![]() ![]() I wanted to look like the rest of my classmates with their big “ Western eyes” and curly hair. The bullying – in addition to social cues and media that rendered Asian Americans practically invisible – made me ashamed of my background. ![]() They’d pull up their eyes into tight slits and sing in a mocking voice, “Ching Chong! Me Chinese, me go pee pee in my pants!” Two boys would stalk me on the playground every day. In elementary school, I was bullied because of my Chinese heritage. Written by Joanna Ho and illustrated by Dung Ho, Eyes That Kiss in the Corners celebrates the uniqueness of Asian eyes and embraces the legacies of the past while embracing the future. All opinions are my own.Įyes That Kiss in the Corners is the picture book I wish I had while growing up. Note: Thank you to Harper Collins Publishers for providing a copy to review. ![]()
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Robyn Carr 'First Star I See Tonight is Susan Elizabeth Phillips at her best - funny, charming and un-put-downable ' Susan Mallery But though she comes across as a wallflower, Bobby soon discovers Gracie is really a steel magnolia and the more time he spends in her company the more he finds himself drawn to this plain Jane with a heart of gold. But when he doesn't show up the film company sends straight-laced Gracie Snow to bring him to the set with surprising results.ĭespite his dazzling good looks and killer charm, Bobby has reservations about being a movie star - and no plans to cooperate with anyone from the studio, let alone shy little Gracie. Former sports star Bobby Denton has agreed to lend his fame and his name to a movie. ![]() ![]() ![]() Originally published in the collection Different Seasons, it was made into the film The Shawshank Redemption. ![]() Suspenseful, heart-wrenching and hopeful, this iconic King novella is populated by a cast of unforgettable characters, especially the fiercely compelling convict named Andy Dufresne who is seeking his ultimate revenge. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is one of King's most celebrated stories, and it helped make Castle Rock a place readers would return to over and over again. So begins this mesmerising tale of unjust imprisonment, deep friendship and offbeat escape. ![]() And new convict Andy Dufresne wants two things from fellow prisoner Red: a small rock-hammer for carving stones and a giant poster of Rita Hayworth. There's a guy like me in every state and federal prison in America, I guess - I'm the guy who can get it for you. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's beloved novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption - the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption - about an unjustly imprisoned convict who seeks a strangely satisfying revenge, is now available as a standalone book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On weekends you could usually find her at the library lost in the book stacks or holed up in her bedroom with a good book. ![]() Carole writes about the connection between her culture and the land, speaking up for all the voices that cannot speak for themselves.Ĭarole has been a voracious reader and library geek ever since she was growing up in Nebraska. She was born and raised in Nebraska and currently makes her home in Maryland. Watch exclusive Instagram Live interview with author Carole Lindstrom, author of Caldecott Medal winner We are Water Protectors! Inspired by the many indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth’s water from harm and corruption.Ĭarole is Anishinaabe/Metis and is tribally enrolled with the Turtle Mountain Band Ojibwe. ![]() ![]() I hope the one available truthful book of modern history wasn't really eaten by bugs. What is the truth about professor Onswald? Where is Cassiel? Maybe with president Wintersea or Ezra? Mildway is probably with Ezra. ![]() What happened to the other wundersmiths born? Are they still out there or did Ezra kill them all? Why did he choose Morrigan? does he perhaps need her to fight President Wintersea? Born on an unlucky day, she is blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks - and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on Eventide. How can President Wintersea control Ezra Squall? What power does she have? 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All the characters feel developed and real, especially for such a short book. ![]() She has such a classic antiheroine arc, going from from morally upstanding, mostly, to completely morally ambiguous – but also realizing the dimensionality of the world, and that maybe she was the villain all along. Oh my god, y’all, Cas Leung is the gaysian icon we need in our lives. Here are five reasons you should read this book. This book is about pirates, and sea monsters, and a really cool antiheroine, and also she falls in love with and kicks ass with a pirate girl who is On The Other Side of The Great Environmental Pirates vs. Which is a travesty, because The Abyss Surrounds Us is one of my personal favorite books ever. So like, I know that I boost my review of this book every day and it’s annoying, but every single time there is someone who says they haven’t read it, or worse yet, have NOT HEARD OF IT. ![]() If she keeps that promise she made to me, I’ll show her the truth I’ve learned on her boat. I played my cards, I lay in wait, I let myself be beaten and manipulated. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His inclusion of gay themes resulted in a lot of savage criticism from the Black community. His novels include Giovanni's Room, about a white American expatriate who must come to terms with his homosexuality, and Another Country, about racial and gay sexual tensions among New York intellectuals. ![]() In 1957, he began spending half of each year in New York City. His essay collections Notes of a Native Son, Nobody Knows My Name, and The Fire Next Time were influential in informing a large white audience.įrom 1948, Baldwin made his home primarily in the south of France, but often returned to the USA to lecture or teach. Go Tell It on the Mountain, his first novel, is a partially autobiographical account of his youth. Critics, however, note the impassioned cadences of Black churches are still evident in his writing. In the early 1940s, he transferred his faith from religion to literature. At age 14, Baldwin became a preacher at the small Fireside Pentecostal Church in Harlem. He was the eldest of nine children his stepfather was a minister. James Baldwin offered a vital literary voice during the era of civil rights activism in the 1950s and '60s. 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