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Top reads in 2015

December 31, 2015 By Samantha Pak

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly From murder mysteries and adventures as far as outer space, to superheroines in the making and meaningful relationships, this past year, I delved into a number of literary worlds. Here is a list of my top 10 reads from 2015 (in no particular order). Winter By Marissa Meyer Feiwel […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2014, 2015, 2016, Asian Americans, Delilah Deli Pelham, Double Blind, Ellie Rush, Ethan Jones, Feiwel Friends, Jersey City, John Hobson, Kamala Khan, Lao Communist Party, Lara Jean Covey, Lee Low Books, Los Angeles, Lunar Chronicle, Muslim American, Siri Paiboun, Song Yuhua, Thomas Greene, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8

Around the world with best friends, twins, and con-artists — Books that will make you appreciate the journey

May 22, 2015 By Samantha Pak

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The extraordinary journey of the fakir who got trapped in an Ikea wardrobe By Romain Puertolas Alfred A. Knopf New York, 2015 When Ajatashatru (Aja) Oghash arrives in Paris, the first and only thing on his mind is to get to an Ikea. All the Indian fakir — or […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2015, Booktrope Editions, Chinese, Delilah Deli Pelham, Double Blind, England, Europe, Hong Kong, Korean, Lee Low Books, Northwest Asian Weekly, Paris, Samantha Pak, Vol 34 No 15 | April 4 - April 10, Whether Juna, technology

Book recommendations

January 3, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Auntie Yang’s Great Soybean Picnic Story by Ginnie Lo, Illustrations by Beth Lo Lee & Low Books, 2012 While growing up in a small town in Indiana, Jinyi and Pei’s family would often make the three-hour drive to visit their mother’s sister, Auntie Yang, and her family just outside […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2012, 2013, 2014, Auntie Yang, China, Chinese, Family Tree, Great Soybean Picnic, Julius Helm, Lee Low Books, Samantha Pak, Tam Holland, Texan Vee, United States, Vol 33 No 2 | January 4 - January 10, japan, letter

Pictures worth a thousand words — Characters, mangrove trees, and teen romance flourish in pictures and words

July 6, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Intrigues of Haruhi Suzumiya By Nagaru Tanigawa Little, Brown and Company, 2012 For the first time since Kyon met her, Haruhi Suzumiya seems content with her life. She’s not forcing the SOS Brigade (Save the World By Overloading It With Fun Haruhi Suzumiya Brigade) to participate in any […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2011, 2012, Cindy Trumbore, Gordon Sato, Haruhi Suzumiya, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Laura Numeroff, Lee Low Books, Mangrove Tree, Mikuru Asahina, Neil Strumminger, Red Sea, Urvashi Auntie, Vol 31 No 28 | July 7 - July 13, Yarborough Academy, Yuki Nagato

From aliens to dragons, books on sports that score a home run

May 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Galaxy Games: The Challengers” By Greg R. Fishbone Lee & Low Books, 2011 When Tyler Sato turns 11, his cousins in Tokyo have a star named after him, but it soon becomes clear that TY SATO is no ordinary star. First, it doesn’t stay in the same place like […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2012, Bob Weiss, Boss Wang, Brazil, China, Chinese, Galaxy Games, Germany, Lee Low Books, Major League Baseball, NBA, Narumi Komatsu, Seattle Mariners, Shanxi Brave Dragons, United States, Vol 31 No 19 | May 5 - May 11, japan

Old ways meet new, perserving culture — NWAW’s November must-reads

November 23, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “How to Be an American Housewife” By Margaret Dilloway Berkley Books, 2010 Growing up, Shoko was very close with her brother Taro. But when she got older and decided to marry an American GI and leave Japan after the end of World War II, Taro was not happy about […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Anjali Bose, Berkley Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Lee Low Books, Margaret Dilloway, Miss New India, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, Peter Champion, Samantha Pak, So Sue, So Tashi, Vol 30 No 48 | November 26 - December 2, japan, language

SHELF: NWAW’s September must-reads

September 30, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Hot, Hot Roti for Dadda-ji” Written by F. Zia, Illustrated by Ken Min Lee & Low Books, 2011 Whenever Aneel’s grandparents visit, they tell him stories about their lives growing up in an Indian village. During one particular visit, Aneel’s grandfather, Dadda-ji, tells him that when he was a […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2011, Although Clara Lee, Apple Blossom Festival, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Chinese Singaporean, Food, Lee Low Books, Little Miss Apple Pie, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, Samantha Pak, United States, Vol 30 No 40 | October 1 - October 7, Whenever Aneel

NWAW’s July must-reads: Cool summer reads for young adults

July 22, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Most children take their education for granted and would rather be anywhere but at school.

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2009, 2010, American Girl Julie, American Girl Publishing, Bangladesh, Good Luck, Isamu Noguchi, Ivy Ling, Lee Low Books, Meet Samantha, NWAW, Samantha Pak, Tokyo, Vol 29 No 30 | July 24 - July 30, attention, japan

August book recs: cultural tales for kids

August 12, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story”
Written by Paula Woo, illustrated by Lin Wang
Lee & Low Books, June 2009

Being Asian American in the early days of show business was not easy.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, On the Shelf Tagged With: 2008, 2009, Asian Americans, China, Chinese, Eastern Washington University Press, Ji Ruoxiao, Jimmy Liao, Lee Low Books, Lin Wang, Moon Forgot, Quentin Blake, Roald Dahl, Samantha Pak, Shining Star, culture, vol 28 no 34 | August 15 - August 21

Pioneers share words of wisdom

October 25, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Peruse the shelves a scant 30 years ago and books by Asian Americans would be few and far between. However, times have changed thanks to key individuals who have etched the trails for API writers today.

Filed Under: News, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2008, API, American Knees, Asian American Pioneer Dinner, Asian Americans, Chinese American, Gary Luke, Lee Low Books, Mimi Jung, Naomi Pascal, Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, Philip Lee, Sasquatch Books, Saturday Oct, Seattle Chinese Post, letter, vol 27 no 44 | October 25 - October 31

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