THE PLOT: The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson is about two sisters who are sent to live with their grandmother in Barbados for the Summer of 1989 (because their mother has sunk into a depression and can … Continue reading Review: The Star Side of Bird Hill
THE PLOT: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo is about two sisters who don’t know the other exists. Camino has grown up in a barrio in the Dominican Republic and dreams of studying medicine in America. Yahaira is a … Continue reading Review: Clap When You Land
THE PLOT: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvares is about four sisters from the Dominican Republic. Told in reverse, it recounts the families’ move to America and flight from Dictator Trujillo. It shows how each of … Continue reading Review: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
THE PLOT: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys is a retelling of Jane Eyre from the point of view of Mr Rochester’s first wife – the mad woman in the attic. Set in Jamaica in the 1830’s, it starts with … Continue reading Review: Wide Sargasso Sea
THE PLOT: American Street by Ibi Zoboi is about sixteen-year-old Fabiola who immigrates from Haiti to the U.S. with her mother. After her mother is stopped at the airport, Fabiola lives with her cousins in Detroit while trying to get … Continue reading Review: American Street
THE PLOT: Dominicana is the story of Ana, a fifteen-year-old country girl from the Dominican Republic. She’s encouraged to marry older Juan so she can move to America and make money for her family. However, once Ana and Juan illegally … Continue reading Review: Dominicana
