The Soul Of Books

 Ghost Boys By  Jewell Parker Rhodes My Rating: 5/5 Genre: Children-Fic, Historical Fic Finished on: 30th Dec, 2020 This is yet another book which I picked after coming to know my cousin is teaching to her students. And although this book is for children, it holds a deeper meaning. And in my personal opinion I feel everyone should read such books at least once in their life. This isn't just a story, but it's about prevailing injustice and racism which has become so common in our lives. It's important to understand that. It's important to realise that. And much more than that, it's important to raise our voices against it. So we avoid this from happening to anyone in the future. ____________________________________________________ The protagonist in this story is a kid named Jerome . He passes away in the month of Jan. When a policeman mistook the boy to be a dangerous man who has the intention to harm police, and in the attempt to defend themselves, they open fire....

 The Green Book by   Jill Paton Walsh My Rating: 3/5 Genre: Sci Fi, Children-fic Finished on: 16th Dec, 2020 I picked up this one when I came to know my cousin is teaching this story to her students in school. And well, there's always a child residing in me. At that point, the title seemed catchy and I thought, why not give it a try? And like any children's book, this was short and sweet. Something with which we can sit and ponder upon with our imaginative minds. ____________________________________________________ So basically the place where they used to live, the Earth, is dying. So they are all set to travel outer space in search of another, livable home. And the next day we all went away, Father and Joe, and Sarah, and Pattie, and lots of other families, and left the Earth far behind. Pattie is the protagonist here, through which we live this book. They finally do reach a planet though, and it wasn't quite normal unlike their previous home. Grass made of glass cut thro...