Review by Micah Killjoy
What would it be like to be eight-years-old during a massive societal upheaval? In Da Chen’s memoir for young readers, Girl Under a Red Moon, he tells the story of when China’s Cultural Revolution came to his home village, changing the lives of his family in surprising and horrifying ways. … More Girl Under a Red Moon by Da Chen
Review by Louise Brecht
Émigré Susan Thomas is intrigued by desi boy Malcolm Vakil. She wants to fit in the way he does: to her new country, her new city—Mississauga, Ontario—and especially to her new school. Arthur Eldridge High is a world away from her last institution in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and even farther from the family’s home base in India, but her parent’s decree that Susan complete her senior year in Canada is absolute. … More The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena
Review by Logaine Navascués
Friends share a common language. Sometimes it’s in the words they speak or in the games they play. Others, in the small details of daily life, those instants when magic reveals itself, such as when cicada bugs leave the underground world and emerge into the sunlight. … More Natsumi’s Song of Summer by Robert Paul Weston, Illus. by Misa Saburi
Review by Louise Brecht
Change is rocking Sara Rodriguez’s world. The half-Latina academic all-star expected to spend her senior year of high school fleshing out Ivy League options for post-secondary studies, not to have her plans dashed by the consequences of one reckless rendezvous in May. … More Belly Up by Eva Darrows
Review by Jieun Lee
Uzma Jalaluddin’s debut novel, Ayesha at Last, is a New Adult reimagining of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice that explores prejudice and racial discrimination in Toronto. Twenty-seven-year-old Ayesha is a new substitute teacher for a classroom full of preteen terrors, but secretly writes and performs poetry at a local lounge. … More Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Review by Britt Runeckles
What does your hair mean to you? To your identity? Hot Comb,by Ebony Flowers, is a collection of raw short stories about black women who face adversity and demonstrate strength, in a world where they are frequently tokenized, rather than accepted. … More Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers
Review by Jieun Lee
Nineteen-year-old Pablo Neruda Rind’s life is a complete and utter mess. He’s up over his eyebrows in student debt from a college degree he didn’t finish, and he’s stuck working a graveyard shift at a bodega—err, health food store—while his friends are all getting their lives together and starting real jobs. … More Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi
Review by Hira Peracha
Everyone lies. Or so it seems. Zoe’s biological father, whom she has never met, is in prison for the murder of a university peer and no one will tell Zoe the truth about what happened. … More From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Review by Natasha Zippan
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali brings to life the struggle of a queer Muslim teen and takes the reader on an unforgettable ride of love, betrayal, loss, and transformation. Written by Sabina Khan, who immigrated to British Columbia from Bangladesh via the United States, this novel is at once relevant, shocking, and heartwarming. … More The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
Review by Jennifer Irvine
It’s Brooklyn in the late nineties, when rap music can be heard reverberating out of ghetto blasters everywhere. Singer Lauryn Hill reigns supreme, and Jay-Z and Mariah Carey are just getting started on their monster careers. … More Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson
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