienced and periods of homelessness. Unlike […]

Discussion Guide for Home Girl

1. Does it matter if a potential foster carer is of a different race or culture than the child who needs to be fostered? 2. Should foster carers keep to a code of behavior that they set for their own children, or should they bend the rules for children who have been in the care […]