Posts by Katrina Ortega

These titles will help you gain a better understanding of the necessity for HBCUs, what it's like to attend one, and how they've impacted our society and culture.

A genre expert defines the genre for you, tell you about sub-genres, and gives you some titles to read and recommend. ​

On September 16, Hamilton Grange had the exceptional honor of hosting an author visit with graphic novelist Joel Christian Gill at the New Heights Academy Charter School.

Kwame Alexander's visit came less than a week after his most recent novel, The Crossover, became the recipient of the 2015 Newbery Medal, the American Library Association’s the top award given to "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children."

I don't know what it is about autumn but it puts me in the mood for history. Inspired by Octavian Nothing, here is a list of other historical fiction for teens.

To this day, I laugh when I see it. It's so endearing to me, for a few reasons.

It feels like it's been a long, long, long time since I've sat in a high school English class. I remember them really well, though.