Yesterday I had a convo with someone who, like Calliope, was encouraged to hide a medical condition. That may have served us 40 years ago, but it‘s not great for the whole community. I appreciate this book shows all the prejudicial ways we think of and treat people with disabilities. (We need to figure that out sooner rather than later.) At the same time Calliope figures out how best to move forward for herself.
pickThe Land of Forgotten Girls is a book written by Erin Estrada Kelly and published in 2016. This book has won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. It is about two girls who lost their sister and mom. Their father leaves and all they have is their evil stepmother. Sol must try to protect her sister Ming from false hope.
pickThe Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata and Julia Kuo was published in 2013. This is a great book for older ages but can also be a read aloud for younger students. This book has won the Asian/Pacific Book Award. It is about a girl names Summer who has to learn that you make your own luck as she tries to save her family. Great read!
pickThe Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata and illustrated by Julia Kuo was published on January 4th, 2013. This book is a fictional story and won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. This book follows a twelve-year-old Japanese American girl who, over the course of a season of hard work with her difficult family, comes to a greater understanding of herself, her family, and its heritage, and her relationships.
This book is about a young twelve year old Japanese-American girl over the course of the season of hard work and dedicating herself but deals with struggles of life. She then learns how important family is along the way she has a greater understanding of herself and learns the importance of her families heritage. She realizes just how important family, heritage and relationships are.
