Originally posted on the Island Books blog In July of 2018, I read about fifteen Young Adult (YA) books. I consumed them. Whether on audio, from the library, or the advanced copies from the store, I could not get enough. This was a new development. In high school I read some, mostly Cassandra Clare or …
A Place for Us follows Layla and Rafiq as they immigrate from India and make a life in America. They raise their children Hadia, Huda and Amar with all the opportunities that America affords while instilling in them a reverence for their Muslim faith. Shifting perspectives in the novel lend itself to such a tender, …
Last week we honored G. Willow Wilson with a 2013 PNBA Award for her novel Alif the Unseen. Thanks to Wilson for sharing this essay with us in celebration of the award (See Jonathan Evison’s post from last week and look for essays from the other four winners in the coming weeks). Join Wilson and Sherman Alexie …
