Wilde Book Garden | Doing Goodreads' Job for Them 😑🙄 Creating, Reading, & Reviewing a 2023 Middle Grade Longlist [CC] @WildeBookGarden | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
*Call, email, fax your representatives to support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza! twitter.com/WildeBookGarden/status/1724881064949321825

*Help Palestinian refugees: launchgood.com/campaign/mxriyums_palestine_emergency_appeal?src=969461#!
globalgiving.org/projects/israel-palestine-crisis-relief-fund

*Support victims of the floods in Libya: globalgiving.org/projects/libya-flood-relief-fund

*Support victims of earthquake in Morocco: globalgiving.org/projects/morocco-earthquake-relief-fund

*Maui organizations to donate to: docs.google.com/document/d/1-EcCQwM6Kiaet2pEdix_yGyXpYM2JIEUDJl51cDnaPM/edit?usp=sharing

*Donate here to help the actors/writers/etc. who are striking: entertainmentcommunity.org

*Support victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/earthquakes-turkey-syria
whitehelmets.org/en

*Floods in Pakistan: twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1

*Water crisis in Jackson: secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition

*Clean water for Ukraine: gofund.me/2d9cba35

*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496

*Donate in support of Ukraine: charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate
Support refugees around the world: charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665

*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month
cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html

*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak
charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470

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Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp_jeZ_Fe1syWFPwXC_bCyr8kzbGImsne
Co-creators: @BeautifullyBookishBethany @bookslikewhoa @CriminOllyBlog @HappyforNow @pucksandpaperbacks @Shaegeeksout @ThorWantsAnotherLetter @TheWordN3rd @mynameismarines @LiteratureScienceAlliance @BookishRealm

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Wrap up feat. Nic Blake and the Remarkables: not posted yet!

Time Stamps:
Intro 0:00
Methodology / How I Built the Longlist 1:00
Why Is This a Big Deal? 4:17
The Books + Reviews 8:31
Final Ranking 1:11:41

Content Warnings:
The One and Only Ruby: Grief, references to animal death and abuse
The Night Raven: Grief, murder, poverty, references to: child neglect and abuse, execution
Remember Us: Grief, fire, loss of child, sexism
The Wild Robot: Grief, animal death
The Wild Robot Escapes: Grief, hunting, references to animal death
The Wild Robot Protects: Animal death, grief
The Swifts: Murder / attempted murder, duel, violence
The Lost Library: Fire, grief
The Windeby Puzzle: Ableism, grief, child death, misogyny, references to: poverty, starvation, execution
Big Tree: Grief, fire
Shira and Esther’s Double Dream Debut: Grief
The Grace of Wild Things: Grief, references to: murder, death of children
What Happened to Rachel Riley?: Sexual harassment, bullying
Iceberg: Grief, poverty, drowning
Greenwild: The World Behind the Door: Grief, child neglect
Simon Sort of Says: PTSD, school shooting, gun violence, panic attack, grief, references to animal death
Finally Seen: Family separation, xenophobia, racism, microaggressions, bullying
The Otherwoods: Transphobia and misgendering (non-specific)