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  Another year, another National Poetry Month celebrated!  Students enjoyed playing with magnetic poetry tiles so much last year that we bro...

  Students from the Blum group home attended Word. Sound. Power. 2022 , Brooklyn Academy of Music’s poetry celebration for teens.  Participa...

Image of the interior from Library Journal article by Lisa Peet On Friday, April 8th, three of us educators (librarian, ELA teacher, Speech-...

Students who know the TV show Shark Tank may be interested in this  book co-authored by the American billionaire Mark Cuban, former Shark Ta...

L-R: Paul Griffin, Math Teacher Wanda Carter and her students in Abbott House during the workshop With his usual kindness and warmth the aut...

After he loses his parents in a tragic accident Alex is somehow able to see into the future.  But when he tries to alter what will happen he...

We're very excited to learn that author Paul Griffin will be visiting Passages Academy's students this week to lead several creative...

The title of this slim,  self-published volume tells it all!   Author Phillips deserves our thanks for this greatly necessary and  informati...

The title and cover of this book make it hard to keep on our library shelves.   Although  the book lacks cultural  and class-sensitivity,  i...

Author Tonya Bolden, at the end of her book  writes,  “It is my hope that Facing Frederick will inspire readers to take a good long look at...

Did you know that the FBI kept files on activist Ida B.Wells?  This intriguing biography by the subject’s great granddaughter offers middle ...

Did you know that Billy Frank Jr. was arrested for fishing as an act of civil disobedience?  That tattooing has been part of Inuit culture f...

Dr. Joseph reads to students at Belmont from his memoir Humanitarian, activist, veteran Black Panther, professor , director , playwright, ...

Jason Reynolds uses the aesthetic of magnetic poetry in this book-length poem of over 300 pages,   which is beautifully illustrated by Jason...

In this comprehensive non-fiction work for adolescent readers that has the heft of a text book,  author Magoon takes a comprehensive  look a...

  Maverick and Lisa are very much in love,  but during a brief breakup Mav spent one night with Iesha.   Now he is sure that Iesha’s three m...

We are delighted to share that during January the wonderfully talented visiting artist J’miah Baird has been leading creative writing worksh...

Los Angeles Public Library Catalog listing Passages' students' zines Back in December my Belmont colleague Jessica Ernyey, English L...

  After having his death sentence commuted, Nikki’s dad is eager to come home and get back to his casino business in Las Vegas. This spells ...

Last month during the week of December 20 the library at Belmont collaborated with Rebecca Fernandez, School Psychologist, and Michael Morga...