Chicks With Picks

We're women who love to read, but more importantly, we're women who love to read young adult books. We are committed educators who teach young adults with dyslexia. We appreciate the importance of finding the just the right book to turn any child into a reader. Stick around. See what we're reading, what our students are reading, and what we find interesting, useful, or even controversial in the fields of reading and/or learning differences.

Saturday, January 3, 2015

Trial of Science and Magic

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In our universe, science is the law and magic is nonsense. What if it were the other way around? What if witches were revered while scient...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Sheer Shadows and Mischievous Mystery

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A typical graphic novel is told in pictures and in words, but what if the story was actually two stories: one through words and one throug...
Monday, December 29, 2014

Elite and Ticked Off

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We all carry our scars around, and they affect every decision we make, but what if every scar was on the outside? In Marie Lu's The Yo...

Until it Gets Its Talons in You

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Adolescence should be a time for freedom, rebellion, and learning about who you are, but if you are part of Talon, your life is never your...
Sunday, December 28, 2014

A Happily Ever After with Bumps Along the Way

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The story of the School of America in Paris continues with two new characters who are intertwined with the lovable characters you never wa...

Dust, Decay, and Devotion

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In the world after an apocalypse, life will revert back centuries. A day will revolve around the sun, work will be for survival, and moder...
Saturday, December 27, 2014

Rise from the Ruin

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Leigh Bardugo hit the fantasy genre with a mallet with her first book in the Grisha  series, Shadow and Bone . The series never lost its m...
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