Julie Hakim Azzam

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Review of Finding Papa

Finding Papa by Angela Pham Krans; illus. by Thi BuiPrimary    Harper/HarperCollins    40 pp.2/23    9780063060968    $18.99Little Mai is close to her father; she loves when they play games and when Papa makes crocodile jaws with his hands (“CHOMP! CHOMP!”). When he leaves their rural Vietnam village in search of a new...
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Review of Windrush Child: The Tale of a Caribbean Child Who Faced a New Horizon

Windrush Child: The Tale of a Caribbean Child Who Faced a New Horizon by John Agard; illus. by Sophie BassPrimary    Candlewick    32 pp.4/23    9781536228533    $18.99Beginning in 1948, thousands of people traveled from the Caribbean to England aboard a ship named the Empire ­Windrush. For some, the visit was temporary during...
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Review of Mirror to Mirror

Mirror to Mirror by Rajani LaRocca Middle School    Quill Tree/HarperCollins    352 pp. 3/23    9780063047471    $19.99 e-book ed.  9780063047488    $10.99 In this novel in verse, Maya and Chaya are identical seventh-grade twin sisters. Maya is hard on herself, always demanding perfection, while Chaya, chatty and impulsive, is “the goofball.” Both...
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Review of Milloo’s Mind: The Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for Women’s Education

Milloo’s Mind: The Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for Women’s Education by Reem Faruqi; illus. by Hoda Hadadi Primary    Harper/HarperCollins    40 pp. 1/23    9780063056619    $18.99 In 1930, Maryam “Milloo” Faruqi (the author’s grandmother) lived in India and was in fifth grade when her parents told her she didn’t need to...
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Review of The Forest Keeper:
 The True Story of Jadav Payeng

The Forest Keeper: The True Story of Jadav Payeng by Rina Singh; illus. by Ishita Jain Primary, Intermediate    NorthSouth    40 pp. 4/23  9780735845053    $18.95 In 1979 in remote northeastern India, sixteen-year-old Jadav Payeng is troubled by the way the river “goes wild” during monsoon season: it overflows, ravages islands, and...

Review of The Moon from Dehradun: A Story of Partition

The Moon from Dehradun: A Story of Partition by Shirin Shamsi; illus. by Tarun Lak Primary    Atheneum    40 pp.    g 9/22    978-1-6659-0679-1    $18.99 e-book ed.  978-1-6659-0680-7    $10.99 When India is partitioned in 1947, Azra and her Muslim family members carefully plan their journey to Lahore, in what will be...

Hope Is an Arrow

[Many Calling Caldecott posts this season will begin with the Horn Book Magazine review of the featured book, followed by the post's author's critique.]   Hope Is an Arrow: The Story of Lebanese American Poet Kahlil Gibran by Cory McCarthy; illus. by Ekua Holmes Primary    Candlewick    40 pp.   g 6/22   ...

Review of As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh High School    Little, Brown    432 pp.    g 9/22    978-0-316-35137-9    $18.99 e-book ed.  978‑0‑316-35161‑4    $9.99 When a revolution is ignited in Syria in 2011 to oust Assad’s regime (“no Syrian family has evaded the dictatorship’s cruelty”), the government responds...
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Review of Thirst

Thirst by Varsha Bajaj Middle School     Paulsen/Penguin    192 pp.         g7/22     978-0-593-35439-1     $17.99 Growing up in the slums around Mumbai, India, seventh grader Minni has been raised to follow the rules and stay out of trouble, but she can’t keep quiet when she spots injustice. She...
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