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Category Archives: Magical Realism

Devil and the Bluebird by Jennifer Mason-Black

July 27, 2016by Nafiza 1 Comment

Hardcover, 336 pages Published May 17th 2016 by Amulet Books Source: Library I didn’t specifically plan to read Devil and the Bluebird specifically for performing arts month. That was just […]

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LGBTQ, Magical Realism, Review, This Month's Theme, Young Adult

Nafiza Recommends: The Ghosts of Ashbury High by Jaclyn Moriarty

November 29, 2015by Yash 4 Comments

Amelia and Riley have transferred to Ashbury for their final year of school, and everyone is completely obsessed with them. Glamorous, talented and totally devoted to one another, the two […]

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Gothic, Magical Realism, Young Adult

Review: Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

May 8, 2015by Yash 11 Comments

In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty—the opposite of the life she’s left behind in New […]

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Fairytales, Magical Realism, Realistic Fiction, Reverse crossover

Review: The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma

April 3, 2015by Yash 10 Comments

[Note: I received my copy of the book from Thomas Allen & Son in exchange for a review.] The Walls Around Us is a ghostly story of suspense told in two […]

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Ghosts, Magical Realism, Social Issues, Young Adult

Greenglass House by Kate Milford: A Review

January 21, 2015by Nafiza 4 Comments

Hardcover, 384 pages Published August 26th 2014 by Clarion Books Source: Publisher/Distributor Greenglass House by Kate Milford was nominated for a national book award and prior to reading it, I had […]

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Fairytales, Fantasy, Magical Realism, middle grade, Review, Review Copy

The Witch’s Boy by Kelly Barnhill: A Review

January 16, 2015by Nafiza 7 Comments

Hardcover, 384 pages Published September 16th 2014 by Algonquin Young Readers Source: Publisher   Someone ought to have warned me that writing reviews while suffering from a debilitating cold is […]

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Fantasy, Folklore, Magical Realism, middle grade, Review, Review Copy

I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson: A Review

September 5, 2014by Yash 3 Comments

  Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude […]

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Magical Realism, Realistic Fiction, Review, Review Copy

The Kappa Child

January 10, 2014by Yash Leave a comment

In a family not at all reminiscent of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie, four Japanese-Canadian sisters struggle to escape the bonds of a family and landscape as […]

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Canadian, Fantasy, Magical Realism

The Fox’s Window and Other Stories – Naoko Awa (author), Toshiya Kamei (Translator): A Review

September 11, 2013by Nafiza Leave a comment

Paperback, 227 pages Published June 16th 2010 by Uno Press Source: Personal Copy Naoko Awa’s collection of stories, translated by Toshiya Kamei, gives a glimpse of the tales Japanese children […]

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Magical Realism, Naoko Awa, Review, Translated Works

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