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28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB Day 2: Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/28-days-of-literary-blackness-with-vsb-day-2-mondays-1832289888Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable—more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn’t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia’s worried.
When she doesn’t show for the second day, or second week, Claudia knows that something is wrong. Monday wouldn’t just leave her to endure tests and bullies alone. Not after last year’s rumors and not with her grades on the line. Now Claudia needs her best—and only—friend more than ever. But Monday’s mother refuses to give Claudia a straight answer, and Monday’s sister April is even less help.
As Claudia digs deeper into her friend’s disappearance, she discovers that no one seems to remember the last time they saw Monday. How can a teenage girl just vanish without anyone noticing that she’s gone?
Since I have a 10-year-old, I read a lot of children’s books and now, young adult books. The quest to find age appropriate and subject matter appropriate titles is more arduous than I ever imagined, so I basically cop beaucoup books and hope for the best. I follow Tiffany on social media (she’s also the homie) and read another book she wrote (I believe under a pseudonym; oh, ye olde writers), so when I saw that she’d recently released a new book, Monday’s Not Coming, I decided to go pick it up in stores. I was about to hop on a plane and that’s my favorite place to read since that time is largely uninterrupted.
When she doesn’t show for the second day, or second week, Claudia knows that something is wrong. Monday wouldn’t just leave her to endure tests and bullies alone. Not after last year’s rumors and not with her grades on the line. Now Claudia needs her best—and only—friend more than ever. But Monday’s mother refuses to give Claudia a straight answer, and Monday’s sister April is even less help.
As Claudia digs deeper into her friend’s disappearance, she discovers that no one seems to remember the last time they saw Monday. How can a teenage girl just vanish without anyone noticing that she’s gone?
Since I have a 10-year-old, I read a lot of children’s books and now, young adult books. The quest to find age appropriate and subject matter appropriate titles is more arduous than I ever imagined, so I basically cop beaucoup books and hope for the best. I follow Tiffany on social media (she’s also the homie) and read another book she wrote (I believe under a pseudonym; oh, ye olde writers), so when I saw that she’d recently released a new book, Monday’s Not Coming, I decided to go pick it up in stores. I was about to hop on a plane and that’s my favorite place to read since that time is largely uninterrupted.