When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka is exactly the type of book that I love. When The Emperor Was Divine is the story of a single family in California during WWII. They could be like any other family. But they’re not. They’re Japanese. And being Japanese during WWII was anything but easy. The [...]
Katarina by Kathryn Winter is a Young Adult fiction book that follows the story of a ten year old Jewish girl during World War II. Orphaned, Katarina lives a happy life with her Aunt Lena and Uncle Teo despite the fact that she has red hair and freckles. Katarina is a non-practicing Jew and in [...]
I read The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman simply because everybody told met that with my interest in Holocaust literature, I HAD to read it. So of course, I did. If you are not familiar with The Complete Maus (Maus I and Maus II), let me briefly fill you in. It’s told in alternating viewpoints [...]
I recently reviewed Jimmy’s Stars by Mary Ann Rodman (read that book review here) and was fortunate to have Mary Ann participate in an amazing interview. If that review and interview doesn’t convince you to go out and read Jimmy’s Stars than perhaps this second interview will. Or maybe, it will just gross you out [...]
If you missed my review of Jimmy’s Stars by Mary Ann Rodman, hop on over to and then come back here for a wonderful interview with the author. First things first, authors are awesome! Authors who make themselves so personable and available to their readers are even more awesome. And Mary Ann Rodman is one [...]
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