This Male Monday, to celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage month, I thought I’d mention books I’m aware of that were written by males of Asian or Pacific Heritage. Please feel free to add titles in the comment section! I’m expecting WordPress to mangle my layout, so if they do here are my apologies in advance. Fair… Read More Male Monday
Could you take a second to answer this question for me? If you need another option, just leave a comment. Thanks! It IS Asian Pacific Heritage Month! The Hub is running a nice Asian themed series which began with Cindy Pon and most recently featured Asian themed books. How are you celebrating this month? One of… Read More SundayMorningReads
Just a little change up today to celebrate Cinco de Mayo! Instead of book trailers, five extra-ordinary Mexican American authors! Gary Soto most recent book: Facts of Life Francisco Stork most recent book: Irises Alex Sanchez most recent book: Boyfriends with Girlfriends Pam Munoz Ryan most recent book: The Dreamer Benjamin Alire Saenz most recent book: Aristotle and… Read More Saturday Trailers
Have you read a great YA debut that you think is worthy of YALSA’s William C. Morris Award? This year’s committee would love to have your suggestion for our consideration. Anyone can submit a field nomination as long as they are not the author, publisher, agent, or editor of the work in question. To be… Read More POC 2012 Debut Authors
title: Lovetorn author: Kavita Daswani date: HarperTeen; 2012 main character: Shalini Agarwal reading level: 5.0 16-year-old Shalini’s father has taken a job in American and this means taking his immediate family away from their extended family in India to live with him in California. This entire family has lived together in one huge home, where they… Read More book review: Lovetorn
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