I was so fortunate to get this book in my ALAN box. If you are an ELA teacher, librarian, or otherwise YA advocate, you need to know about ALAN aka Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE. Here’s a link to their website for more details about their annual conference and other helpful stuff.
In the first episode, I provide a summary of The Serpent King, discuss its connection to rural experiences, and talk about how it connected to my identity as a rural reader.
Dr. Parton's Literacy In Place 