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Review of Laolao’s Dumplings
Laolao’s Dumplings by Dane Liu; illus. by ShinYeon MoonPrimary Godwin/Holt 48 pp.12/23 9781250778192 $18.99Millie visits her laolao (grandmother) in spring, and together they make Millie’s favorite dish—homemade dumplings. To get the right ingredients, the pair heads to Chinatown to visit several lively neighborhood markets, buying vegetables and shrimp as well...
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Review of Catfish Rolling
Catfish Rolling by Clara KumagaiHigh School Amulet/Abrams 432 pp.10/23 9781419768514 $19.99e-book ed. 9798887070476 $15.54When Sora, a Japanese-Caucasian (hafu) teenager, was eleven, a Fukushima-esque earthquake—known in Japanese folklore as a catfish rolling beneath the islands—fractured the land into zones where time slips faster or slower than it normally would. That day,...
Review of Ghosts, Toast, and Other Hazards
Ghosts, Toast, and Other Hazards by Susan TanIntermediate, Middle School Roaring Brook 256 pp.4/23 9781250797001 $17.99e-book ed. 9781250797018 $10.99Monica “Mo” Lin, a sixth-grade Chinese American girl, has moved with her mother and half-sister to the (fictional) small town of New Warren, Massachusetts, to live with her “aging Chinese hippie” great-uncle,...
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Review of Throwback
Throwback by Maurene GooHigh School Zando 368 pp.4/23 9781638930204 $19.99e-book ed. 9781638930211 $10.99Twenty-first-century Korean American teenager Sam Kang and her mother, Priscilla, do not get along. Free spirit Sam feels the disappointment of her high-achieving, buttoned-up, country club–aspiring parents, and her mom, whose homecoming-queen hopes were dashed in high school,...
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Review of Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim
Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim by Patricia ParkHigh School Crown 304 pp.2/23 9780593563373 $18.99Library ed. 9780593563380 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593563397 $10.99“Who is the ‘real’ Alejandra Kim?” A high school senior at an affluent prep school, she has her heart set on attending the prestigious but expensive Whyder College...
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Review of Boys I Know
Boys I Know by Anna Gracia High School Peachtree Teen 352 pp. g7/22 978-1-68263-371-7 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-68263-452-3 $12.99 June Chu, a Taiwanese American high school senior living in Iowa, struggles to understand her identity as she tries to reconcile the conflicting influences of her strict...
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Review of Private Label
Private Label by Kelly YangHigh School Tegen/HarperCollins 416 pp. g5/22 978-0-06-294110-7 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-06-294112-1 $12.99In this culturally rich romance, Yang (Parachutes, rev. 5/20) revisits themes of gender, class, racism, and identity in another story with elements from her own life. Alternating first-person narrators Serene and Lian, both of Chinese...
Review of The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee by Julie Leung; illus. by Julie Kwon Primary, Intermediate Little, Brown 48 pp. g 2/21 978-0-7595-5495-5 $18.99 As a child, Hazel Ying Lee (1912–1944) pushed limits to be the best at everything — the fastest at footraces, the hardest hitter in handball, and,...
Review of Parachutes
Parachutes by Kelly Yang High School Tegen/HarperCollins 485 pp. g 5/20 978-0-06-294108-4 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-294113-8 $10.99 Claire lives in Shanghai with her wealthy, image-obsessed, and unhappy family. When Claire’s parents send her to prep school in America, she boards with a fellow student (who’s on scholarship), Filipina American teen...
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