If you’ve grown up playing Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Lin wants you to know that you can relive its delights with Netflix’s eponymous new series (https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80167821). It brings entertaining geography lessons alongside fun and dynamic adventures which prove Carmen to be a thief with a heart of gold.

Kelly Yang’s middle-grade novel Front Desk (https://www.frontdeskthebook.com/) features the so-called “sandwich generation” of Chinese immigrants who came to North America in the 1980s-90s. Through the eyes of ten-year old Mia Tang, we grasp the multi-faceted experiences of struggling immigrants, while holding out hope for the better.

Lin's new book FLY WITH ME is available for pre-order now! books2read.com/flywithme

Question of the episode: What’s your experience with learning about the world—history or geography, for example—from fiction?

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