"This distinguished anthology offers powerful, beautifully written stories that are thoughtful and important for teens to hear."
Starred, School Library Journal
"A fine collection of short stories about Indian youths
struggling with modern problems and a changing world."
--Seattle Times
"This collection is highly recommended..."
--VOYA
Moccasin Thunder
"Relevant themes and an attractive variety of tones...for fans of the funny as well as aficionados of the pensive, provide additional appeal to a collection ripe for sharing in various curricular and dramatic ways or simply reading privately."
--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Carlson has crafted an accessible gem of a collection, and readers of all backgrounds will find echoes of their own experiences in its pages."
Starred, School Library Journal
"Perhaps the only fault of this collection is its length. As we finish reading, we are left wanting more..."
--New York Post
Red Hot Salsa
Cool Salsa was a
ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book, Horn Book Fanfare, School Library Journal Best Book, Hungry Mind Review Children's Book of Distinction, NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, New York Public Library Book for the Teenage
"The potency of the volume lies in Carlson's eclectic selection of voices."
--Starred, Publishers Weekly
"A must for multicultural collections, and excellent enrichment material for literature courses."
--Starred, School Library Journal
Cool Salsa
"These consistently superb stories focus on Asian-American youths, but the messages and feelings described are universal."
--Starred, Kirkus
"This intriguing collection of short stories presents answers as individual as each writer's voice--answers that transcend the color of skin, hair, and eyes and speak to the human heart...American Eyes crackles and burns, warms and illuminates."
--Starred, School Library Journal
"Strikingly diverse in both form and content... the volume as a whole celebrates differences and the beautifully multiple variables of American life."
--Starred, Publishers Weekly
American Eyes
a Barnes and Noble Discover 2000 Pick
"A great range of intriguing discussion about topics as various as important Latin American women in history, the power of prayer, dreams and poetry, the nature of romance, propriety and motherhood...."The Sunday Tertulia is charming."
--Chicago Tribune
"This earthly yet spiritual work satisfies."
--Publishers Weekly
"...this first novel is a winner."
--USA Today
The Sunday Tertulia
"Carlson's knowledge of Latin American culture shines through, and she incorporates just the right amount of Puerto Rican political history and little-known tidbits about the new cadre of women fliers...The lucidity and warmth with which Carlson approaches her memorable heroine makes this a winning, sweet tale."
--Publishers Weekly
"A charmingly evocative exploration of the eternal "having it all" feminist conundrum."
--Booklist
The Flamboyant
"Burnt Sugar is a small volume that packs a big punch...The collection is filled with seduction as well as prayer, death plus joy, beauty and pain; and these extremes on the scale of life are perfectly balanced and often expressed in transcendentally lyrical language. Pure music."
--Booklist
"Both English and Spanish readers have much to gain from this collection and much yet to savor from this island of poets. Highly recommended for all libraries and bookstores."
--CrÃticas Reviews
Burnt Sugar