BookDragon Coming-of-age Tag

Dengeki Daisy (vol. 1) by Kyousuke Motomi, translated by JN Productions

10 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Teru Kurebayashi is pretty much all alone in the world. Her parents are gone, and her beloved older brother is dead … but before his tragic too-early passing, he left her with a...

Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins

09 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, Myanmarese (Burmese), Southeast Asian, Young Adult Readers

Inspired by three years of living in Thailand with her family and visiting refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border, Mitali Perkins’ latest novel follows the lives of two boys on...

Whatever Happened to Janie? by Caroline B. Cooney

06 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Award-winning author Caroline Cooney never intended to write a sequel to The Face on the Milk Carton, which she ends with an uncertain telephone call: "I wanted you...

The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney

31 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

As today is Halloween, here's a story that promises to scare, chill, and thrill you ...

Eggs by Jerry Spinelli

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

David, age 9, and Primrose, age 13, make for strange friends, especially with the rate at which they seem to enjoy exchanging "I hate you!"-moments! But David is new to own, living with his grandmother since his mother suddenly died last year from a freak...

Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow | A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix by Gary Golio, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

29 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Biography, Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction

Growing up in Seattle, Washington, young Jimi Hendrix first made music on a one-string ukulele. He drew, he told funny stories, he hung out at the local record store with his friends "who never teased him about his worn-out clothes and wild hair ...

Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

27 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Black/African American, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Verse Novel/Nonfiction

Heads up for DC-area locals … mark your calendars: you can meet Jacqueline Woodson on November 9, 2010 at Fairfax County Government Center, Fairfax, Virginia! Click here for details! And now through October 31, 2010, a play version of Locomotion is up at the Kennedy Center...

Migritude by Shailja Patel

26 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Drama/Theater, Indian African, Indian American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Poetry, South Asian American

Given the sheer number of books that arrive in the mailbox, I rarely pick up a title and start reading immediately. But something about Migritude (debuting from fabulous indie publisher Kaya Press: 'Smokin' Hot Books'!!) demanded 'read me NOW!' Once opened, I could hardly put...

Saturn Apartments (vol. 1) by Hisae Iwaoka, translated by Matt Thorn

25 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Since all of earth has been declared a nature preserve, mankind now inhabits a "giant apartment complex," which orbits 35,000 meters above the deserted planet. Society is literally stratified, with the upper level residents afforded greater privileges while the basement dwellers live with limited resources. Five...

Pop by Gordon Korman

24 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Parents, don't let your kids grow up to be football players! If ever you needed convincing, read this book ...

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

21 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

If you had any doubts before, pick up some of Laurie Halse Anderson's titles – her now-classic Speak and Wintergirls, to start – and you can't help but realize that today's high schools can be utter hell. [You could also go check out the new...

20th Century Boys (vol. 11) by Naoki Urasawa, with the cooperation of Takashi Nagasaki, English adaptation by Akemi Wegmüller

20 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Most teenagers seem to go through that 'I-hate-my-parents'-phase ...

Game Set Match Champion Arthur Ashe by Crystal Hubbard, illustrated by Kevin Belford

19 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Biography, Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction

To better appreciate this biography of tennis legend Arthur Ashe – first-ever African American Grand Slam champion, #1 tennis champion in the world – read it backwards. That is, turn to the back and first read the "Author's Note" on the last page. Why? Because author Crystal Hubbard...

Vagabond (VIZBIG 1: vols. 1-3) by Takehiko Inoue, based on Eiji Yoshikawa’s Musashi, English adaptation by Yuji Oniki

16 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Who knew blood and gore could fly off a printed page? The opening three-volume compendium of this international bestseller showcases some of the most graphic (pardon the pun) violence in pen and ink … don’t read this alone at night. Those unblinking corpses hacked to...

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, art by Ellen Forney

11 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Young Adult Readers

I'm not so sure about my tween son reading this sooner than later (it's part of his English curriculum this school year) ...

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by Paula Danziger

10 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

If you're of a certain age (like me), you probably still remember some of the titles that made you wide-eyed those many decades ago ...

Ristorante Paradiso by Natsume Ono, translated by Joe Yamazaki

08 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, European, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Nicoletta arrives in Rome with a very specific goal: she's determined to confront the mother who abandoned her 15 years ago. The reason her mother gave then remains just as inexcusable now: "'There's a man I'm destined to be with. But he'll never marry a...

Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness by Tracy Kidder

06 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, African, Audio, Black/African American, Nonfiction

Words of warning ...

Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger

04 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Two things are keeping me up at nights ...

East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres by Andrew Lam

23 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Memoir, Nonfiction, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese American

Unlike the rest of Andrew Lam’s relatives who only want to bombard him with questions about meeting Hiroyuki Sakai of Iron Chef fame (I don't watch TV and I hate to cook), what I want to know is, 'how's the love life?' Some might say...