4-5 Pages Book Review of “Little Manila is in the Heart”

Although several of the supplemental texts are about the immigration and/or migrant experience, you do not
have to review a supplemental text about migration. Instead, what you should ask yourself is what is the most
significant aspect of the text’s portrait or discussion of Asian American experiences? Was it about cross-cultural
issues? Was it about ethnic experiences or pan-ethnic or racial – that is, the experiences within an ethnic
community, experiences that bridged several ethnic communities, or that combined / conflated / confused
ethnic differences within perceived natural similarities? Was it about individual experiences, family
experiences, or larger communities? Did they involve issues of gender, sex, religion, or age (or life cycle)?

One way you could organize your review is to show this decision process in reverse: a) an introduction where
you sketch/outline what you want to say about the book; b) several paragraphs that elaborate and/or illustrate
your points: for example, summarizing the author’s argument/thesis; discussing their approach or method;
examining their evidence; or discussing the weaknesses or strengths of any of those things – thesis, method,
evidence; and c) a conclusion comparing what you thought you’d read/learn about and what you actually
learned. It’s perfectly fine to say if you like or dislike a book, but don’t just leave it at that. Explain what
specificallyyou liked or disliked and why; base your assessment, not on one aspect of the book (or another), but
the combination of the things you write/learned and what you took away from them.