The Bookshelf

  Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America is a great nonfiction book for anyone who is interested in sociology, public health, law, or human biology.  The author, Mary Otto, explains how dentistry evolved from a simple trade to a healthcare profession. She describes the great gap between dentistry and medicine, how the mouth is seen as separate from the body. Otto brings our attention to the inequality in healthcare by showing us how many individuals struggle to get the oral treatment they need. The author shares all aspects of dentistry, from public health to cosmetics, to help you understand how important the field of dentistry is to overall health and wellbeing. After reading this book, I could see the field of dentistry in a different way. Dentistry is much more than just pulling teeth.  One of my favorite things about this book is that Mary Otto uses the stories of real people to explain facts about dentistry. So instead o...

Hello! I'm Sloane, and I am reviewing When You Trap A Tiger by Tae Keller. I read this book a few years ago, and was reminded of it when I saw it sitting on my bookshelf, waiting to be opened again. Although it's mostly intended for middle-grade readers, it's a fantastic book! Our main character is Lily. At the beginning of the book, Lily goes with her mother and sister to move in with her grandmother, or her halmoni. They had been living in California, and decided to move because Lily's halmoni is ill. When a magical tiger presents herself from her halmoni's Korean folklore, and her halmoni reveals that she stole something from the tigers, Lily has to uncover more hidden secrets buried deep in time. She makes a new friend and hatches a plan to trap the tiger, in hopes she'll get answers to heal her halmoni. Lily stands up for herself after being invisible for so long, occasionally accompanied by the mysterious, riddle-speaking tiger. I also enjoyed Lily's ...