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Best Wishes by Sarah Mlynowski
Best Wishes by Sarah Mlynowski. Scholastic Press, 2022. 9781338628258 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: ARC (publication date 9/6/22) Genre: Magical realism What did you like about the book? Fifth grader Becca has been … Continue reading
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Before Takeoff by Adi Alsaid
Before Takeoff by Adi Alsaid. Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. 9780593375761 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Horror/dystopian/magical realism What did you like about the book? Defying any attempt to slap a genre … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, *Young Adult, Adi Alsaid, Dystopian, Horror, Magical Realism
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Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd
Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd. Scholastic Press, 2022. 9781338654585 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: ARC (publication date 8/2/22) Genre: Magical realism What did you like about the book? Olive Martin has been homeschooled her … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, Disease, Magical Realism, Middle grade novel, Natalie Lloyd
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This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke
This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke. Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. 9780593381243 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Historical fiction, magical realism What did you like about the book? Set during the first … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, *Young Adult, Communism, Historical fiction, Judaism, Katherine Locke, Magical Realism
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Wild is the Witch by Rachel Griffin
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
Posted in *Book Review, *Young Adult, Author, Fantasy, Magic, Magical Realism, Rachel Griffin, Witches
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Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
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
Posted in *Book Review, *Starred Review, *Young Adult, Akwaeke Emezi, Art, Author, Magical Realism, Social justice
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Tamarind and the Star of Ishtar by Jasbinder Bilan
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
Posted in *Book Review, Folklore, India, Magical Realism, Middle grade novel
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Grandmother’s Pigeon by Louise Erdrich, illustrations by Jim LaMarche
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
Posted in *Book Review, *Picture Book, Birds, Grandparents, Jim LaMarche, Louise Erdrich, Magical Realism
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That Thing about Bollywood – Supriya Kelkar
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
Posted in *Book Review, Bollywood, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Supriya Kelkar
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Home is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
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
Posted in *Book Review, *Starred Review, Magical Realism, Muslims, Novel-in-verse, Safia Elhillo
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