Tips for Tuesday - Misc. Tulip Color Crafts Tye Dye & Books: Jackal

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Misc.: Tulip Color Crafts

Me: Today I am recommending Tulip Color Crafts Tye Dying Kits. Their One Step Tye Dye Party kit comes with numerous colors and everything you need for a large group of people to tye dye together. There are also numerous smaller packages that have approximately five different colors per package. They are super easy to use. Just add water to the color you want to use, shake it, and you are ready to make tye dye masterpieces. It's couldn't be simpler plus its loads of fun.

Books: Jackal

Mom - Today we are talking about Jackal by Erin E. Adams. Liz, a black woman returns to her predominantly white hometown for the wedding of her best friend. When Caroline her best friend's young daughter disappears, it is an eerie reminder of when a girl from Liz's high school class disappeared in the woods and was later found dead with her chest ripped open and her heart removed. Liz soon discovers that these are not isolated incidents. Black girls have been disappearing from her town for years under similar circumstances, and she sets out to find out why before it's too late for Caroline,

This book is both thrilling and horrifying. It delves into issues of race, class, and more.  The author's decision to have chapters that focus on some of the missing girls is laudable as it fleshes them out and makes them more real. These girls were not just statistics, They were real living breathing people who deserve their stories to be told and their murders to be solved and not just swept under the rug and ignored which is the case all too often, unfortunately,  with the disappearance or murder of people from marginalized groups. On the whole, the story is very exciting and keeps you wanting to read, however, the end is a little bit confusing and unclear.

And that's our view. Tune in tomorrow for Where-To-Go Wednesday.