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Week in Review, August 19th-23rd

  This week on hbook.com... August Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Faith Schaffer about The Worst Ronin + 5 YA fantasies, 6 middle-grade and middle-school stories about learning from elders, and 5 sailing picture books Horn Book Reminiscences from former interns: Stories That Matter...
      

Five questions for Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Faith Schaffer

In the graphic novel The Worst Ronin (HarperAlley/HarperCollins, 14–17 years), author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrator Faith Schaffer present two female samurai on a quest, set in a reimagined feudal Japan featuring modern technology. See also the Fantasy and Graphic novels subject tags in the Guide/Reviews Database. 1. Maggie, you’ve also...
      

From the Editor - August 2024

This issue of Notes takes readers to fantastical realms, on shipboard adventures, and alongside intergenerational companions — sometimes all at once. Our Five Questions interview with Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Faith Schaffer delves into the alt-historical world of their graphic novel The Worst Ronin; and Tokuda-Hall, a cofounder of Authors Against...
      

Books mentioned in the August 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book

Five Questions for Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Faith Schaffer The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illus. by Faith Schaffer; HarperAlley/HarperCollins. Beyond the ordinary     Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest by Isabel Greenberg; Amulet/Abrams. The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko; Amulet/Abrams. The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb; Levine/Levine Querido. Sunderworld, Vol. I: The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry by...
      

Sailing for adventure

By sea, lake, or moat, come sail away in these five recent picture books, all transporting summer reads. For more recommendations, see the Guide/Reviews Database subject tag Sea stories. The Last Zookeeper by Aaron Becker; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate    Candlewick    40 pp. 3/24    9781536227680    $18.99 Becker’s (The Tree...
      

Learning from our elders

Intergenerational relationships can have a powerful impact on young people, including the six main characters in these middle-grade and middle-school novels. Grandparents Day is September 8; for slightly younger readers, see the Guide/Reviews Database’s Grandmother Picture Books and Grandfather Picture Books lists. Black Star [Door of No Return] by Kwame...
      

Beyond the ordinary

Witches, portals, griffins…these five books are perfect for middle- and high-school readers who like a bit of the fantastical within their stories. See also our Five Questions interview with Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Faith Schaffer about The Worst Ronin, and the Guide/Reviews Database subject tag Fantasy. Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest...
      

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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