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Review of The Brightwood Code
The Brightwood Code by Monica Hesse High School Little, Brown 336 pp. 5/24 9780316045650 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780316045711 $10.99 In 1918 Washington, DC, eighteen-year-old Edda St. James is working as a switchboard operator for the Bell telephone company while living in her aunt’s boarding house. Though she is grateful for...
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Review of Ash’s Cabin
Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School First Second 320 pp.8/24 9781250754059 $25.99Paper ed. 9781250754066 $17.99Fifteen-year-old self-dubbed Ash is a passionate environmentalist who is contending with their gender identity. The last person Ash felt connected to was Grandpa Edwin, a recluse who spent his final...
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Review of Amil and the After
Amil and the After by Veera Hiranandani; illus. by Prashant MirandaIntermediate, Middle School Kokila/Penguin 272 pp.1/24 9780525555063 $17.99e-book ed. 9780525555070 $10.99In this companion to Newbery Honor Book The Night Diary (rev. 7/18), Nisha’s twin brother, Amil, resumes the story. Everything was supposed to get better after their family survived the...
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Review of The Luis Ortega Survival Club
The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora ReyesHigh School Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 320 pp.5/23 9780063060302 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063060326 $11.99Sixteen-year-old Ariana, self-diagnosed as selectively mute and autistic, is thrilled when popular Luis turns his attention toward her. But when he sexually assaults her and then brags about it to his friends...
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Review of To Catch a Thief
To Catch a Thief by Martha BrockenbroughIntermediate Scholastic 256 pp.4/23 9781338818581 $17.99e-book ed. 9781338818598 $17.99Sixth grader Amelia MacGuffin is a worrier. As the eldest of five siblings, she worries about everything from changing the part in her hair to the MacGuffin family’s tight finances. So when the mythically lucky wooden...
Review of Enter the Body
Enter the Body by Joy McCullough High School Dutton 336 pp. 3/23 9780593406755 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593406762 $10.99 In this inventive novel that includes elements of verse and script (including some prose in the form of stage directions), McCullough (We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire, rev. 7/21) reimagines...
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Review of The Minus-One Club
The Minus-One Club by Kekla MagoonHigh School Holt 368 pp.1/23 9781250806208 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250806215 $10.99The Minus-One Club has two rules: “1. Tell no one else about us. 2. We never talk about IT.” “IT” is death, and the loss of a loved one is the only admission criterion for the...
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Review of A Scatter of Light
A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo High School Dutton 336 pp. g10/22 978-0-525-55528-5 $18.99e-book ed. 978-0-525-55529-2 $10.99 The summer before heading to MIT, in 2013, eighteen-year-old Aria finds herself banished to her artist grandmother’s remote Northern California home after an unfortunate revenge porn incident....
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Review of We Weren’t Looking to Be Found
We Weren’t Looking to Be Found by Stephanie KuehnHigh School Hyperion 320 pp. g6/22 978-1-368-06410-1 $17.99Dani is a sixteen-year-old debutante whose “life revolved around Black cotillion and Black society and Black choir,” until she started to rebel by drinking and using drugs. Camila is a Latina teen dancer who...
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