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Place Where Sunflowers Grow | Amy Lee-Tai

Many. Those that stand out are those I got to listen to speak for a long time or share a meal or long conversation : Amy Lee-Tai , Jason Reynolds, Jazz Jennings, Yusef Salaam, Lindy West(had us in hysterics) I would love to meet Judy Blume ♥️.

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mrp27 I met Judy Blume about 11years ago at LA Festival of books, which is coincidentally going on this weekend. 3d

TheBookHippie @mrp27 I got a signed book and note from her with my fancy copy of Are You There God it‘s me Margaret from her Fla bookshop by mail. I‘d love to meet her. How lucky you did. My friend is at the LA festival this week! (edited) 3d

Lsmoore43 Yes. Donna Everhart, Kristin Harmel, Mary Kay Andrew, and Patti Callhan Henry at our library. Patti Callhan Henry I met twice. 3d

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mrp27 It was definitely a bucket list moment. Next bucket list moment I want to have is to visit her bookstore. Wish I was at the festival this weekend! 3d

TheBookHippie @mrp27 🙃 oh me too I‘ve not been to a festival in so long!!! 3d

mcctrish I have met Ann-Marie MacDonald ❤️ Kate Quinn, Janie Chang, Amy Jones, Paul Cavanagh and Sara Gruen. I would honestly love to meet everyone and anyone I have read a book by except JK Rowling 3d

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🤢JK. I feel so vindicated as I didn‘t like her from day one. 3d

Lsmoore43 I also met Kristy Woodson Harvey. 2d

BookmarkTavern I loved meeting Lindy West! ❤️ Thanks for posting! 2d

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The Thing About Luck | Cynthia Kadohata, Julia Kuo

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BarkingMadRead This is part of a cozy mystery trilogy, the author is such a sweet lady, I hung around with her at a book con in 2022

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BookmarkTavern That‘s got an adorable cover! Thanks for posting! 1mo

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We Are Not Free | Traci Chee

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Yes it‘s cliche to say that truth is stranger than fiction & yet…Truth is also more horrifying, heartbreaking, frustrating, & enraging…all of which is encapsulated in this outstanding YA historical fiction about the forced internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII. I don‘t yet have all the words I need to write a well reasoned review because every time I think about what happened in the book/real life it makes me immeasurably sad. Excellent.

TheBookKeepers Ooooh. I‘ve had this on my TBR for a bit, I need to pick it up 2mo

TheBookHippie I heard this author speak it was heartbreaking - A Place Where Sunflowers Grow is a wonderful picture book by Amy Lee Tai, whose grandmother was sent to the Topaz internment camp during the war.

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TracyReadsBooks @TheBookHippie Such an important book. I imagine it was quite powerful hearing the author speak about it. I‘ll look for A Place Where Sunflowers Grow. Thanks for letting me know about it! 2mo

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We Are Not Free | Traci Chee

Thursday morning reading…

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Clark and Division | Naomi Hirahara

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I read this book for my Book Club. It was a mystery within a historical fiction story. It was about a Japanese family that had lived in an internment camp after the attack on Pearl Harbor. When they were released they were sent to Chicago to start their new life. The older daughter went first to get everything ready. When the others arrived they found out she had died. The younger daughter went on a mission to find out what happened to her.

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We Are Not Free | Traci Chee

This book captures the pain and history of when the American born Chinese were send to concentration camps at the beginning of WWll. It was a heartbreaking story about the feeling of loosing what they once had, and wondering if they will ever get it back.

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