It seemed like today would never get here, but it was finally the pub day for Gloria Chao's debut YA novel, American Panda (Simon Pulse, 2018)! I was so fortunate to read a review copy of American Panda months ago and am currently reading it now for the second time.Gloria had … [Read more...]
Out with the Rooster, In with the Dog
The Lunar New Year will be here in 11 days and we're starting early here. Last week, some friends gave me red envelopes and decorations and one (with my begging and pleading) asked her husband to bring back a Chinese New Year gift box of Blue Diamond almonds.First up: the red … [Read more...]
Book of the week–As Lie is to Grin
I saw As Lie is to Grin (Catapult, 2017) at my local public library and was intrigued from the book jacket. The protagonist, David, is an African American student at the University of Vermont, and flashes back to his high school days when he dated Melody, a young woman whose … [Read more...]
Behold the Junibacken
The Junibacken wasn't on the top to-see lists I saw for Stockholm, but it was on mine. After we went to the Vasa Museum on our first full day in Stockholm, I marched the family across the field above to the Junibacken, a museum dedicated to Swedish children's literature.I … [Read more...]
An evening with Samira Ahmed
I met Samira Ahmed last summer at the American Library Association's annual meeting. Her debut YA novel, Love, Hate, and Other Filters (Soho Teen, 2018) was one of the review copies I picked up at the conference and was the first I read.It was so much warmer back then! … [Read more...]
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