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Author Interview: Pamela Erens [in Bloom]

04 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Black/African American, Caribbean American, Fiction, Haitian, Haitian American, Jewish, Korean American, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

While Pamela Erens might not yet be a household-name author, she’s hardly a stranger to literary recognition. Her 2007 debut, The Understory – about a solitary, unemployed lawyer who’s about to lose his home – was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the...

Local Girl Swept Away by Ellen Wittlinger [in School Library Journal]

14 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Four best friends are on the Cape Cod coast when a storm blows in, and suddenly one of them, Lorna, is gone. Lorna was Jackie's best friend, Finn's girlfriend, and Lucas's dream girl. Her body is never found, but a memorial is organized, and life...

As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds [in School Library Journal]

13 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Black/African American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW Jason Reynolds makes his middle-grade debut with a multigenerational story featuring two Brooklyn brothers sent to stay temporarily with grandparents in rural Virginia. While their parents take some time to salvage their fraying relationship, 11-year-old Genie and his almost 14-year-old brother, Ernie, are expected...

The Bombs that Brought Us Together by Brian Conaghan [in Shelf Awareness]

09 Sep, by SIBookDragon in British, European, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Some time, somewhere, Little Town and Old Country are separated by borders and bombs. If Little Town is said to be filthy, broke, and run by ragtag criminals, Old Country is conformist, rich, and militaristic. Almost 15, cautious Little Towner Charlie Law stays relatively safe...

Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings [in School Library Journal]

07 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

As today’s most prominent transgender teen, Jennings stepped into the national spotlight in 2007 at the age of 6 in a televised interview with Barbara Walters. In the almost-decade since, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) – psychology/psychiatry’s bible for identifying mental disorders...

Just My Luck by Cammie McGovern [in School Library Journal]

30 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

Benny’s father endures long-lasting effects when he suffers a brain aneurysm. Benny’s life was already tough: his brother George, who has autism, requires special attention; Benny’s best friend moved away, and making new friends hasn’t been easy. Now with his father’s recovery uncertain, the whole...

Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Mawi Asgedom [in Library Journal]

25 Aug, by SIBookDragon in African, Audio, Black/African American, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

At 4, Mawi Asgedom fled the civil war cleaving Eritrea and Ethiopia, spending three years in a Sudanese refugee camp. In 1983, assisted by World Relief, the family settled in a Chicago suburb. Their new life wasn't easy: Asgedom's father, once a respected community leader and...

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Valynne Maetani’s Ink & Ashes

17 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016, Young Adult Readers

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Kaori Ozaki’s the gods lie.

12 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016, Young Adult Readers

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Özge Samanci’s Dare to Disappoint

29 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Memoir, Turkish, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016, Young Adult Readers

The Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw [in Shelf Awareness]

20 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Japanese, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

Descended from a noble samurai family, 12-year-old Yuriko Ishikawa enjoys a privileged life in Hiroshima, Japan. While World War II rages on multiple continents, for now the seventh-grader exists in relative peace. Even when she's at school, with U.S. B-29s flying overhead, her legs wobbling...

Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez [in School Library Journal]

12 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Repost, Young Adult Readers

*STARRED REVIEW The 1937 school explosion in New London, TX, remains the deadliest school disaster in U.S. history. With that real-life tragedy as a starting point, Ashley Hope Pérez adds greater volatility with race, class, and family dysfunction, by introducing a love story between two teens from...

A Poet of the Invisible World by Michael Golding [in Library Journal]

05 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Jewish, Persian, Repost

To get her four-eared infant to safety, Nouri Ahmad Mohammad ibn Mahsoud al-Morad's mother gave first her body, then her life. In 13th-century Persia, a child so different would require divine intervention to survive, and Nouri literally falls into the arms of a gentle, crippled...

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Shimura Takako’s Wandering Son series

29 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016, Young Adult Readers

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Marilyn Nelson’s American Ace

22 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Black/African American, European, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Irish American, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016, Young Adult Readers

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Meredith Russo’s If I Was Your Girl

15 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016, Young Adult Readers

The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd [in School Library Journal]

05 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW Emma Casey, her brother Topher, and their Granny Blue call the Boneyard Café home. On weekends, Emma conducts tours of the haunted graveyard next door, while Topher warms visitors with his irresistible peach-lavender muffins and famous Boneyard Brew (aka hot chocolate). When their cozy haven...

The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson [in Shelf Awareness]

03 Jun, by SIBookDragon in British, Fiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

While his 8-year-old classmates wrote about wanting to be an actress, prime minister or even Harry Potter, David Piper had a six-word wish for his future: "I want to be a girl." At 14, David's wish has only become more fervent, as his traitorous body...

Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo [in School Library Journal]

02 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW Before they became the Three Rancheros, the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition brought Raymie Clarke, Louisiana Elefante, and Beverly Tapinski together – each for wildly different reasons. Raymie is convinced that when her philandering father, who's run off with the dental hygienist, sees a...

Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit

25 May, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Audio, European, Fiction, Jewish, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

Anna is 7 when her father disappears. In 1939 Krakow, Poland, being Jewish is enough to condemn people to death. When the Swallow Man appears – so named for his ability to conjure and communicate with birds – the unlikely pair reluctantly recognize in each other not...

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