SIBookDragon, Author at BookDragon

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder

10 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Caribbean, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction

Read this, just as soon as possible. You may not immediately recognize Dr. Paul Edward Farmer's name, but you will recognize his miraculous story. Pulitzer-winning Tracy Kidder enters the good doctor's expansive orbit long enough to produce a resonating portrait of a phenomenal human being whose life purpose is to...

Mud City by Deborah Ellis

09 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Afghan, Canadian, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers

The final installment of Canadian activist/author Deborah Ellis' award-winning Breadwinner Trilogy follows Shauzia, Parvana's best friend from The Breadwinner, in which both girls survived by cross-dressing as young boys, working to provide for their shuttered-in families in Taliban-controlled Kabul. While Parvana's desperate odyssey to reunite with her family...

Parvana’s Journey by Deborah Ellis

08 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Afghan, Canadian, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers

The second part of Canadian anti-war activist Deborah Ellis' lauded Breadwinner Trilogy continues with Parvana's odyssey to reunite with her surviving family. Parvana and her recently released father leave Kabul at the end of The Breadwinner, determined to find Parvana's mother, older sister, younger sister, and toddler...

I See the Sun in Afghanistan by Dedie King, illustrated by Judith Inglese, translation by Mohd Vahidi

07 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Afghan, Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

The quickly growing I See the Sun series continues with the third installment (following I See the Sun in China and I See the Sun in Nepal), this time heading to Bamiyan in central Afghanistan. Young Habiba begins her day in the dark as her mother gently wakes her to...

The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis

06 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Afghan, Canadian, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers

When Parvana’s gentle father is suddenly beaten without cause and locked away for being an educated citizen, her family is left without a means to support themselves. Under Taliban rule, women are forbidden in Kabul to leave the house unless fully covered and accompanied by...

The Clay Marble by Minfong Ho

05 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Cambodian, Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Southeast Asian

Twelve-year-old Dara, her older brother, and their mother are the only ones left of their once-large family. Although the Vietnam War officially ended in 1975, neighboring Cambodia – decimated by Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge regime – is still plagued with uncontrolled violence. Dara’s diminished family flees...

Tales from the Five Kingdoms (Tales 1-4) by Vivian French

04 Jul, by SIBookDragon in British, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific

The First Tale: The Robe of Skulls The Second Tale: The Bag of Bones The Third Tale: Heart of Glass The Fourth Tale: The Flight of Dragons Since today is Independence Day, I figured the time is right to explore our colonial roots and see what one of...

Close Encounters of a Third-World Kind by Jennifer J. Stewart

03 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nepali, Nonethnic-specific

Look past the cheesy cover and pop-culture title ...

A Bride’s Story (vol. 1) by Kaoru Mori, translated by William Flanagan

01 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Central Asian, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Before you read a single word, you'll surely find yourself marveling at the breathtaking wonder of the artwork here. The word 'exquisite' hardly does the painstakingly detailed panels justice ...

The Storyteller’s Beads by Jane Kurtz

30 Jun, by SIBookDragon in African, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers

My recent mini-Ethiopian self-study (from the heartwarming No Biking in the House Without a Helmet to the shattering Beneath the Lion's Gaze to the wondrous Cutting for Stone) continues with an older title written for younger readers about the saving power of friendship – as well as redemptive...

Cry of the Giraffe by Judie Oron

27 Jun, by SIBookDragon in African, Canadian, Jewish, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

In her small native village, young Wuditu – and the rest of her family – are called falasha, a derogatory term reserved for Jewish people. Their own name for themselves is Beta Israel, meaning 'the house of Israel.' In spite of a centuries-long history grounded in Ethiopia,...

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

23 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, African, Audio, Fiction, Indian African, Indian American, South Asian American

Truth: if not for Sunil Malhotra, I would never have finished Abraham Verghese's bestselling first novel, Cutting for Stone. Immediately opened upon receipt more than two years ago, for some reason, my bookmark never moved beyond the first few chapters ...

On the Seesaw Bridge by Yuichi Kimura, illustrated by Kowshiro Hata, translated by Vertical, Inc.

22 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese, Translation

Here's the initial scene: an orange fox chases a grey rabbit, both heading toward an almost-washed out wooden bridge perched over a fast-moving river swollen from heavy rains. The rabbit sees the bridge as an escape route, while the fox is convinced he's about to get...

I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali with Delphine Minoui, translated by Linda Coverdale

21 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Memoir, Middle Eastern, Nonfiction, Translation, Young Adult Readers

"In Khardji [Yemen], the village where I was born, women are not taught how to make choices," Nujood Ali explains. Her mother married her father at age 16 without protest, and said nothing when her husband brought home another wife four years later. "It was...

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

18 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, African, Audio, Black/African American, Fiction

Without a doubt, this is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s best work to date. While her debut, Purple Hibiscus, was engrossing, and her short story collection, The Thing Around Your Neck, included stand-out gems, both titles pale to the exceptional Yellow Sun. Gentle, innocent Ugwu enters the home of...

The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Save Families by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore, collages by Susan L. Roth

16 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, African, Children/Picture Books, Japanese American, Nonfiction

The village of Hargigo in the tiny African country of Eritrea was once a landscape of dust and deprivation ...

Roots and Wings by Many Ly

15 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Cambodian, Cambodian American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Young Adult Readers

Born and raised in a small Pennsylvania town, the only connection 14-year-old Grace has to her Cambodian heritage are her mother and her grandmother. While these three generations of women clearly need and love one another, they are uncertain as to how to truly know each...

Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach, illustrated by Ricardo Cortés

14 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

Warning: NO NO NO! This is NOT to share with your kiddies, at least not until they're much older ...

Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji by F. Zia, illustrated by Ken Min

13 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Indian American

For young Aneel, having his grandparents come live with him is like having built-in playmates, not to mention "...

Landing by Emma Donoghue

11 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Canadian, European, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Indian, Irish

Had I not been so enthralled with Room, I don't know if I would have discovered Emma Donoghue's many other titles, but I've definitely been enjoying reading newly discovered authors' works backwards. Take a look at the cover and you can probably guess what Landing is about....

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