![]() ![]() ![]() The story has been told so often – and it was pretty much inescapable this past spring – that you wouldn’t be alone in thinking that the subject has been covered from every possible angle. The ship of dreams was, and remains, ubiquitous. When we consider this in light of the Printz, there is no reason why nonfiction can’t be in the conversation, and 2012 has been a particularly good year for YA nonfiction.Ģ012 was also the 100 th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking. (And isn’t this the inverse of good fiction, making the unreal real?) Good nonfiction, like fiction, is transformative. Good nonfiction can put you under a spell and make the real unreal. Good books should force us to question, to cry or to shout we should be moved. Reading isn’t just the consumption of information, it’s an act that must change us, even in a small way. Apologies.Īctually, it’s what any good book is: engaging, honest (factually and/or artistically), moving. I know, I know you came for a review and I’m hitting you with the big questions right up front. Titanic: Voices from the Disaster, Deborah Hopkinson ![]() Making her a perfect candidate to guest write as we try to catch up on our nonfiction 2012 piles. Occasional guest blogger Joy Piedmont is back! She (unlike, say, Karyn) likes to read nonfiction, and has OPINIONS about it. ![]()
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