Sarah- SoonLing Blackburn

Sep 3, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Dan Jones |David Wilson |Sarah- SoonLing Blackburn

Presents harsh realities and thought-provoking content critical to understanding U.S. history. Relays the heart-wrenching experiences of the American Indian boarding school era. This comprehensive and complex text by Jones (Ponca) follows four generations of his family’s education at Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, starting with the experience of his grandmother.

Jun 15, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Doris Kearns Goodwin |Ruby Shamir |Saundra Mitchell |Sarah- SoonLing Blackburn

by Doris Kearns Goodwin ; adapted by Ruby Shamir ; illustrated by Amy June Bates ‧A solid exploration of the path from childhood to presidency. A young readers’ version of Goodwin’s Leadership (2018), adapted by Shamir, that also incorporates material from no fewer than six of Goodwin’s previous works. This volume looks at the lives of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson and tries to explain how they grew up to become president.

Mar 26, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Sarah- SoonLing Blackburn |Abby Wambach |Tori Sharp

Deftly written and informative; a call for vigilance and equality. An examination of the history of Chinese American experiences. Blackburn opens with a note to readers about growing up feeling invisible as a multicultural, biracial Chinese American. She notes the tremendous diversity of Chinese American history and writes that this book is a starting point for learning more. The evenly paced narrative starts with the earliest recorded arrival of the Chinese in America in 1834.