Category: Reviews
NYT Article on M2BT
Starred Review for Halfling King
Kirkus has give Rise of the Halfling King a starred review! “An unmissable adventure of mythical proportions,” they call it. Huge congratulations to my illustrator (and daughter) Charlene Bowles, and much love and respect to our publisher, Cinco Puntos Press, who had the idea of creating a series of graphic…
KIRKUS review GÜERO
Kirkus has released their review of They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems online. Here’s a sample of what they say: “In this slim verse novel, Bowles splendidly translates border life via loosely connected vignettes in an eclectic mix of poetic forms. Güero’s voice brims with humor, wit, and bits of…
SLJ Starred Review for FSDHS
Kirkus Starred Review for FEATHERED SERPENT
Kirkus has given a starred review to my newest book, Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico. Bowles’ dense yet lyrical prose raises the narrative to a level suited to high mythological tradition and illuminates the foundations on which contemporary Mexican culture is laid. Read what else they have…
Review of Chupacabra Vengeance
Review of Lords of the Earth
Review in CLJ
Review of GT1 up at Rich in Color
NYT Article on M2BT
Starred Review for Halfling King

Kirkus has give Rise of the Halfling King a starred review! “An unmissable adventure of mythical proportions,” they call it. Huge congratulations to my illustrator (and daughter) Charlene Bowles, and much love and respect to our publisher, Cinco Puntos Press, who had the idea of creating a series of graphic…
KIRKUS review GÜERO

Kirkus has released their review of They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems online. Here’s a sample of what they say: “In this slim verse novel, Bowles splendidly translates border life via loosely connected vignettes in an eclectic mix of poetic forms. Güero’s voice brims with humor, wit, and bits of…
SLJ Starred Review for FSDHS
Kirkus Starred Review for FEATHERED SERPENT

Kirkus has given a starred review to my newest book, Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico. Bowles’ dense yet lyrical prose raises the narrative to a level suited to high mythological tradition and illuminates the foundations on which contemporary Mexican culture is laid. Read what else they have…