WOW Review: Reading Across Cultures
Volume XII, Issue 1
Fall 2019
Introduction and Editors’ Note
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
Written by Sara Saedi
The Bell Rang
Written and illustrated by James E. Ransome
Habibi
Written by Naomi Shihab Nye
I Am Thunder
Written by Muhammad Khan
Internment
Written by Samira Ahmed
Josefina Learns a Lesson
Written by Valerie Tripp
Illustrated by Jean-Paul Tibbles
Vignettes by Susan McAliley
Juana & Lucas
Written by Juana Medina
Long Way Down
Written by Jason Reynolds
They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems
Written by David Bowles
Yo Soy Muslim: A Father’s Letter to His Daughter
Written by Mark Gonzales
Illustrated by Mehrdokht Amini
Contributors to this Issue:
Phyliciá Anderson, Texas Woman’s University
Seemi Aziz, University of Arizona
Amanda Brewer, Texas Woman’s University
Brent Cochran, University of Texas at Arlington
Maricela M. Salazar Galindo, Denton Independent School District
Tracy Krause, The University of Texas at Arlington
Hyunjung Lee, University of Arizona
Megan McCaffrey, Governors State University
Anastasiya Olkanetskaya, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Eric Ziegler, Texas Woman’s University and Denton ISD
Editors:
Susan Corapi, Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL
Prisca Martens, Towson University, Towson, MD
Production Editor:
Breanna Tsingine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Review Board
Nojood M. Alsudairi, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Seemi Aziz, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Nancy Hlibok Amann, Arizona School for Deaf and Blind, Tucson, AZ
Kathleen Crawford-McKinney, Wayne State University, Troy, MI
Desiree Cueto, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Michele Ebersole, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
Holly Johnson, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Gloria Kauffman, YIES School, Brianza, Italy
Janelle B. Mathis, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Gail Pritchard, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX
Jean Schroeder, The IDEA School, Tucson, AZ
Tracy Smiles, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
Celeste Trimble, St. Martin’s University, Lacey, WA
Yoo Kyung Sung, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Melissa Wilson, Leeds Trinity University, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
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WOW review: reading across cultures
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