Shelf Awareness Archives - Page 15 of 19

The Moose of Ewenki by Gerelchimeg Blackcrane, illustrated by Jiu Er, translated by Helen Mixter [in Shelf Awareness]

02 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Fiction, Mongolian, Repost, Translation

*STARRED REVIEW From the Reindeer Ewenki people of remote, mountainous Inner Mongolia comes a glorious tale about an aging hunter and the baby moose that followed him home. During an all-night hunting trip, Gree Shek killed a moose, not knowing she had calved out of season....

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson [in Shelf Awareness]

30 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

Families of the particularly dysfunctional variety seem to be Kevin Wilson's forte, whether artistically constructed as in The Family Fang or experimentally psychological as in Perfect Little World. Despite a sense of head-shaking impossibility, Wilson somehow manages to make his make-believe believable – in between the inappropriate laughing...

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, adapted and illustrated by Kristina Gehrmann, translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger [in Shelf Awareness]

27 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, European, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Despite the gruesome images depicting the workings of Chicago slaughterhouses and meatpacking factories in the late 19th century and into the early 20th century, Kristina Gehrmann's graphic adaptation is a surprisingly gentler, kinder read than Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel. Credited with inciting the public outcry...

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal [in Shelf Awareness]

25 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Latina/o/x, Middle Grade Readers, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Nonfiction, Repost

While Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story is recommended for audiences ages 3 to 6, it's undoubtedly a book that will last on shelves well into readers' double digits. Kevin Noble Maillard – co-editor of Loving v. Virginia in a Post-Racial World, Syracuse University law professor and...

Our Favorite Day by Joowon Oh [in Shelf Awareness]

17 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean American, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW Papa is an elderly creature of habit: every day begins with a cup of tea, tending to his plants, tidying up, and getting dressed to ride the bus into town. His regular walk takes him by familiar stores and lands him at the same...

Nosy White Woman by Martha Wilson [in Shelf Awareness]

09 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Canadian, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Short Stories

Martha Wilson, a U.S. expat who has lived in Canada for more than two decades, adroitly balances characters from both sides of the shared border (and beyond) throughout her exceptional debut of 16 short stories, Nosy White Woman. While first collections might often prove uneven,...

Spider Love Song and Other Stories by Nancy Au [in Shelf Awareness]

26 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories, Young Adult Readers

Fractured families populate Nancy Au’s provocative 17-story debut collection, highlighting disappearing parents – whether by choice or by death – and the children left to endure and survive. Au draws on her Chinese heritage in her narratives. Some of her characters are deeply affected by...

Glory and Its Litany of Horrors by Fernanda Torres, translated by Eric M.B. Becker [in Shelf Awareness]

22 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Repost, South American, Translation

Once upon a time, Mario Cardoso was "a god beneath the spotlight, a counterculture sex symbol, archetype of the ideal man, Dionysus reborn." With no lack of youthful passion, he quits his architecture studies to join the chorus of a raucous production of Hair and...

My Grandma and Me by Mina Javaherbin, illustrated by Lindsey Yankey [in Shelf Awareness]

21 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Iranian, Iranian American, Memoir, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW For a little girl growing up in Iran, her grandmother is her beloved conduit to the rest of the world. "I followed her everywhere," she explains. "When she swept, I swept. When she cooked, I cooked. When she prayed, I prayed like her, too."...

The Grave on the Wall by Brandon Shimoda [in Shelf Awareness]

20 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Japanese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

By the time Brandon Shimoda’s grandfather died in 1996, he had been living with Alzheimer's for almost 20 years. Shimoda was then a college freshman, which meant he had had little opportunity to know the man without the disease. Reacting to "the loss – the...

Butterfly Yellow by Thanhhà Lại [in Shelf Awareness]

15 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Repost, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

In April 1975, the U.S. implemented Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation of children from South Việt Nam. As the country imploded, 12-year-old Hằng – who looked 8 – and her 5-year-old brother, Linh – who passed for 3 – presented themselves at the airport as...

A Particular Kind of Black Man by Tope Folarin [in Shelf Awareness]

06 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, African, Black/African American, Fiction, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW Growing up in 1980s suburban Utah, Tunde, his younger brother and their immigrant Nigerian parents hardly resemble the local Mormon majority. Tunde's father blames his accented English for his inability – despite his U.S. engineering degree – to find meaningful employment, eventually attempting a...

The Wind That Lays Waste by Selva Almada, translated by Chris Andrews [in Shelf Awareness]

25 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Repost, South American, Translation

*STARRED REVIEW A broken-down car on a rural Argentinian road brings together two unlikely father-and-teen pairs. Reverend Pearson should have listened to daughter Leni's warnings about their overused jalopy, but its failure lands them in the garage of El Gringo Brauer and his assistant, Tapioca. Pearson...

A Girl Returned by Donatella Di Pietrantonio, translated by Ann Goldstein [in Shelf Awareness]

24 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, European, Fiction, Italian, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Translation, Young Adult Readers

The unnamed narrator is 13, raised by two affectionate parents in a comfortable city home where she has her own room. School, swim and dance lessons, a nearby best friend, the sea a short walk away are the life she's known. And then, one August...

Ghost Cat by Kevan Atteberry [in Shelf Awareness]

05 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

In his back-flap bio, Kevan Atteberry (Puddles; Tickle Monster) insists he "doesn't really like them" – cats, he's talking about. And yet, he's written and illustrated a heartfelt homage to enduring feline love. (And I'm not crying, you are!) "There is a ghost in my house,"...

Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker [in Shelf Awareness]

14 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Just about everything is new for Zenobia: she's moved to a new state (from Arizona to Maine) and is starting at a new middle school. She recently lost her widowed father, and is getting used to her new guardians, Aunt Lucy and her wife, Aunt...

The Parrot and the Merchant by Marjan Vafaeian, translated by Azita Rassi [in Shelf Awareness]

03 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Persian, Repost, Translation

An avid collector, Persian merchant Mah Jahan's most precious possessions are her birds. Despite her devotion, "she kept them in cages or chains so that they couldn't fly away and leave her." Most beloved is "a beautiful bright parrot," favored because "the parrot had learned...

Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution. by Rob Sanders, illustrated by Jamey Christoph [in Shelf Awareness]

06 May, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost

Two side-by-side 1840s stable houses in New York City's Greenwich Village initially boarded "the horses of the affluent." In the century-plus since, the neighborhood welcomed immigrants from around the world, and matured into "the creative center of New York City." In 1930, the double buildings...

Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez, illustrated by Jaime Kim [in Shelf Awareness]

24 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean American, Latina/o/x, Repost, South American

The emphatic "Where are you from?," often aggressively repeated with "Where are you really from?" is an all-too-familiar scenario for many people of color who call the United States "home." On the playground, at ballet class, at a playdate, one little girl attempts to answer simply: "I'm...

When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita [in Shelf Awareness]

03 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Repost, South Asian American

"When Aidan was born, everyone thought he was a girl." But his name, his room, his clothes just didn't fit. Aidan realized "he was really another kind of boy. It was hard to tell his parents what he knew about himself, it was even harder...

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