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The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963

This article includes a strong summary of the novel's plot, but it lacks citations for the background section and does not provide literary analysis. Three reliable sources that can be used to edit the article include "Classic African American Children's Literature" by Jonda McNair, "'I May Be Crackin’, But Um Fackin’': Racial Humor in The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963" by Honda McNair, and "'Straighten Up and Fly Right': HeteroMasculinity in The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963" by Amina Chaudhri.

The Birchbark House

This article seems rather disorganized in its structure and has many grammatical issues. The Overview section includes information on reception of the novel as well as a poorly written plot summary instead of having separate sections for these subtopics. The Themes section is also poorly written, requires more references, and does not delve into any meaningful analysis. Five reliable sources that can be used to edit the article include "'He called their namesakes, the animals, from each direction': Kinship and Animals in Indigenous Children’s Literature" by Roxanne Harde, "Disease, Dislocation and Deprivation in Louise Erdrich's The Birchbark House: Exposing the White lies of the Civilizing Discourse" by Virender Pal, "'Manly-Hearted Women'”: Gender Variants in Louise Erdrich’s Birchbark House Books" by Don Latham, "Oral Narrative and Ojibwa Story Cycles in Louise Erdrich’s Birchbark House and Game of Silence" by Elizabeth Gargano, and "Kinship ecology and the bildungsroman: the child–animal relationship in Louise Erdrich’s The Birchbark House series" by Angela Sparks.

Brown Girl Dreaming

The article has a good overview and plot summary of the novel. It does not include any literary analysis nor description of its unique use of verse. Three reliable sources that can be used to edit the article include "Why Genre Matters: A Case for the Importance of Aesthetics in the Verse Memoirs of Marilyn Nelson and Jacqueline Woodson" by Richard Flynn, “Collage, Confession, and Crisis in Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming" by Krystal Howard, and "Brown Girl Dreaming: A Ghost Story in the Postcolonial Gothic Tradition" by Giselle Liza Anatol.

Esperanza Rising

This article requires more references in the Background Information section. It includes a section on Pedagogy, but this section only contains one sentence and could definitely be expanded to include more information on themes and literary analysis. Three reliable sources that can be used to edit the article include "Through Lines: Exploring Past/Present Connections in Middle Grade Novels" by Rachelle Kuehl, "Privilege and Exploitation: Food as Dual Signifier in Pamela Muñoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising" by Kara Keeling and Scott Pollard, and "A Content Analysis on Two Different Immigrants’ Stories in California from Two Novels: A Step from Heaven: a Korean Girl and Esperanza Rising: a Mexican Farm Worker" by Claudia Barrera.