BookDragon Shelf Awareness Tag

Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari, illustrated by Patrice Barton [in Shelf Awareness]

25 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW "There was nothing Moose loved more than hello," especially greetings from her human, Zara. But dogs aren't allowed at Zara's school and "There was nothing Moose disliked more than goodbye." Smart pup that she is, for every "goodbye," Moose finds a way to say...

Superstar by Mandy Davis [in Shelf Awareness]

23 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

"Oh, Lester, you're going to love it so much," Lucy Musselbaum promises her 10-year-old son about entering Quarry Elementary. Homeschooled until now, Lester is understandably wary – change is always tough for him – but Lucy gently explains she's "100 percent sure" she needs to...

Can an Aardvark Bark? by Melissa Stewart, illustrated by Steve Jenkins [in Shelf Awareness]

16 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW From board books to scientific tomes, animal expressions have fascinated readers of all ages. In an ingenious twist on a familiar topic, Melissa Stewart – with more than 180 titles to her credit – cleverly disrupts the predictable cow/moo paradigm with the noises animals...

Colette’s Lost Pet by Isabelle Arsenault [in Shelf Awareness]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

"For the last time, NO PET!" Colette is told. But for this creative new-kid-in-town, an empty moving box quickly becomes the perfect device for introducing her titular "lost pet" to the neighborhood gang. "It's...

Posted by John David Anderson [in Shelf Awareness]

05 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

In a small Michigan town, four eighth-grade boys make up their own "tribe": Frost (nicknamed for winning a poetry contest in fifth grade), Bench (because he's more bench-warmer than active player), Deedee (for his Dungeons & Dragons obsession), and Wolf (because he's a Wolfgang Amadeus...

Grendel’s Guide to Love and War: A Tale of Rivalry, Romance, and Existential Angst by A.E. Kaplan [in Shelf Awareness]

26 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Korean American, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Tom Grendel can divide his 17-year-old life in "exactly three phases: before Mom, after Mom but before Dad/Iraq, and my current post-Dad/Iraq period." Tom's mother died suddenly when he was 9. His father deployed to Iraq, leaving Tom and his sister, Zipora, with their grandmother....

The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex by Gabrielle Williams [in Shelf Awareness]

31 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Australian, Fiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex opens with a real-life unsolved mystery: "On August 2, 1986, a group calling itself the Australian Cultural Terrorists stole one of the world's most iconic paintings – Picasso's Weeping Woman – off the walls of the...

The Harlem Charade by Natasha Tarpley [in Shelf Awareness]

28 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Black/African American, Fiction, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

Twelve-year-old Jin Yi records "interesting moments and details" in her memory notebook while watching customers shop in her Korean American family's Harlem bodega: "[P]eople will tell you their stories in the way that they move, how their faces look, how they speak." Observing turns to...

American Street by Ibi Zoboi [in Shelf Awareness]

23 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Black/African American, Caribbean, Caribbean American, Fiction, Haitian, Haitian American, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Arriving with her mother from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, at Kennedy Airport, "holding hands for courage," 17-year-old Fabiola Toussaint, a U.S. citizen by birth, is ushered through Customs while immigration officials detain Manman. Fabiola is forced to leave her behind in New York, and lands alone in...

The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue, illustrated by Caroline Hadilaksono [in Shelf Awareness]

01 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Canadian, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

Sixteen years ago, a pregnant woman walking the hospital halls found a lottery ticket on the floor. The ticket proved quite the winner, enabling the new mother – and her three co-parents – to "buy a big house to fill with lots more kids, and...

Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinkin [in Shelf Awareness]

14 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

When 19-year-old Jim Thorpe (1888-1955) joined Pennsylvania's Carlisle Indian Industrial School's football team in 1907, it was the fastest team in the country, "the most creative, the most fun to watch." Already the school's track star, Thorpe was, self-admittedly, "a scarecrow dressed for football" when...

Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami [in Shelf Awareness]

16 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Just after turning 8, Yasmin Kader set a goal "to read one book every day. Every single day, forever." She's already up to more than 400, thanks to after-school detours to Book Uncle's Lending Library, a street-corner pop-up made of planks piled high with books....

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

09 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center 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...

Making Friends with Billy Wong by Augusta Scattergood [in Shelf Awareness]

02 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

When 11-year-old Azalea Morgan and her mother arrive in Paris Junction, Arkansas, in August 1952, her mother barely lasts a few minutes in her gossipy, small-town childhood home before she turns the car around, leaving her daughter behind to help her injured grandmother with her...

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

20 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center 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...

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

03 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center 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...

Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan [in Shelf Awareness]

20 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Award-winning writer Sarah Weeks (Pie; So B. It) and India-born debut author Gita Varadarajan present a poignant, comical cultural exchange in the alternating voices of two fifth-grade boys. Joe Sylvester has been living in the same New Jersey town, going to the same school and hanging...

Unidentified Suburban Object by Mike Jung [in Shelf Awareness]

29 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

Primrose Heights is home to only three Asian Americans: 12-year-old Chloe Cho and her parents. In spite of Chloe's growing interest in her Korean heritage, her astrophysicist mother and fish store-owner father remain consistently mum about the family's past, always hedging with excuses like "Talking...

Author Interview: Meredith Russo [in Shelf Awareness]

21 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Meredith Russo: Sharing Secrets Not until Meredith Russo was in her mid-20s did she finally begin "living as her true self." Russo--a transgender woman born and raised in Tennessee, and now the mother of two children--has an unforgettable, timely story to tell. Russo's protagonist in her...

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo [in Shelf Awareness]

20 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers

In Lambertville, Tenn., where the social highlight of the week is the high school football game, new girl Amanda Hardy immediately turns heads. She's barely figured out her class schedule before Grant, acting as a mouthpiece for his buddy Parker, is asking for her phone...