Review of The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Today is my last recommendation for Multicultural Kid Blogs Read Around the World Summer Series, but the series keeps going through August! If you're looking [...]
Review of Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
I'm back from vacation with another review for Multicultural Kid Blogs' Read Around the World Summer series. Today I'm reviewing a historical fiction set during [...]
Review of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
It's time for Multicultural Kid Blogs' Read Around the World Series, an amazing collection of kid lit recommendations from multicultural families around the world. I'm [...]
Democracy By Cycle Rickshaw
Throwback to 2004 when I studied abroad in Jaipur, India. I remember that semester so vividly it doesn't feel like 13 years ago. I wrote [...]
The Mad Queen of Portugal Maria I
The first woman to rule Portugal, Maria Francisca Isabel Josefa Antónia Gertrudes Rita Joana (why'd her parents stop there?) married her uncle in order to [...]
Projeto Tamar: Saving Sea Turtles along Brazil’s Coast
Hello, adorable baby sea turtle! Today is world turtle day! Hooray for the turtles! In honor of turtles everywhere, I wanted to give [...]
King João VI of Portugal: Feared Crustaceans, Tricked Napoleon, & Lost Brazil
One reason I love writing historical fiction is the chance to discover real people I'd swear were fabricated in someone's imagination. King João VI of [...]
O Gênio do Crime: A Brazilian Middle Grade Classic
I recently asked my husband what his favorite books were as a kid and without hesitation he said "O Gênio do Crime." He couldn't remember [...]
A Random Street in Rabat
This is a flashback to my first published essay! It appeared in 2007 in the now defunct digital magazine Glimpse, a National Geographic Imprint. It's [...]