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Tag Archives: poc
Ghost Train
Ghost Train by Jess Mowry Moving from Haiti to Oakland is a major change for thirteen year old Remi, but it’s not long before he’s made a friend, a cute girl who lives in his building, Niya. Together they try … Continue reading
The Prince of Fenway Park
The Prince of Fenway Park by Julianna Baggott Those of you that know me know that there is simply no way I could resist a book with Fenway Park in the title and a kid in a Red Sox uniform. … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grades, Tween
Tagged adoption, baseball, divorce, new england, poc, time travel
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All the Broken Pieces
All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg Lately, I seem to have a baseball as therapy theme. Matt lives with his mother and father and younger brother Tommy. He goes out for the baseball team. He is desperate to … Continue reading
Hurricane Dancers
Hurricane Dancers by Margarita Engle This is not a glorified account of pirate life. It is not full of pirate lingo and cliche. Rather it’s based on a real story of an early shipwreck, woven together with a legend of … Continue reading
My Most Excellent Year
My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger I love, love this book. Now, I’ll admit to some serious bias as I adore the Red Sox, Boston and musical theater, but I … Continue reading
Posted in Teen
Tagged asian, disabilities, hispanic, interracial romance, latino, LGBT, poc, romance
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Secret Keeper
Secret Keeper by Mitali Perkins When Asha’s father leaves to find a job in New York, his two daughters and wife must move to Calcutta to live with his brother’s family. Without their father and in a new city, the … Continue reading
Seaglass Summer
Seaglass Summer by Anjali Banerjee I am so glad to have found this book! So many books featuring Indian main characters are best for teens or tweens, but this is completely appropriate for third and fourth graders. Besides, it features … Continue reading
The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen
The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen (Originally published as: The Sunita Experiment) by Mitali Perkins Sunita is managing just fine living the stressful life of a tween. She’s got a best friend who needs beauty tips, a feminist older sister … Continue reading
Younguncle Comes to Town
Younguncle Comes to Town by Vandana Singh I grabbed this off the shelf because of the cheerful illustrations and the slightly larger than usual font believing it would fall into that most elusive category, the early chapter book. Had I … Continue reading
Monsoon Afternoon
Monsoon Afternoon by Kashmira Sheth A perfect pairing with My Dadima Wears a Sari, Monsoon Afternoon tells of a little boy spending time with his grandfather. When the rain comes, the little boy longs for someone to go outside with … Continue reading
