Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Perfect hijabs, perfect story

Hana’s Hundreds of Hijabs by Razeena Omar Gutta

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When you have a hobby, you know it can sometimes get out of hand, shall we say? And Hana’s hobby in Hana’s Hundreds of Hijabs is fashion! It is making hijabs sparkle and shine with the goodies she finds in her grandmother’s jewelry box and things found at her aunt’s hair salon. But things are getting out of control and are taking over nooks and crannies she did not know the family home had! When she learns about a way to share her talents, and […]

Heritage and pride

Yo Soy Muslim: A Father’s Letter to His Daughter by Mark Gonzales

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Yo Soy Muslim: A Father’s Letter to His Daughter caught my eye in an email newsletter. I was not sure I was going to like it. The cover with the young girl with large lips and larger eyes, and the father with the oddly shaped head, where awkward at first glance. But then there was the story. It may not be my favorite story, it might not become a classic, but it is a lovely story, a poem, with unique illustrations to send the message. […]

And to think, when I was her age, I was learning to ride a bike

My Name is Bana by Bana Alabed

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My Name is Bana is not a memoir, but it is the story of Bana Alabed. She was a young girl who saw that things were not right in her war-torn homeland of Syria. And she stood up and did what modern kids did. She Tweeted. This is not that story. This is a story about Bana and how she is as strong as the tree she is named for. Bana’s mother tells her how the Bana tree grows strong. And how it is strong […]

So, I read this book and these are my thoughts on it

Lifetime Passes by Terry Blas

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I read about Lifetime Passes by Terry Blas. I then said I had to get a copy. Therefore, since I work at a bookstore and was sitting at my desk with extremely convenient access to the tools needed to make said order, I ordered a copy. A few days later, said book came in. My coworker thought the concept of getting lifetime passes to the Disney-like amusement park central to the plot of this graphic novel (by getting a “old person” to die while they […]

These two guys named Jason made this pretty cool book

Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds

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While I was reading Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds I was texting a friend about it. I said I was not sure if I liked Reynolds or not as each of the six books I read were different. The four book Track series I really consider one book as it is about four friends, even if each book is a little different in style. But I had also read For Every One which is what I call a poem essay. Then Ain’t […]

I might have a little Punky in me

Punky Aloha by Shar Tuiasoa

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Punky Aloha was a book I found in an email newsletter from the publisher. I then looked it up on a site where we can order and find book information and occasionally, a full reader copy. And Shar Tuiasoa’s book was there with a reader copy link I could use. I was blown away by how adorable Punky Aloha was. There she was in her big glasses, her piled-high hair and her impishly sweet smile. I was hoping Punky would not be a “bratty kid” […]



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