Guest post by Padma Venkatraman WHITE ROSE By Kip Wilson Pub date: April 2, 2019 Ages: 12 and up Publisher: Versify, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcout. White Rose is a work of historical fiction that resurrects a story…
Author: J.L. Powers
J.L. Powers is the author of the y.a. novels This Thing Called the Future and The Confessional, and editor the forthcoming anthology That Mad Game: Growing Up in a Warzone.
Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar
Ahimsa by Sypriya Kelka Guest Post by Padma Venkatraman Ahimsa, Supriya Kelkar’s New Visions Award winning debut, is set in India in the 1940’s – a time in our shared human history about which enough can never be written. Ten…
The Incredible Magic of Being by Kathryn Erskine
The Incredible Magic of Being by Kathryn Erskine Guest Post by Padma Venkatraman Like her debut novel, Mockingbird, whose title echoes a classic, Kathy Erskine’s latest title, THE INCREDIBLE MAGIC OF BEING, is similar to Milan Kunderra’s brilliant work, The…
Forest World by Margarita Engle
Guest Post by Padma Venkatraman In Forest World, Young People’s Poet Laureate, Margarita Engle, once again demonstrates her mastery over the verse novel form, wielding it to speak eloquently of the need to protect our environment. Told through the eyes of…
On Translation, Writing, and the State of U.S. Publishing: an interview with Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Hello, Pirate Tree Readers. Most of you will recognize Lyn Miller-Lachmann as one of our most prolific reviewers. Lyn is a writer and translator as well as passionate and involved reviewer and lover of children’s and young adult literature, and…
A Dog Named Haku by Margarita Engle
A DOG NAMED HAKU by Margarita Engle, with Amish Karanjit and Nicole Karanjit (illustrated by Ruth Jayaveeran), published by M. Millbrook press, Minneapolis. Guest Post by Padma Venkatraman With her characteristic ability to use spare and beautiful language to convey emotions…
Amal Unbound by Aisha Said
AMAL UNBOUND by Aisha Saeed, ISBN 978-0-399-54468-2, Nancy Paulsen Books, Penguin Young Readers. Guest Post by Padma Venkatraman It might seem strange to begin a review by citing how much I enjoyed reading the Author’s Note, and yet, the beautifully…
Shadow Warrior by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
What’s cooler than girl ninjas? An actual historical female ninja and her cohort of female spies…. Shadow Warrior by Tanya Lloyd Kyi and illustrated by Celia Krampien (Annick Press) covers the historical (and possibly mythical) basis for stories about a…
Anna Hibiscus and Amazing Africa!
I’ve always loved the Anna Hibiscus picture books by Nigerian-born Atinuke so when publisher Kane Miller sent me copies of the latest in the Anna Hibiscus chapter book series, I was super excited! My 6 year old and I have…
LION ISLAND: CUBA’S WARRIOR OF WORDS
Guest post by Padma Venkatraman LION ISLAND: CUBA’S WARRIOR OF WORDS By Margarita Engle 2016 Atheneum Books, Simon and Schuster How lucky we are to have a writer like Margarita Engle in our midst, someone who dedicates her time…