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Week in Review, July 22nd-26th
This week on hbook.com... July Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter Back-to-School Edition: 5Qs for Sarah Sax about Tryouts + 8 middle grade and middle school novels about school + 5 history lessons, 8 school-related picture books, and 6 YA novels with a school backdrop From the July/August 2024...
Five questions for Sarah Sax
Each book in Sarah Sax’s Brinkley Yearbooks graphic novel series (Knopf, 9–12 years) centers on a different protagonist. In the second and latest, Tryouts, athletic Al becomes the only girl on the school’s baseball team, and that’s just the beginning of a nuanced tale of teamwork. See also the Sports...
Books mentioned in the July 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five Questions for Sarah Sax Tryouts by Sarah Sax; Knopf. Lots to learn Wires Crossed by Beth Fantaskey, illus. by ONeillJones; Clarion/HarperCollins. Lo Simpson Starts a Revolution by Melanie Florence; Orca. The School for Invisible Boys by Shaun David Hutchinson; Labyrinth Road/Random. Table Titans Club by Scott Kurtz, illus. by...
From the Editor - July 2024
This week, my husband and I encouraged our two high schoolers to double-check what summer work they need to complete before school begins — no waiting until the last minute in this house! — and here at the Horn Book we’re helping everyone get ready with this annual Back-to-School edition...
Grade-A YA
School is the backdrop for dramas, comedies, and everything in between in these varied six novels recommended for middle- and/or high-school readers. See also the Schools -- Middle schools and Schools -- High schools tags in the Guide/Reviews Database. Not like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo High School Bloomsbury 448...
A good start
Welcome to school! These eight stories set in and around schools are recommended for preschool and/or primary readers. For more, see the Schools -- Preschools and Schools -- Elementary schools tags in the Guide/Reviews Database. Give by Jen Arena; illus. by Rahele Jomepour Bell Preschool, Primary Knopf 40 pp. 8/23 9781524714994 $18.99 ...
History brought to life
These five works of nonfiction, recommended for intermediate and/or middle-school readers, provide close-ups of human stories from various historical moments that may be discussed in the classroom. Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers by Zora Neale Hurston; adapted by Ibram X. Kendi; illus. by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson Intermediate, Middle School Amistad/HarperCollins 208...
Lots to learn
What clubs should I join? Who are my real friends? Where should I sit at lunch?? The protagonists of these eight books recommended for intermediate and/or middle-school readers have more to figure out than just homework questions. For more, see our Five Questions interview with Sarah Sax about Tryouts, and...
Newsletter Archives
[See also our Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book archives] 2024 January 2024 Five questions for Breanna J. McDaniel and April Harrison Go forth and help Rising to the occasion It's almost Valen-time From the Editor February 2024 Five questions for Dean Robbins and Susanna Chapman Express yourself Across...
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