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Review of Soy Sauce!

Soy Sauce! by Laura G. Lee; illus. by the authorPrimary     Algonquin    40 pp.1/25    9781523528387    $18.99Pungent, salty, silky soy sauce takes center stage in this playful picture book honoring the centuries-old condiment and the time and care taken to make it. Follow along while Luan, Haru, and Yoo-mi express their love...

Review of The Other Side of Tomorrow

The Other Side of Tomorrow by Tina Cho; illus. by Deb JJ LeeIntermediate, Middle School    HarperAlley/HarperCollins    224 pp.11/24    9780063011083    $24.99Paper ed.  9780063011076    $15.99e-book ed.  9780063011090    $10.99In this intense and moving comic, we follow two North Korean refugees—Yunho, a shy, thoughtful boy; and Myunghee, a music-loving girl—on a harrowing year-long trek...
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Review of Chickenpox

Chickenpox by Remy Lai; illus. by the authorIntermediate    Holt    240 pp.1/25    9781250863300    $22.99Paper ed.  9781250863294    $14.99Lai (recently Ghost Book, rev. 9/23) crafts a unique and humorous graphic novel based on her recollection of events (with some names and details altered, per an author’s note) surrounding her and her siblings’ bout...

Review of Up, Up, Ever Up!: Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains

Up, Up, Ever Up!: Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains by Anita Yasuda; illus. by Yuko Shimizu Primary    Clarion/HarperCollins    48 pp. 9/24    9780063242418    $19.99 In this inspiring picture-book biography, readers meet renowned Japanese mountain climber, educator, and environmentalist Junko Tabei (1939–2016), the first woman to successfully summit Mount Everest....

Review of The Gale

The Gale by Mo Yan; illus. by Zhu Chengliang; adapted by Xiaoxiao Guan; trans. from Chinese by Ying-Hwa Hu Primary, Intermediate    Simon    40 pp. 8/24    9781665930628    $18.99 e-book ed.  9781665930635    $10.99 In this moving, bittersweet picture-book debut by a Nobel Prize–winning Chinese author, a child learns an important lesson about...
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Review of Lion Dancers

Lion Dancers by Cai Tse; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School    Simon    304 pp.8/24    9781665927246    $23.99Paper ed.  9781665927239    $13.99e-book ed.  9781665927253    $10.99Friendship, self-confidence, and the physically demanding art of Chinese lion dancing are the focuses of this engaging debut graphic novel by Australian author Tse. Skinny, short, glasses-wearing Wei grew...

Review of Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire

Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire by Paula Yoo High School    Norton    368 pp. 5/24    9781324030904    $19.99 Yoo (From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry, rev. 5/21) provides a comprehensive, kaleidoscopic account of what happened before,...
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Review of The Last Rhee Witch

The Last Rhee Witch by Jenna Lee-Yun Intermediate, Middle School    Disney-Hyperion    352 pp.5/24    9781368099073    $17.99In this middle-grade fantasy with a Korean folkloric twist, Korean American Ronnie Miller, twelve, works to solve the mystery behind the specter haunting her during summer camp at Rhee Manor in gloomy, woodsy Washington State. Although...

Five questions for Paula Yoo

Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire (Norton, 12–18 years) by Paula Yoo provides a thoughtful, in-depth, and very compelling account of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, the events leading up to it, and its aftermath from...
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