Category: Pine Reads Review

Interview with Sara Fujimura

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About the Author: Sara Fujimura is an award-winning young adult author and creative writing teacher. She is the American half of her Japanese-American family, and has written about Japanese culture

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Retellings | How Stories Reinvent Themselves

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Looking at today’s bookshelves, readers may notice that retellings are cropping up more and more. From Meagan Spooner’s Sherwood , which reimagines Robin Hood from maid Marian’s perspective, to The

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Every Reason We Shouldn’t | Sara Fujimura

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Every Reason We Shouldn’t by Sara Fujimura Tor Teen, 2020, 327 pages Trigger Warnings: school lockdown, disordered eating patterns About the Author: Sara Fujimura is an award-winning young adult author

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Where the Best Stories Hide | Roman Yasiejko

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Where the Best Stories Hide by Roman Yasiejko Illustrated by Ben Whitehouse Beaming Books, 2020, 32 pages About the Author: Roman Yasiejko went from doodling as a child to drawing

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Interview with Jessica Kim

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About the Author: Jessica Kim writes about Asian American girls finding their way in the world. Before she was an author, Jessica studied education at UC Berkeley and spent ten

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24 Hour Read-a-Thon | Part 2: Reflection

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If you haven’t already, check out “24 Hour Read-a-Thon | Part 1: Participation” here! It’s 1,012 pages, 1 read-a-thon, 24 hours, and 2 naps later. I want to yell, “I

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