Kyla Garcia Archives

Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann [in School Library Journal]

20 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

*STARRED REVIEW David Grann’s adaptation of his 2017 mega-bestselling title of the same name has lost none of the urgency of the astounding original. Once upon a time, “the Osage were considered the wealthiest people per capita in the world,” a result of the oil beneath...

Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore [in School Library Journal]

16 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Once upon a time, Lita “turned from star-stuff thrown off a meteor into a girl” and became “to everyone around” the daughter of the local curandera Bruja Lupe. That meteor gave the New Mexico town its name – yes, Meteor – as well as the...

Listen-Alikes: Tell Me a (Short) Story [in Booklist]

22 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Black/African American, Chinese American, Fiction, Indian American, Japanese, Jewish, Korean American, Latina/o/x, Lists, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Short Stories, South Asian American, Translation

Short stories can be the perfect antidote to these days of winter blues, pandemic panic, and cabin fever. Deesha Philyaw’s debut short-story collection – The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, a much-lauded, National-Book-Award-finalist – illuminates the lives of nine Black woman with a performance from Janina...

We Unleash the Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia [in Booklist]

24 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Finishing what she so affectingly began, Kyla García returns to conclude Tehlor Kay Mejia’s high-octane duology in which the privileged world of Medio and the rebellious encampments of La Voz implode, with the inevitable showdown of Medio’s heir-apparent Mateo Garcia and his two wives –...

We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia [in Booklist]

28 Dec, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Repost, Young Adult Readers

*STARRED REVIEW Being born on the wrong side of the wall means Dani’s parents took impossible risks to give her every opportunity for a better life. Despite her indigent origins, well-forged documents granted Dani access to the elite Medio School for Girls; as top graduate, Dani’s...

Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine [in Booklist]

30 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Repost, Short Stories

*STARRED REVIEW A half-dozen Latinx readers voice Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s superb 11-story debut collection, which features mostly Colorado-domiciled Latinx/Indigenous characters hoping, demanding to be seen and acknowledged by a society in which women are routinely dismissed, threatened, and destroyed. Aural aficionados will especially thrill at the “read...

The Last Word: Audios of Posthumously Published Books [in Booklist]

01 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Black/African American, British, European, Fiction, Indian American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian American

The one thing in life that’s guaranteed is, well, death. But books are certainly a lasting legacy. And sometimes, when we get the books after their creator has passed on, an audiobook can breathe life into the text, animating from beyond. Here, we have a handful...

Evening in Paradise: More Stories by Lucia Berlin [in Booklist]

19 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories

*STARRED REVIEW In 2015, A Manual for Cleaning Women collected 43 stories Lucia Berlin left before her 2004 death, making her an overnight – albeit posthumous – literary sensation. Here are 22 more, presented in some semblance of chronological order, mirroring Berlin’s own peripatetic exploits (Texas,...

Have Audiobook, Will Travel [in School Library Journal]

01 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Black/African American, Chinese American, European, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Indian American, Iranian American, Jewish, Korean American, Latin American, Latina/o/x, Lists, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Persian American, Repost, South Asian American, Young Adult Readers

The luggage is loaded, and the gas tank is full. Destination’s mapped. Ready to go? Press play! MIDDLE GRADE Flying Lessons and Other Stories edited by Ellen Oh, read by full cast Some of the most beloved, lauded, and awarded children’s authors – including Matt de la Peña,...

Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton [in Library Journal]

07 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Cuban, Cuban American, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Repost

In 1959 Havana, as Fidel Castro claims absolute power, the sugar-rich Perez family's vast wealth marks them as targets, necessitating their escape to Miami, FL. With her three sisters and their parents, 19-year-old Elisa Perez leaves Cuba forever. Almost 60 years later, Marisol Ferrara arrives in...

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Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann [in School Library Journal]

Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore [in School Library Journal]

Listen-Alikes: Tell Me a (Short) Story [in Booklist]

We Unleash the Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia [in Booklist]

We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia [in Booklist]

Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine [in Booklist]

The Last Word: Audios of Posthumously Published Books [in Booklist]

Evening in Paradise: More Stories by Lucia Berlin [in Booklist]

Have Audiobook, Will Travel [in School Library Journal]

Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton [in Library Journal]

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