The list is determined by reported complaints made about the book to libraries or schools. The story oozes with nostalgia, from its graphic designs that look like classic manga, or even a vintage photograph with its purple hues, to its story of summer adventures that take you back to the sounds and feelings of your own childhood summers.Īlong with the awards, the American Library Association announced the book was ‘the most challenged book of 2016,’ in the US. The Tamaki cousins collaborated again for This One Summer (2014), which received the prestigious Caldecott Honor.

The book received a laundry list of awards and nominations, including winning the Doug Wright Award for best book of 2008 and being short-listed for the Governor General’s Literary Award. She has collaborated with her cousin, Jillian Tamaki, on the award-winning graphic novel, Skim (2008), about a young, mixed-race Japanese Canadian girl, who feels like an outsider and learns hard life lessons about depression, love, heartache and sexuality. Can the group band together to thwart the Collector, or will they wind up the newest addition to his collection? For fans of Marvel's Runaways and The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag, Another Kind is not your average monster story.The cover of Skim, written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki. That is until a security breach forces them out of their home and into the path of the Collector, a mysterious being with leech-like powers. In a government facility, six not-quite-human kids learn to control their strange and unpredictable abilities. For this meeting, the group discusses Another Kind by Trevor Bream. Parents are welcome (but not required) to attend. Hosted by Greenlight bookseller Ashli, our Young Readers Book Group returns to in-store! YRBG is geared toward kids ages 9 to 12, reading and discussing great contemporary and classic chapter books.

Title to be discussed: Another Kind by Trevor Beam Next meeting: Thursday, May 11, 5:30 PM ET Location: Greenlight Bookstore Fort Greene (686 Fulton Street)

St Joseph's University (Brooklyn Voices Series).

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