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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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