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Lorenzi, Natalie Dias
2 Reviews
(3)
4-6
Ten-year-old Bilal struggles to fit in after he immigrates from Pakistan to Virginia. Bilal also longs for his father--trapped in Pakistan by a legal dilemma--to join them. Writing in the first person, Lorenzi empathetically conveys Bilal's confusions over language, the dissimilarities between cricket and baseball, and the misogyny of his teammates toward their only girl teammate.
Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin
(3)
4-6
Half-Japanese Skye finally meets her dad's estranged Japanese relatives when they come to the States for Grandfather's cancer treatment. She and her cousin Hiroshi argue about everything but eventually bond over their love for Japanese kite flying and their grandfather. The cousins alternate narration, giving readers an intimate view of their believable emotional life and maturation in this involving story.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander
2 reviews
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