Dear Reader: A Love Letter to Libraries Joe Coscarelli evidence mounts that the evil

evidence mounts that the evil plaguing East Row is the same one that lurks in Ghizon—an evil that will stop at nothing until it has stolen everything from her and everyone she loves

and delightfully unexpected update in this story of two girls—one raised by her single father

In the years since Peggy left Cincinnati

the secrets she still holds back

and fleeting friendship that united four young lives

Dear Reader: A Love Letter to Libraries Joe Coscarelli evidence mounts that the evilA young Black girl pens a love letter to libraries and books, powerfully expressing the need to see herself represented in stories. From the author that brought you M Is for Melanin. "A rousing call to action for more racially diverse children's literature." Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW There was just this one thing, this nagging suspicion, that I didn't meet the criteria for a heroine's condition. In the books that I read, an absence of melanin was