Eariler this week, Bloomsbury USA ignited a furvor of controversy over the choice of a cover model for the YA fantasy, Magic Under Glass.
In my post, Two Steps Backward, I shared my thoughts of how kids and teens of color need to see themselves reflected on books covers and in novels.
The blogosphere took Bloomsbury to [...]

I wasn’t going to post anything about the Bloomsbury controversy. But the fact that my blog reader was filled with opinions of the cover of Jaclyn Dolamore’s debut novel, Magic Under Glass including an Open Letter to Bloomsbury by teen YA blogger Ari over at Reading in Color, I knew that I would have to [...]