book review: How Lamar’s bad prank won a Bubba-sized trophy excerpt author: Crystal Allen date: Balzar and Bray; February 2011 main character: Lamar Washington Reading Lamar’s bad prank made me want to play the theme song for a local amusement park that claims “there’s more than corn in Indiana”. The story, set in Coffin, Indiana… Read More Book Review: How Lamar’s bad prank won a Bubba-sized trophy
title: Tasting the sky: A Palestinian childhood author: Ibtisam Barakat date: 2007; Ferrar, Straus and Giroux non-fiction; biography I didn’t plan to read two war stories back to back, but they made for quite a sobering weekend. Tasting the sky is Barakat’s recollection of the wars of her childhood, of her family being displaced to… Read More book review: Tasting the sky
book review: Warriors in the crossfire author: Nancy Bo Flood date: Front Street Press; 2010 main character: Joseph Joseph is a young man living on the island of Saipan during World War II. The names and religious practices tell us this Pacific Island has been visited by Christian missionaries ant it is now under Japanese… Read More book review: Warriors in the crossfire
title: Finding My Place author: Traci L. Jones date: Farrar Straux Giroux, 2010 main character: Tiphanie Baker The year is 1975 and Tiphanie Baker’s parents have made it: they’ve achieved a level of success that allows them to afford a nice home and a nice school which happen to be outside the Black community where… Read More book review: Finding My Place
title: Seeing Emily author: Joyce Lee Wong date: Amulet Books, 2005 main character: Emily Wu Sixteen year old Emily is trying to make her place in the world, but first she has to figure out who she is as a person. She has wonderful skills as an artist, which have been nurtured by her mother… Read More book review: Seeing Emily
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