Young Adult (YA) Literature

Nonfiction Monday: Our New Home – When Immigrant Children Speak

By Fats Suela June 4, 2012 3 Comments

As we continue with our bimonthly theme, Festival of Asian Literature and the Immigrant Experience, I share with you this collection of short stories entitled Our New Home: Immigrant Children Speak. This is also in keeping with today’s Nonfiction Monday. The Nonfiction Monday roundup is hosted by the lovely Jean Walker Harvey at True Tales [...]

Crime, Curse Workers, and a White Cat: Remember to Remember

By Iphigene June 2, 2012 1 Comment

For someone who’s ‘review forte’ isn’t YA, I seem to be reviewing a lot of it lately. Okay, it’s not really A LOT, but it’s quite a number for someone who finds comfort in General Fiction (Adult Fiction) and Non-fiction. My foray into Holly Black’s Curse Worker Series was quite impulsive on my part. Myra [...]

On Basketball, Bernardo Carpio, Witchcraft, and London: Tall Story by Candy Gourlay

By Myra GB May 24, 2012 6 Comments

I knew when I heard about this book that I have to get a copy for myself. I bought this while I was visiting the Philippines July of last year and it was only fairly recently that I had the chance to read this wonderful novel in time for our Festival of Asian Literature and [...]

Teaser Tuesdays: Nicholas and Fadi

By Fats Suela May 22, 2012 16 Comments

This is my first time posting for Teaser Tuesdays. Please join me! Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme that is hosted by Miz B Should Be Reading. Here are the rules: Grab your current read/s. Open to a random page. Share “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page (Like Iphigene, the passage will contain more than two sentences. Lol!). BE [...]

Of Summer Sisters and Nostalgic Adventures: The Penderwicks

By Iphigene May 12, 2012 5 Comments

This is an overdue review of a book I’ve read a few months back. I’m posting my final contribution to our Girl Power bimonthly theme. Modern pop culture portrays girl power in the looks of the Spice Girl and Pink—there’s this incredible edginess to them, an almost in-your-face quality. In some ways, they are caricatures [...]