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Middle-Grade Review: The Magic Library of Waterfall Way By Julie Abe
About This Book: In this delightful cozy fantasy, an Unremarkable girl with a remarkable destiny must save a magic library to find her forever home. Perfect for fans of Greenwild and Kiki’s Delivery Service! The Alterran Empire hasn’t seen an Unremarkable in centuries . . . until Lyra Hunt. All Lyra wants is a guild to call home–preferably one with a library full of storybooks–but because she is cursed with horrible luck, nearly everyone has rejected her.
‘But I Hate Him’ by Page Powars Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse
But I Hate Him by Page Powars leads holds this week. Also in demand are titles by Dan Yaccarino, Gertrude Chandler Warner, Eiko Kadono, and Jen Calonita. NYT features back-to-school picture books. Want to get the latest book news delivered to your inbox? Sign up for our weekly SLJBook Pulse newsletter But I Hate Him by Page Powars (Roaring Brook; SLJ starred review) leads holds this week.
THE MAGIC LIBRARY OF WATERFALL WAY
An absorbing fantasy centered on a resilient female protagonist facing growth, change, and self-empowerment. In Florence’s middle-grade fantasy novel, a young girl’s heart is tested in the face of an evil, spreading Darkness. Eleven-year-old Lydia, “freckle-cheeked and round-eyed, with hair the color of pine bark and fair skin,” is struggling with the knowledge that she has reached the age to apprentice as an herbalist.
Goodreads Review Bombing Scandal, “A Farewell to Arms” Adaptation, Raymond Chandler Poem Uncovered, and More
First-time author Cait Corrain, author of the coming sci-fi fantasy novel Crown of Starlight, has been dropped by her U.S. publisher and her agent after readers and fellow authors accused her of posting fake negative reviews on Goodreads. Corrain posted a lengthy statement to X confirming the allegations and apologizing for her actions.
Our Cursed Love by Julie Abe
Julie Abe's Our Cursed Love is an uplifting story about the magic of true love and the choices we make. Perfect for fans of You've Reached Sam. 'A celebration of all things Japan, magic, and romance, readers will swoon at this charming, big-hearted friends-to-lovers story' - Emiko Jean, author of Tokyo Ever After Destiny, magic, true love . . . Remy is in love with her best friend Cam, and a winter trip to Japan provides the perfect setting to tell him how she truly feels.
OUR CURSED LOVE | Kirkus Reviews
A Palo Alto high school senior must find a way to spark her best friend’s memory before she forever loses him—and a chance at love. Remy Kobata is in love with her childhood best friend, Cameron Yasuda, but she’s afraid of telling him and losing his friendship. But with the Japanese American teens heading to different colleges, she decides their winter break trip to Tokyo is the perfect time to confess.
#246 - Author Chat w/ Ye Chun
On this episode, we sit down with author Ye Chun to chat about her newest novel, Straw Dogs of the Universe, an decades spanning historical fiction about the early Chinese immigrants in America, following a daughter's search for her father who went missing after helping complete the transcontinental railroad.
#219 - Author Chat w/ Victoria Ying
On this episode, we chat with author and illustrator Victoria Ying about her new YA graphic novel, Hungry Ghost, a coming of age story about a Chinese American girl dealing with adolescence, parental expectation, and eating disorders. We talk with Victoria about her background in animation as well as her semi-autobiographical inspirations behind the story of Hungry Ghost.
#210 - Author Chat w/ Gloria Chao
For this author chat episode, we chat with author Gloria Chao about her latest novel, When You Wish Upon a Lantern, a YA rom-com about a girl who tries to save her family's lantern business by granting her Chinese American community's wishes, and has to rely on her ex-best friend for help. We chat with Gloria about her long journey to becoming a prolific author of Asian American YA romances, as well as her inspirations for her new book.
#209 - February 2023 Book News
On this episode, we check out the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our February 2023 mid-month check-in, including some major updates from the Harper Collins Union strike and some highlights from the ALA awards.
Tessa Miyata Is No Hero
About the Author Julie Abe has lived in Silicon Valley, spent many humid summers in Japan, and currently basks in the sunshine of Southern California with never enough books or tea, where she creates stories about magical adventures.
Magical Witch Books for Middle Graders
Middle grade fantasy was one of my first loves, and was the genre that helped me become the reader I am today. I vividly remember reading The Doll People one summer with the explicit goal of improving my reading with a chapter book, and I haven’t looked back since. All books are magic, of course, but there’s something so overtly magical (pun intended) about books where the impossible can happen. And of course what little kid doesn’t want to envision themselves being a little bit magical?
The Charmed List: A Novel|Hardcover
English 1250830095 "The best friends to enemies-to-lovers story I needed in my life! The Charmed List utterly enchants with its delightful characters and heartfelt themes of family, friendship, and first love. I adored this fun-filled and swoony road trip romance with a magical twist!" —Axie Oh, author of XOXO and The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea Sometimes you need a little magic to fall in love.
THE CHARMED LIST
by Julie Abe ‧ Ellie is thrown together with her ex–best friend in this work that weaves light fantasy elements into a contemporary romance. Junior year is over, and Japanese American Ellie Kobata is excited to start her summer road trip with her best friend, Lia Park. They’re driving from Palo Alto to the California Magical Retailers’ Convention in Huntington Beach: Ellie, who is from a sorcerer family, will work the trade show while Lia, who is non-magic-aware, visits family.
The Charmed List
Julie Abe. Wednesday, $18.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-83009-8 Former best friends Ellie and Jack reluctantly road-trip to a magic convention in Abe’s (Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch) lighthearted contemporary fantasy.
EVA EVERGREEN AND THE CURSED WITCH
From the Captain Underpants series , Vol. 9 by Dav Pilkey & illustrated by Dav Pilkey ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 28, 2012 Sure signs that the creative wells are running dry at last, the Captain’s ninth, overstuffed outing both recycles a villain (see Book 4) and offers trendy anti-bullying wish fulfillment. Not that there aren’t pranks and envelope-pushing quips aplenty.
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