Loretta Little Looks Back
Three Voices Go Tell It

I received this book for review; however, all thoughts are my own Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It is one of those books that you never knew that you needed until you read it as an adult. There is so much discussion about the journey that Black people made from sharecropping up......more

Thank you so much to Hear Our Voices Book Tours, Netgalley, and the publisher for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! “Loretta knows – don’t look down when you’re looking back. And don’t never back down when it’s time to meet memories face-on. Loretta’s eyes, front. Her gaz......more

Andrea Davis and Brian Pinkney have spun a heartfelt historical fiction novel, spanning three generations of Black America. In both form and content, the novel pays homage to storytelling and its importance to Black culture. Andrea Davis’ choice to write each character’s section as monologues (or as......more

You can find my full review on my blog, The Bookwyrm's Den, here. Many thanks to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and Hear Our Voices for a copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review. Overall: I had absolutely no idea what to expect from this book going in. I just thought it sounded like......more

This is a young person’s novel about 3 generations of sharecroppers between the 1920s and the 1960s in Mississippi. Told in 3 parts, each main character delivers a series of monologues about life as a sharecropper or, for Aggie, as a budding civil rights era activist in the times of Fannie Lou Hamer......more