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Review of Midnight Motorbike
Midnight Motorbike by Maureen Shay Tajsar; illus. by Ishita JainPrimary Porter/Holiday 40 pp.4/25 9780823456628 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823462285 $11.99On a sweltering monsoon-season evening, a mother begins a soothing tale to her child about using her “shimmering sari” as she “pulls down the night sky,” enfolding them together in the comforting serenade...
Review of The One & Only Googoosh: Iran’s Beloved Superstar
The One & Only Googoosh: Iran’s Beloved Superstar by Azadeh Westergaard; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Viking 40 pp. 11/24 9780593114636 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593114643 $11.99 Theatrical scenes in pomegranate reds and peacock greens introduce readers to a young, precocious Googoosh, born Faegheh Atashin, performing in the 1950s with...
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Review of Rose Weaves a Garden
Rose Weaves a Garden by Rashin Kheiriyeh; illus. by the authorPrimary Schwartz/Random 40 pp.4/25 9780593705100 $18.99Library ed. 9780593705117 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593705124 $10.99Rose’s grandfather is a rug weaver, working mornings in a factory and weaving in the afternoon for friends and family on his at-home loom. Rose loves watching Baba joon’s...
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Review of Samira’s Worst Best Summer
Samira’s Worst Best Summer by Nina HamzaMiddle School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 336 pp.5/24 9780063024946 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063024960 $10.99Thirteen-year-old Samira’s parents and older sister are in India for two weeks for a wedding, leaving her and her younger brother, Imran, at home in Minnesota with their maternal grandmother, Umma. Recovering from an...
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Review of Lunar Boy
Lunar Boy by Jes Wibowo and Cin Wibowo; illus. by the authors Intermediate, Middle School HarperAlley/HarperCollins 240 pp.5/24 9780063057609 $24.99Paper ed. 9780063057593 $15.99e-book ed. 9780063057616 $9.99Set on an Indonesian-inspired New Earth, this graphic-novel space fantasy explores themes of love and forgiveness, growth and identity. A young, white-haired, brown-skinned child is...
Review of The Door Is Open: Stories of Celebration and Community by 11 Desi Voices
The Door Is Open: Stories of Celebration and Community by 11 Desi Voices edited by Hena Khan Intermediate, Middle School Little, Brown 336 pp. 4/24 9780316450638 $17.99 e-book ed. 9780316450836 $9.99 Focused on a community center in the fictional town of Maple Grove, New Jersey, this powerful collection of short...
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Review of Behind My Doors: The Story of the World’s Oldest Library
Behind My Doors: The Story of the World’s Oldest Library by Hena Khan; illus. by Nabila AdaniPrimary Lee & Low 40 pp.5/24 9781643794235 $20.95The Al-Qarawiyyin Library of Fez, which serves as the first-person narrator of this nonfiction picture book, beckons the reader to hear the tale of its founding, glory...
Review of The Blossom and the Firefly
The Blossom and the Firefly by Sherri L. Smith Middle School, High School Putnam 311 pp. g 2/20 978-1-5247-3790-0 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5247-3791-7 $10.99 Almost buried alive in a bombing by Allied forces in 1945 Chiran, Japan, fifteen-year-old Hana feels as though she is already dead, just going through the...
Review of My Grandma and Me
My Grandma and Me by Mina Javaherbin; illus. by Lindsey Yankey Primary Candlewick 32 pp. g 8/19 978-0-7636-9494-4 $16.99 The unnamed narrator recalls her childhood growing up in Iran (where the author also grew up) with her beloved grandmother, who lives with the family. The child accompanies her grandma on...
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