Category: Out of the Mainstream: Gender, Ethnicity, and Disability

Pale

Jed and his friends hate the Pales, people who at the moment after death have been given something called the Lazarus Serum. The potion keeps them animated, but like vampires and zombies, they are no longer technically living. They have…

No Name Baby by Nancy Bo Flood

No-Name Baby by Nancy Bo Flood Published by Namelos, 2011.   Warning: This review contains some spoilers.   Of all the tough subjects tackled by authors we have reviewed on The Pirate Tree, our own Nancy Bo Flood’s newest novel,…

Undun-a novel set to music

 The Roots are one of the most creative and socially conscious hip-hop bands today. Every album they release is a work of art, both musically and with lyrics that balance a social message with artistry. With the release of their…

Ellen Levine: A Tribute

Last summer I reviewed the young adult novel In Trouble by Ellen Levine, about two teenage girls in the 1950s who find themselves pregnant and make different decisions about whether to undergo what was then an illegal and dangerous abortion.…