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Almost American Girl

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Almost American Girl By: Robin Ha By: Julia Krasko, Ashley Kowalewski, Savanna Lai, Dillon Malner Book Review: Robin Ha's Almost American Girl is an illustrated memoir chronicling a fourteen-year-old Korean girl and her mother's journey as they navigate life in translation. The story begins in Seoul before the two flies to Alabama for their yearly vacation. While in Alabama, we quickly learn that Ha Chuna's mother is getting married, ending their life in Korea and beginning a new one in America. Before traversing the minefield that is the American public school system, Chuna chooses her new American name—Robin Ha. After navigating her way through two schools, two states, and two cultures, we see Robin return to Korea for the 2002 World Cup as a college student. Robin sees her former home as a place now foreign to her after many years of difficult transitions, confusion, alienation, cultural and language barriers. Reconnecting with her middle school friends from Seoul, she s...
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The 57 Bus

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The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives   Written by: Dashka Slater Project Created by: Mark Bibian, Sarah Bidgoli, Sara Brune & Nataly Casillas Review: Imagine deciding to take a nap on the bus from your commute back home from school after a long day, only to be woken up by an assortment of flames burning your legs. That’s precisely what happened to Sasha one day as she rode the 57-bus home. Dashka Slater’s “The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed Their Lives” recalls the events leading up to the moment when Richard set Sasha’s skirt on fire, changing both of their lives forever. Richard and Sasha had always taken the same bus and had crossed paths on multiple occasions. On this particular day, Richard saw Sasha in their skirt and decided to set it on fire as a small practical joke. The Oakland High School Wellness Center's support of "NoH8" Unfortunately, the...
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Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson Project Contributors: Lindsey Mullen, Mikaela Toledo, Kevin Palacios Review: Laurie Halse Anderson’s poetic memoir Shout offers an emotional truth on sexual assault and the scars that linger after. Anderson chooses to write her memoir in free verse to allow her words to have more freedom and interpretation within the reader. Through a series of short poems, she spells out how her trauma has shaped her. Ander son incorporates allusions to her famous novel Speak. These allusions highlight the various incidents she has experienced throughout her life. It was with this preliminary novel that Halse Anderson opened the door for readers to gain insight on the aftermath of sexual assault. Yet, in her new novel Shout , which was recently published in March 2019, Anderson writes a testament to the various life-alternating events she faced as she blossomed from a young girl who wandered around the streets of a new neighborhood, to a teen who takes a lea...
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