Welcome back to the FYA Reading Challenge! This month’s prompt is to read a book with an awesome parent, grandparent, or parental figure.
If you’re looking for inspo, we’ve got a bunch of tags to help you out:
- The Keith Mars Award for Awesome Dadhood
- The Tami Taylor Award for Awesome Motherhood
- Kickass Gram
- Kickass Gramps
- Awesome grown-ups
- … or perhaps you’d rather check out The Dan Scott Award for Awful Parenting and other awful grown-ups
Here are a few suggestions to get you started!
Reading Challenge Recs
To fix her lack of love life, Desi gets inspiration from her Appa’s favourite K-dramas.
(I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo)
Dr. Majidi is a single mom who works too hard, who loves her kid and never stops… !
(Here to Stay by Sara Farizan)
Some grandmas might bake cookies for their grandkids, but Lexi’s will even smuggle them into jail.
(The Knife and the Butterfly by Ashley Hope Pérez)
Old Gin might not be Jo’s real grandpa, but he’s got plenty of wisdom to dispense, and he’s also a horse whisperer?!?
(The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee)
As Trixie and her parents prove, the apple doesn’t fall far from the pop culture loving tree.
(The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson)
If you don’t want to read about great parents, then NOT TO WORRY: Nora’s mom is the worst lol.
(The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe)
Which book(s) are you planning to read for this prompt? Let us know in the comments!
