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Book cover for Magnolia Wu Unfolds it All by Chanel Miller. An illustration depicts two tween Asian girls crossing a crosswalk with a fluffy white dog, their sprawling NYC neighborhood behind them against a blue sky.

Connecting a community one sock at a time

Magnolia Wu Unfolds it All by Chanel Miller

May 15, 2025 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Magnolia Wu is almost ten. She spends a lot of time at her parent’s establishment, the Bing Qi Ling Bubbles Laundromat. Her loneliness leads to lots of creative thinking: on one wall is her bulletin board of lost socks, lone socks left behind by customers. While new friend and California transplant Iris is visiting, a customer xenophobically Karens out on Magnolia’s mom, and Magnolia nearly throws out her sock wall in a fit of anger. But Iris proposes they start the NYC Sock Detective project, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: chanel miller, children's book, Chinese American author, Chinese American families, Immigrants, middle grade, New York City, Quick read

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:30 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: chanel miller, children's book, Chinese American author, Chinese American families, Immigrants, middle grade, New York City, Quick read ·
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Coming clean

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller

March 14, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Inclusion CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller has been on the radar off and on for a while now. First by trying to read via an online reader (that went inactive actually fairly quickly) and then my second attempt through my local library (which was a success). It is a quick read for the adult (it would have been a few hours read if I just sat and read, but I took breaks in between) but an average few […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Young Adult Tagged With: CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, chanel miller, family, friendship, Inclusion, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:142 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Young Adult · Tags: CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, chanel miller, family, friendship, Inclusion, Social Themes ·
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“My pain was never more valuable than his potential.”

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

October 4, 2023 by Sophia Leave a Comment

I saw Know My Name (2019) by Chanel Miller available at the library on audiobook, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to listen to it. I had heard the story of the Stanford swimmer who had sexually assaulted an unconscious woman. I knew that even with two witnesses, he received a light jail sentence. I remembered the collective outrage from the sentencing, and I thought I already knew the story. Add to the fact that rape isn’t exactly a fun topic, and I was leaning against reading […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: chanel miller

Sophia's CBR15 Review No:44 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: chanel miller ·
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“Fight because you know that in this life, you deserve safety, joy, and freedom. Fight because it is your life.”

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

December 17, 2019 by Carriejay Leave a Comment

In June 2016, a victim impact statement was published on Buzzfeed, and went viral. The author, known then as Emily Doe, spoke eloquently and passionately about her sexual assault, the trial she had been through, and how her life had been affected. Her rapist, Brock Turner, received only six months in prison after being found guilty of the crime. He served only half of that. Much was made of his potential, the impact it would have on his future, how it was a mistake brought […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: chanel miller

Carriejay's CBR11 Review No:56 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: chanel miller ·
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Validating and Vital

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

September 25, 2019 by MrsLangdonAlger 1 Comment

Chanel Miller is the name of the victim that convicted rapist Brock Turner raped. For years she was known only as Emily Doe, even after making a huge impact on survivors around the globe when her victim impact letter was shared on Buzzfeed. Now she’s reclaiming her name and her story, and she did an amazing job of it. I would have called this particular memoir vital and validating even if Miller hadn’t happened to be a good writer, but it turns out that not […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: chanel miller

MrsLangdonAlger's CBR11 Review No:20 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: chanel miller ·
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