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True Story of Two Little Girls

Sylvia & Aki by Winifred Conkling

March 29, 2019 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Sometimes you read a book because you should. This is one of those books. I truly enjoy YA on the whole, but I have a tough time with Children’s or Middle Grades books. I can absolutely see their good qualities and how their intended audience would likely sink into them, but maybe I don’t enjoy them now because I didn’t read many of them when I was that age (I was a late reader and then I flew up to reading adult books in a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: education equality, faintingviolet, Jane Addams Book Award, Japanese internment, Sylvia & Aki, Tomas Rivera Mexican American Book Award, Winifred Conkling

faintingviolet's CBR11 Review No:16 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: education equality, faintingviolet, Jane Addams Book Award, Japanese internment, Sylvia & Aki, Tomas Rivera Mexican American Book Award, Winifred Conkling ·
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