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Drawing on memories
The creators of these five books, recommended for intermediate and/or middle-school readers, turn their own memories, with varying degrees of fictionalizing, into graphic novels or graphic memoirs. See also the Graphic novels and the Memoirs tags on hbook.com and the Graphic novels and Autobiographies subject tags in the Guide/Reviews Database....
Their own stories
“Who tells your story?” In the following four cases, these authors share their very personal and moving memoirs — in prose, verse, or graphic format — with young adult readers about the difficult situations they experienced while coming of age. See also Thien Pham Talks with Roger about Family Style:...
Jewish experiences
May is Jewish American Heritage Month, and the following five middle-grade and middle-school titles provide glimpses into diverse Jewish experiences. Find more recommendations on hbook.com and in the Guide/Reviews Database; and see also the Association of Jewish Libraries’ Sydney Taylor Book Award winners. Hidden Powers: Lise Meitner’s Call to Science...
The costs of conflicts
The tolls of war, conflict, and instability are innumerable, especially to young people. The following books, three YA novels and one memoir for a slightly younger audience, aim to capture these difficult-to-fathom experiences and their aftermaths. See also Five Questions for Ruta Sepetys about I Must Betray You. Enduring Freedom...
Review of Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home
Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home by Zahra Marwan; illus. by the author Primary Bloomsbury 48 pp. g 3/22 978-1-5476-0651-1 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5476-0783-9 $13.29 Sometimes the concept of home is complicated. The author presents her own story of emigrating from Kuwait as...
Review of From the Tops of the Trees
From the Tops of the Trees by Kao Kalia Yang; illus. by Rachel Wada Primary, Intermediate Carolrhoda 32 pp. g 10/21 978-1-5415-8130-2 $17.99 “Father, is all of the world a refugee camp?” In sensitive and empowering words, Yang speaks about historical truths and shares her own childhood story with readers. Born...
Review of Big Apple Diaries
Big Apple Diaries by Alyssa Bermudez; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Roaring Brook 256 pp. g 8/21 978-1-250-77428-6 $14.99 Bermudez mined her middle-school diaries to create this appealing debut graphic memoir set in NYC just before and after 9/11. Twelve-year-old Alyssa splits her time between her Puerto Rican...
Review of Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao; illus. by the author; color and art assistance by Weiwei Xu High School Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 272 pp. g 3/22 978-0-06-306777-6 $22.99 Paper ed. 978-0-06-306776-9 $14.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-306778-3 $10.99 In this graphic memoir, debut author Gao wrestles...
Review of Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South
Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South by Wade Hudson Intermediate, Middle School, High School Crown 272 pp. g 10/21 978-0-593-12635-6 $17.99 Library ed. 978-0-593-12636-3 $20.99 Co-founder (with his wife, Cheryl Willis Hudson) of the pioneering Black publishing company Just Us Books, Wade Hudson here recalls his childhood and...
Review of Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family
Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family by Marisabina Russo; illus. by the author Middle School, High School Farrar 240 pp. g 10/21 978-0-374-30383-9 $19.99 In graphic memoir form, Russo depicts her childhood in Queens, New York, from 1957–1967. “When I was a little girl, I took...
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