In her new book, 'Mid-Air,' author Alicia D. Williams created a character who finds strength in softness Alicia D. Williams is the author of "Genesis Begins Again," which received Newbery and Kirkus ...

Middle school can be a rough time no matter what. But for Isaiah, the eighth grader at the heart of Alicia D. Williams' book Mid-Air, there are some added challenges: feeling like his affinity for ...

In “Ultraviolet,” by Aida Salazar, and “Mid-Air,” by Alicia D. Williams, the thunderstorm of adolescence splits open a once peaceful sky. By Juan Vidal Juan Vidal is the author of the memoir “Rap Dad” ...