Category Archives: Magical Realism

Wild is the Witch by Rachel Griffin

Posted on March 10, 2022 by susanh579

Wild is the Witch by Rachel Griffin. Sourcebooks, 2022. 9781728229454 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or starred review) 4 Format: Paperback, advanced reader copy Genre:  Young adult fantasy (magical realism) What did you like about the book? (Synopsis) In … Continue reading →

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Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi

Posted on March 3, 2022 by susanh579

Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi. Alred A. Knopf, 2022. 9780593309032 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Magical realism What did you like about the book?  Bitter lives at Eucalyptus, an art school presided … Continue reading →

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Tamarind and the Star of Ishtar by Jasbinder Bilan

Posted on February 10, 2022 by susanh579

Tamarind and the Star of Ishtar by Jasbinder Bilan. Chicken House, Scholastic, 2022. 9781338769432 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Format: ARC (publication April, 2022) Genre: Magical realism What did you like about the book? … Continue reading →

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Grandmother’s Pigeon by Louise Erdrich, illustrations by Jim LaMarche

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Stephanie Tournas

Grandmother’s Pigeon by Louise Erdrich, illustrations by Jim LaMarche. University of Minnesota Press, c1996, 2021. 9781517911478 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre:  Magic realism/picture book What did you like about the book? A … Continue reading →

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That Thing about Bollywood – Supriya Kelkar

Posted on July 8, 2021 by kyurenka

That Thing about Bollywood – Supriya Kelkar; Simon Kids; 9781534466739, 2021 Format: hardcover Rating 1-5 (5 is an excellent or starred review) 4  Genre: fantasy or magical realism  What did you like about the book? Sonali is an Indian American … Continue reading →

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Home is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Stephanie Tournas

Home is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo. Make Me a World, (9780593177051), 2021 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: novel in verse; science fiction or magical realism What did you like … Continue reading →

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Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore

Posted on February 24, 2021 by kyurenka

 Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore, HarperTeen, 9780062869913, 2020  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Magical realism What did you like about the book?  Lita and Chicky, former best friends, … Continue reading →

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Daughters of Jubilation – by Kara Lee Corthron

Posted on January 29, 2021 by kyurenka

  Daughters of Jubilation – by Kara Lee Corthron, Simon & Schuster, 9781481459501, 2020  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Fantasy What did you like about the book?  A truly unique entry into … Continue reading →

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The Salt in Our Blood by Ava Morgyn

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Stephanie Tournas

The Salt in Our Blood by Ava Morgyn. Albert Whitman, 2021. 9780807572276 Format: ARC (3/21 pub date) Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Genre:  Magic realism What did you like about the book? This is an … Continue reading →

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the Time of Green Magic – Hilary McKay

Posted on November 30, 2020 by kyurenka

     the Time of Green Magic – Hilary McKay, Margaret K. McElderry, (978153446276), 2020 Format: Hardcover Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Genre: Magical fiction What did you like about the book? When Abi’s … Continue reading →

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