J. Elizabeth Mills

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Review of We Sing from the Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court

We Sing from the Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court by Mia Wenjen; illus. by Victor Bizar GómezIntermediate, Middle School    Red Comet    48 pp.10/24    9781636550879    $19.99“We know you / fear change / it’s something / so strange.” Simon Tam, musician and activist,...
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Review of A Banquet for Cecilia: How Cecilia Chiang Revolutionized Chinese Food in America

A Banquet for Cecilia: How Cecilia Chiang Revolutionized Chinese Food in America by Julie Leung; illus. by Melissa IwaiPrimary    Little, Brown    40 pp.4/25    9780759557413    $18.99Take a compelling story of an indomitable chef, add heaps of immersive sensory details, stir in a warm palette, then devour this tasty introduction to Cecilia...
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Review of Breath of the Dragon

Breath of the Dragon [Breathmarked]by Shannon Lee and Fonda LeeHigh School    Wednesday/St. Martin’s    352 pp.1/25    9781250391148    $21.00e-book ed.  9781250902689    $11.99Honor, family, respect, ambition—familiar values are embedded in this Chinese-inspired fantasy set in a world with a long, winding Snake Wall separating East and West. Some children are “breathmarked,” born with...
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Review of Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate    Philomel    160 pp.4/24    9780593624524    $17.99e-book ed.  9780593624548    $10.99What began as a quest to reunite lost socks with their owners soon leads to new friendships, important discoveries about neighbors, and a deeper sense of community for two...
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Review of Summer at Squee

Summer at Squee by Andrea WangMiddle School    Kokila/Penguin    320 pp.3/24    9780593111314    $18.99e-book ed.  9780593111321    $10.99Phoenny, a thirteen-year-old Chinese American girl, is ecstatic to return to SCCWEE (Summertime Chinese Culture, Wellness, and Enrichment Experience)—Camp Squee for short. It is sure to be another awesome summer with her best friends, the Squad....

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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