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Review of Island of Whispers
Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge; illus. by Emily Gravett Intermediate, Middle School Amulet/Abrams 120 pp. 8/24 9781419774331 $19.99 e-book ed. 9798887073118 $17.99 Milo’s father has a vital role to play on the island of Merlank: he’s the Ferryman, responsible for transporting the Dead to a place where their spirits...
Review of Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest
Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest by Isabel Greenberg; illus. by the author Middle School, High School Amulet/Abrams 288 pp.5/24 9781419765117 $24.99Paper ed. 9781419765124 $17.99e-book ed. 9781647008499 $16.19This spirited, intelligent mashup of Arthuriana puts Morgan Le Fay—now Ancient Crone, cheerfully saggy-bosomed and thin-haired—and her granddaughter, Young Hag, at the center...
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Review of A Star Shines Through
A Star Shines Through by Anna Desnitskaya; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Eerdmans 40 pp.8/24 9780802856319 $18.99e-book ed. 9781467468381 $18.99Fleeing war, a mother and child leave their country, city, and cheerful apartment with a star-shaped cardboard lamp in its window. In the new country everything is different: apartment, language, food,...
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Review of There Is a Door in This Darkness
There Is a Door in This Darkness by Kristin Cashore High School Dutton 376 pp.6/24 9780803739994 $19.99e-book ed. 9781101614181 $10.99Wilhelmina’s beloved aunt Frankie died in 2018. Now it’s 2020, and Wilhelmina’s family and two closest friends still seem cut off from her in her grief; the isolating precautions of the...
Review of Monster Hands
Monster Hands by Karen Kane and Jonaz McMillan; illus. by Dion MBDPreschool, Primary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp.5/24 9780593532294 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593532300 $10.99After reading several bedtime stories, Milo makes the mistake of reading a book about a monster under the bed. Oh, no! In his fearful dilemma, he turns to his friend...
Review of The Queen of Thieves
The Queen of Thieves [Moonwind Mysteries] by Johan Rundberg; trans. from Swedish by A. A. Prime Intermediate, Middle School Amazon Crossing Kids 207 pp. 3/24 9781662509629 $17.99 Paper ed. 9781662509612 $9.99 In this sequel to The Night Raven (rev. 9/23), young detective Mika has reason to suspect that some of...
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Review of The Night War
The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyIntermediate, Middle School Dial 288 pp.4/24 9780735228566 $17.99e-book ed. 9780735228580 $10.99In 1942, French police in Occupied Paris rounded up over thirteen thousand French Jews and corralled them into a stadium; almost all perished at Auschwitz. Bradley’s (The War That Saved My Life, rev. 1/15,...
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Review of The Boy Lost in the Maze
The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelho; illus. by Kate MilnerMiddle School, High School Candlewick 320 pp.3/24 9781536236415 $19.99e-book ed. 9781536237351 $19.99Coelho, the U.K.’s current Children’s Laureate, here interweaves two narratives—one a riff on the classical story of Theseus; the other of Theo, a contemporary biracial teen seeking...
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Review of By Any Other Name
By Any Other Name by Erin CotterMiddle School, High School Simon 464 pp.10/23 9781665940719 $21.99e-book ed. 9781665940733 $10.99A fanciful treat set in the 1590s, Cotter’s debut novel takes us from London’s Rose Theatre to the court of Elizabeth I, onto the ship of famed pirate queen Gráinne Ní Mháille, and...
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