Category Archives: Japanese Internment

My Nest of Silence written and illustrated by Matt Faulkner

Posted on January 14, 2023 by kyurenka

My Nest of Silence written and illustrated by Matt Faulkner. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2022. 9781534477629 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover with some graphic novel additions Genre: Historical fiction What did … Continue reading →

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Peace Is a Chain Reaction by Tanya Lee Stone

Posted on December 21, 2022 by susanh579

Peace is a Chain Reaction: How WWII Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together by Tanya Lee Stone. Candlewick Press, 2022. 9780763676865 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover What did you … Continue reading →

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Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illustrated by Yas Imamura

Posted on March 25, 2022 by susanh579

Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illustrated by Yas Imamura. Candlewick Press, 2022. 9781536204308 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book Genre:  Biography What did you like about the book? This is a … Continue reading →

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Stealing Home by J. Torres, illustrated by David Namisato

Posted on October 21, 2021 by susanh579

Stealing Home by J. Torres, illustrated by David Namisato. Kids Can Press, 2021. 9781525303340 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover graphic novel What did you like about the book?  This Canadian graphic novel import opens … Continue reading →

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Mask – Kate Hannigan, illustrated by Patrick Spaziante

Posted on May 11, 2021 by kyurenka

Mask (League of Secret Heroes, Book Two) – Kate Hannigan, illustrated by Patrick Spaziante, Aladdin, 2020. 9781534439146 Format: Hardcover Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4  Genre: historical fantasy  What did you like about the book? … Continue reading →

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Displacement – written and illustrated by Kiku Hughes

Posted on January 23, 2021 by kyurenka

  Displacement – written and illustrated by Kiku Hughes, First Second, 9781250193544, 2020  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Graphic novel What did you like about the book?  In this semi-autobiographical memoir/time travel … Continue reading →

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