New historical fiction 2020
I love historical fiction. Of all the genres, that's probably my favorite and these two new ones might show you why. The first one is called Ming's Christmas Wishes by Susan Gong. It's about Ming, who has three Christmas wishes. She wants to sing in the Christmas Choir, she wants to have a Christmas tree, and she wants to feel like she belongs. But as the child of Chinese immigrants in 1930's California, discrimination was common and traditional Chinese families didn't really have Christmas trees. Ming's dad takes her to into the mountains to visit an old friend and helps Ming accept who she is and who her family is. The art work in this one is warm and luminous and really helps the connect the holiday feeling around the cold hard facts of discrimination and racism that many families feel. This a good story to talk about our own family traditions and how we might be more accepting of others. The second one is called Just Like That b...