{"id":41761,"date":"2021-10-01T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=41761"},"modified":"2024-06-28T09:35:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T13:35:55","slug":"new-book-spotlight-the-magic-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2021\/10\/new-book-spotlight-the-magic-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book Spotlight: The Magic Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The New Book Spotlight highlights new-to-us titles in the the UC College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH) Library.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Magic Fish \/ written and illustrated by Trung Le Nguyen<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the son of refugee parents from Vietnam,\u00a0Ti\u1ebfn doesn\u2019t know how to tell his mom that he is gay and worries that she won\u2019t accept and love him anymore. Not only that, but he struggles to find the right words in Vietnamese. On the other hand,\u00a0Ti\u1ebfn\u2019s\u00a0mother,\u00a0Hi\u1ec1n,\u00a0experiences\u00a0her own journey of wondering if immigrating to America was worth leaving her family in Vietnam behind and if she\u2019s to blame for the disconnect between her and Tien.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Trung\u00a0Le Nguyen\u2019s\u202f<\/span><em>The Magic Fish<\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202ftakes an unconventional approach to graphic novel storytelling by sharing fascinating fairytales and intertwining them with\u00a0Ti\u1ebfn\u2019s\u00a0and his mother\u2019s journey with vibrant colors and pictures that immediately draws readers in. Although not all readers will directly relate to\u00a0Ti\u1ebfn\u2019s\u00a0or his mother\u2019s story, it will surely take you on an emotional journey that might just encourage you to reflect on your own personal\u00a0journeys.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uclid.uc.edu\/record=b7888530~S39\">The Magic Fish<\/a> is available from the CECH Library, as well as the OhioLINK and Search Ohio lending networks.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Review by Alexis Parker, CECH Library Student Assistant | Public Relations and International Affairs, A&amp;S\u00a02024<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Book Spotlight highlights new-to-us titles in the the UC College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH) Library. The Magic Fish \/ written and illustrated by Trung Le Nguyen As the son of refugee parents from Vietnam,\u00a0Ti\u1ebfn &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2021\/10\/new-book-spotlight-the-magic-fish\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,13],"tags":[2019,1815,2048,2271,2272,320,2270,1953,2023,1954,2039,2040,1979,2013,1978],"class_list":["post-41761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cech","category-uclibraries","tag-aapi","tag-cech","tag-cech-book-review","tag-cech-child-ya","tag-cech-collections","tag-cech-library","tag-cech-library-blog","tag-graphic-novel","tag-lgbtqia","tag-new-book-spotlight","tag-refugees","tag-vietnam","tag-ya-lit","tag-young-adult-lit","tag-young-adult-literature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45833,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41761\/revisions\/45833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}