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She works hard for her money and channels Julia Child in the process

Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte

July 13, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Measuring Up could cover several categories in cbr12bingo, but I am going to use it for Money. Even though the money aspect is a small part of the story, it is also not as small as it might seem at first. Lily LaMotte’s story of Cici, a young girl from Taiwan, moves to Seattle, with her mother and father and leaving behind her beloved paternal grandmother. Her A-ma was more than a grandmother, she was a best friend, teacher and the one person who “got […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: Ann Xu, Asian - General, cbr12bingo, Cooking & Food, Ethnic Orientation |, family, grandmother, grandparents, Lily LaMotte, Social Themes, Taiwan

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:232 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: Ann Xu, Asian - General, cbr12bingo, Cooking & Food, Ethnic Orientation |, family, grandmother, grandparents, Lily LaMotte, Social Themes, Taiwan ·
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When the city’s fate rests in the hands of enemies

The Nameless City (Book One) by Faith Erin Hicks

February 19, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am going to save my dislikes of this book for after I finish the series; as there are a few plot points/plot holes I think could be explained when the story is completed. Therefore, I am going to say that The Nameless City (Book One) is an interesting start to The Nameless City series. It is a fantasy realistically presented as (so far) there are no magics, aliens or other fantastical images or people. While the city itself is a diverse group of people, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: Action & Adventure, Asian - General, Cities and towns, Ethnic Orientation |, Faith Erin Hicks, friendship, Multicultural, survival

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:92 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: Action & Adventure, Asian - General, Cities and towns, Ethnic Orientation |, Faith Erin Hicks, friendship, Multicultural, survival ·
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When you’re lucky and you find one bad a$$ writer!

Dreams from Many Rivers: A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems by Margarita Engle

May 21, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Dreams from Many Rivers: A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems created by Margarita Engle are romantic in places and always serious with her pride in her heritage. And while history tends to “lump” Spanish, Mexican, Cuban, Native and other “Hispanic peoples” into one group, Engle shows how each one is separate, how each interacted with the others how Moctezuma’s great-granddaughter could also be Cortez’s great-granddaughter. The mix of historical and fiction characters is a nice touch. Each poem shows how history […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez, Caribbean & Latin America, Ethnic Orientation |, Margarita Engle, United States - Hispanic & Latino

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:169 · Genres: Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez, Caribbean & Latin America, Ethnic Orientation |, Margarita Engle, United States - Hispanic & Latino ·
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