Mr. Alex's Bookshelf

Review: The Heart of Mi Familia

September 29, 2020 Isabel Suárez

In her book, The Heart of Mi Familia, Lara seamlessly weaves a story of what it is like to be not only bilingual, but also bicultural, and she does so in a sweet story of a little girl that effortlessly moves between two cultures.

Review: Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From

September 28, 2020 Emma Gillette

In this rich and poignant coming-of-age novel, Jennifer De Leon tackles some ripped-from-the-headlines topics through an engaging young narrator with an authentic voice. I loved it, my teenager loved it, and I think you will too.

Review: Julián at the Wedding

September 25, 2020 Alexander Fernández-Pons

This book is visually stunning, as should be expected from Love. There is enough detail in her gorgeously rendered pages to get swept away in the melodies of her drawings. There is a grace to her artwork that draws beauty from the line between detail and abstraction. No finer example is found than the “mermaid tree” where our pair are ultimately found.

Review: Into the Tall Tall Grass

September 25, 2020 Alexander Fernández-Pons

Succinctly, this story is about the journey our biracial heroine embarks on with her sister and two friends across a mysterious grass-forest that springs up on the family property, just as Wela (Yolanda’s Grandmother) needs to make it to a special tree to set things right.

Review: Caravan to the North

September 24, 2020 Emma Gillette

In Jorge Argueta’s haunting novel in verse, Caravan to the North: Misael’s Long Walk, Misael and his family can no longer live in their home, El Salvador, which they love.

Review: Accordionly

September 23, 2020 Tyler Stapleton

Through extrapolation, Accordionly, touches upon the obstacle many children face when going to school for the first time in a new country: the inability to communicate with children who do not speak a common language.

Review: If Dominican Were A Color

September 22, 2020 Isabel Suárez

Sili Recio’s description of how her color was used as both a source of joy and encouragement and a weapon to cause pain is both poignant and inspirational. Her message to boys and girls with skin that is “a ribbon of different shades of brown” is especially important under the current climate our country and the world is experiencing.

Review: Lupe Wong Won’t Dance

September 21, 2020 Alexander Fernández-Pons

Character development, for example, is strong– and Higuera manages to find just the right balance between two internally competing cultures within our heroine not only by using humor, but also through a strong balance of both ethos and pathos.

Review: Sleeping With the Light On

September 18, 2020 Emma Gillette

Unger’s straightforward prose and Velez Aguilera’s black and white illustrations present an incomprehensible subject – war – in a simple way. And although the topic is serious and scary, Davico finds solace in the embrace of his family, and we the readers do too.

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