I wrote a post for Jane Friedman!
My best books picks for waning middle grade readers and why I chose these on Shepherd.com
Trying Not to Lose a Reader
Loved writing this post for Teaching Books and sharing the origin story of ENLY AND THE BUSKIN’ BLUES.
International Stories for Teens: Kirkus Reviews
Like Spilled Water featured here!
“Like Spilled Water stands apart from most young adult novels in English. It’s set in China with Chinese characters. It’s refreshing—and important—for young adult readers to have access to stories that may not be familiar and that are not rooted in the West.”
Read the full review here.
#ReadForChange !!!
Had the wonderful opportunity to talk with Marie Marquardt and Teen Librarian Toolbox!
Girls on the Line is a recommended title for reading In the Margins !
Chinese Books for Young Readers asked me to post about what I was reading when I was growing up.
Chat with Mountain Xpress
Here’s an interview I did with Doug Gibson of Mountain Xpress about my father, writing, and GIRLS ON THE LINE.
Extremely readable nonfiction about modern China
2018 Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World by Zak Dychtwald
2018 Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China by Alec Ash
2018 Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World's Next Superpower by Roseann Lake
2016 One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment by Mei Fong
2014 Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China by Leta Hong Fincher
2011 China in Ten Words by Yu Hua, translated by Allen H. Barr
2010 Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip by Peter Hessler
2008 Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang
2008 Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage by Kay Bratt