Elena Reads and Reviews

Review: Award-Winning Sugar Explores Girl’s Life After Slavery

For 10-year-old Sugar, freedom isn’t what she expected it to be. She happens to live on a sugar plantation and,

The picture above is of my dad and me, at the zoo, one of our favorite places to go together.

I was doing research for a school project and I learned that Madam C.J. Walker’s great-great granddaughter is a journalist

Kelly Starling Lyons is the author of the Jada Jones books I reviewed. I actually got to meet her through

I’ve been interviewing authors and illustrators and can’t wait to share their stories with you! First will be Kelly Starling

Coming soon! I’m asking friends and cousins to review the books they are reading.

Hi. I’m Elena. I am a 9-year-old girl who loves to read. The proof is my house, which is scattered

I read books about all sorts of things. It could be animals. It could people. It could even be a

For my first review, I decided to write about the Jada Jones books by Kelly Starling Lyons. The books are