In Kim’s almost entirely wordless picture book, loose, informal line work perfectly mirrors the uncertainty of a young boy moving to an unknown land with his family. Feeling anxious and alone in his new country, it isn’t until the boy discovers a seed from home in his coat pocket that he begins t...
This book really disturbed me. The first chapter was intriguing to me because the main character, a young Korean-American girl, sees her mom leave her and her father with her brother. The mother leaves a note telling the girl that she would be back for her. In reality, the mom never comes back to...
“Go with you where?” I asked. He said, “Nowhere, you dummy. Go with me like boyfriend/girlfriend go with me.” For three days, Boris and I went together. The first day, he gave me a necklace strung with pearly buttons taken from his mother’s sweater. The second day, he called me at midnight to pla...