Julia Kuo

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I.R.L.

Oct 31, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Julia Kuo |Patricia Buckley |Taylor Robin |Emily Taylor

Jenny Goebel. Scholastic Press, $14.99 (176p) ISBN 978-1-5461-2500-6Upon first moving from San Francisco to small, rural White Pines, Alaska, due to her mother’s occupation studying renewable energy, sixth grader Lucy Bell-Rodriguez is excited to leave her former bullies behind. Yet she’s disheartened when she’s stuck at home doing remote learning from October to April, waiting out the treacherous Alaskan winter.
內湖隨筆

Oct 27, 2024 | medium.com | Julia Kuo

Julia Kuo · Follow Just now -- 最近常常在想工作的意義到底是甚麼？還有如果我不做現在的工作，我最想做什麼呢？我想了又想，若甚麼都不用考慮，我想我會想做一位作家吧，一位專寫旅遊、美食、心情記事、甚至是職場見聞的作家… 我大學讀的是文學，一直以來都對文字、美的事物很有興趣，進入科技業也算是英文系的異類…去年的我開始投身所謂社畜company animal的生活，每天都繞著公事轉，常常回到家都累到躺在地上，過不到幾個小時又是新的一天，重新要開始。這樣的日子很充實，對於剛進入社會的我，每天都是學習，每天都在接觸新的事物，面對沒有處理過的挑戰，但有時仍會覺得忙碌之餘好像少了一點什麼…每天要聯絡好多人，忙到很少離開位置，但好像…好像還是有那麼一點…無聊？直到最近讀了鄒開蓮的書，她寫到工作的意義不外乎就是求問心無愧，對周圍的人產生正向的影響力。於是我就抱持著這樣的想法繼續工作了…不知道工作再久一點之後的我，會有甚麼不一樣的想法呢？...
The Otherwhere Post

Oct 24, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Emily Taylor |Julia Kuo |Patricia Buckley |Taylor Robin

A teen endeavors to exonerate her father in this pulse-pounding fantasy from Taylor (Hotel Magnifique). The fictional worlds of Leyland, Inverly, and Barrow connect via Written Doors, passages made with scriptomancy—the art of using inked words to harness arcane magic.
A World Worth Saving

Oct 24, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Kyle Lukoff |Gavin Grimm |Julia Kuo |Patricia Buckley

A transgender teen and a golem aim to dismantle a supernaturally evil conversion therapy program in this satisfying horror-tinged novel by Lukoff (Different Kinds of Fruit). After 14-year-old A Izenson comes out as trans, his Jewish parents force him to attend Save Our Sons and Daughters, a “support group” that’s coercing participating members into backing a politician’s crusade against gender affirming healthcare.
Brianna Banana, Helper of the Day

Oct 24, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Julia Kuo |Patricia Buckley |Taylor Robin |Emily Taylor

Lana Button, illus. by Suharu Ogawa. Orca, $8.95 paper (96p) ISBN 978-1-4598-4001-0Impulsive and enthusiastic almost-nine-year-old Brianna Ross—who reads as white and is depicted with banana yellow hair—thinks third grade is “as stinky as old cat farts” in this rewarding early reader chapter book that’s reminiscent of Junie B. Jones.
Tear This Down

Oct 24, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Barbara Dee |Julia Kuo |Patricia Buckley |Taylor Robin

Barbara Dee. Aladdin, $17.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-665917-67-4Twelve-year-old, white-cued Freya struggles to relate to her peers, who are put off by her uninhibited enthusiasm. Following a humiliating defeat in the race for class president, Freya vows to keep her views to herself. Then, while researching for a school project, she learns of the sexist writings of the town’s namesake Benjamin Wellstone.
Hunger’s Bite

Oct 24, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Julia Kuo |Patricia Buckley |Emily Taylor |Taylor Robin

Taylor Robin. Union Square, $24.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-45495-024-0; $17.99 paper ISBN 978-1-4549-5025-7Emery Botwright and bespectacled Neeta Pandey have lived most of their lives sailing the Atlantic Ocean aboard the ocean liner SS Lark.
STEM Tuesday - Bioluminesence- In the Classroom

Oct 8, 2024 | fromthemixedupfiles.com | Maria Parrott-Ryan |Joyce Markovics |Julia Kuo |Mindy Weiss

This month I learned from the following books that there are a LOT of animals that glow:Mysterious Glowing Mammals: An Unexpected Discovery Sparks a Scientific Investigationby Maria Parrott-RyanThis book tells the story of scientific discovery. I love how it shows the twists and turns that scientists follow when they’re exploring a topic. Animals That Glow: Fireflies and Glowworms by Joyce MarkovicsThis book highlights a few animals that glow on land, specifically fireflies and glowworms.
We are A Team

Jan 7, 2024 | medium.com | Julia Kuo

My project theme today is mentorship. I’d like to share my journey surviving my first job with the help of many mentors, aka people who are experienced and trusted I met at work. They guided me through the time when I needed help. Last June, I graduated from grad school. After job hunting for 2 months, I finally landed a position in Hsinchu Science Park in the competitive job market. I worked as a buyer/sourcer.