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Reviews from the Asian Review of Books, Hong Kong
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A Andrea Alban,
Anya's War
Feiwel & Friends, 2011.
reviewed by Loh Su Hsing
B Dean Barrett, illustrated by Tomaz Mok,
Boat Girl and the Magic Fish
Village East Books, 2002.
reviewed by Roseanne Thong
C

J.B. Cheaney,
My Friend the Enemy
Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
reviewed by Paul McGuire

Ming and Wah Chen, illustrated by Mariko Jesse,
Ling Ling Looked in the Mirror
Chameleon Press, 2007.
reviewed by Karmel Schreyer

Ying Chang Compestine,
Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
Henry Holt & Company, 2007.
reviewed by Karmel Schreyer

D

Da Chen,
Wandering Warrior
Delacorte Press Books, 2002.

reviewed by Paul McGuire

Da Chen,
China's Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution
Delacorte, 2001.
reviewed by Julia Davidson
reviewed by Paul McGuire

E

Gareth Ewing,
The Rainbow Orchid
Egmont, 2009.
reviewed by Peter Gordon

F

Andrew Xia Fukuda,
Crossing
AmazonEncore, 2010.

reviewed by Robert H. Abel

G

Fabio Geda,
In the Sea there are Crocodiles
Vintage, 2011.
reviewed by Niranjana Iyer

Rosemary Gong,
Good Luck Life
HarperCollins, 2005.
reviewed by Jessica Ogilvy-Stuart

H Yumi Heo,
Ten Days and Nine Nights: an Adoption Story
Schwartz & Wade Books, 2009.
reviewed by Karmel Schreyer
J

Alan Jefferies, illustrated by Mariko Jesse, translated by Liang Yue,
The Crocodile Who Wanted to be Famous
Sixth Finger Press, 2004.
Reviewed by Karmel Schreyer

K

Cynthia Kadohata,
Outside Beauty
Atheneum Books, 2008.
reviewed by Karmel Schreyer

Uma Krishnaswami, illustrated by Sumiya Sitaraman,
Chachaji's Cup
Childrens’ Book Press, 2003.
reviewed by Roseanne Thong

Uma Krishnaswami,
Out of the Way! Out of the Way
Tulika, 2010.
reviewed by Niranjana Iyer

L

Y. S. Lee,
The Agency series: A Spy in the House, The Body at the Tower
Candlewick Press, 2010.
reviewed by Niranjana Iyer

Richard Lewis,
The Flame Tree
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2004.
Reviewed by Nicholas Gordon

M Greg Mortenson,
Stones Into Schools
Viking Books, 2009.
reviewed by Bill Purves
N

An Na,
The Fold
Putnam Publishing Group, 2008.
reviewed by Karmel Schreyer

Lensey Namioka,
An Ocean Apart, A World Away
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2002.
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2000.
reviewed by Paul McGuire

Lensey Namioka,
Half and Half
Delacorte, 2003.
reviewed by Paul McGuire

Donna Jo Napoli,
Bound
Atheneum Books, 2004.
reviewed by Paul Maguire

P

Beverly Patt,
Best Friends Forever: A World War Two Scrapbook
Marshall Cavendish Children's Books, 2010.
reviewed by Karmel Schreyer

William Pennington,
Pick Up Your Parrots and Monkeys
Orion Publishing; Cassell Publications, 2004.
reviewed by Paul McGuire

Mitali Perkins,
Bamboo People
Charlesbridge Publishing, 2010.
reviewed by Niranjana Iyer

Mitali Perkins,
The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen
Little, Brown, 2005.
reviewed by Karmel Schreyer

Margi Preus,
Heart of a Samurai
Amulet Books, 2010.
reviewed by Niranjana Iyer

R Anthony D. Robles, illustrated by Carl Angel, translated by Magdalena de Guzman and Eloisa D. De Jesus,
Lakas and the Manilatown Fish — Si Lakas at Ang Isdang ManilatownI
Childrens’ Book Press, 2003.
editorial review
reviewed by Roseanne Thong
S

Tetsu Saiwai,
The 24th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography
Penguin Books, 2010.
reviewed by Peter Gordon

Allen Say, author and illustrator,
Home of the Brave
Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
reviewed by Elaine Leung

Karmel Schreyer,
Naomi: A Singing Bird Will Come
Great Plains Publications, 2002.
reviewed by Elaine Leung

Joanna Catherine Scott,
The Lucky Gourd Shop
Washington Square Press (Simon&Schuster), 2001.
reviewed by Karmel Schreyer

Bulbul Sharma, illustrated by K. P. Sudesh,
The Ramayana for Children
Puffin Books, 2004.
reviewed by Karmel Schreyer

Sherri L. Smith,
Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet
Delacorte Press Books For Young Readers, 2008.
reviewed by Karmel Schreyer

T

Holly Thompson, illustrated by Kazumi Wilds,
The Wakame Gatherers
Shens Books, 2007.
reviewed by Karmel Schreyer

Roseanne Thong, illustrated by Grace Lin,
Red is a Dragon
Chronicle Books, 2001.
reviewed by Elaine Leung

Roseanne Thong,
The Wishing Tree
Shen's Books, 2004.
reviewed by Paul Maguire

Truong Tran,
Going Home, Coming Home
Childrens’ Book Press, 2003.
reviewed by Roseanne Thong

Andrew Tu,
Camel Bells in the Windy Desert: Coming of Age in Inner Mongolia
Chameleon Press, 2006.
reviewed by Paul McGuire

V Padma Venkatraman,
Climbing the Stairs
Speak, 2010.
reviewed by Graham Ranger
W Rosemary Wells, author and illustrator,
Yoko’s Paper Cranes
Hyperion Books for Children, 2001.
reviewed by Roseanne Thong
X Xinran,
Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother
Vintage, 2010.
reviewed by Melanie Ho
Y

Dori Jones Yang,
Daughter of Xanadu
Delacorte Press, 2011.
reviewed by Loh Su Hsing

Ting-Xing Ye,
Throwaway Daughter
Doubleday Canada, 2003.
reviewed by Christine Bruce

David Yoo,
Girls for Breakfast
Delacorte Press, 2005.
reviewed by Paul McGuire

   

 

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