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Tag: Biracial
Book Review: Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery by Christine Mari
Powerful, affecting, and ultimately hopeful. Just beautiful.
Mixed Feelings: Biracial Readers and Choosing a Side, a guest post by Michael Mann
As writers, and readers, we connect with so many characters that are so different from us – that’s the beauty of the books. I hope that by having more biracial characters in books we can make those connections deeper.
When Fairy Tales Meet Filipino Legends: The Stories That Shaped My Childhood, a guest post by Rin Chupeco
In her new book, Wicked As You Wish, Chupeco celebrates the outsiders, the people who grew up with varying cultures and influences and who sometimes felt like there wasn’t any place they completely belong.
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Book Review: Home and Away by Candice Montgomery
Publisher’s description Tasia Quirk is young, Black, and fabulous. She’s a senior, she’s got great friends, and a supportive and wealthy family. She even plays football as the only girl on her private high school’s team. But when she catches her mamma trying to stuff a mysterious box in the closet, her identity is suddenly […]
Book Review: Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Publisher’s description A gorgeous and emotionally resonant debut novel about a half-Japanese teen who grapples with social anxiety and her narcissist mother in the wake of a crushing rejection from art school. Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she’s thinking. With a mother who makes her feel unremarkable and a […]
Book Review: How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake
Publisher’s description Grace, tough and wise, has nearly given up on wishes, thanks to a childhood spent with her unpredictable, larger-than-life mother. But this summer, Grace meets Eva, a girl who believes in dreams, despite her own difficult circumstances. One fateful evening, Eva climbs through a window in Grace’s room, setting off a chain […]
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Book Review: Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
Publisher’s description Some bodies won’t stay buried. Some stories need to be told. When seventeen-year-old Rowan Chase finds a skeleton on her family’s property, she has no idea that investigating the brutal century-old murder will lead to a summer of painful discoveries about the past… and the present. Nearly one hundred years earlier, a misguided […]
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