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Review of The Cat Man of Aleppo
The Cat Man of Aleppo by Irene Latham and Karim Shamsi-Basha; illus. by Yuko Shimizu Primary, Intermediate Putnam 32 pp. g 4/20 978-1-9848-1378-7 $17.99 In 2012, civil war comes to Aleppo, then the largest city in Syria. Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel is an ambulance driver who remains behind while many of his neighbors...
Review of Packs
Packs: Strength in Numbers by Hannah Salyer; illus. by the author Primary Houghton 48 pp. 1/20 978-1-328-57788-7 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-358-16695-5 $12.99 For some animal species, there are evolutionary advantages to social groupings. “Packs, herds, huddles, and pods. Together, we are better.” Salyer introduces young readers to many of the...
Review of Overground Railroad
Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illus. by James Ransome Primary, Intermediate Holiday 48 pp. 1/20 978-0-8234-3873-0 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-8234-4390-1 $11.99 “Some walked. / Some drove. / But we took the train north.” In 1939, as part of the Great Migration, young Ruth Ellen and her parents leave North Carolina,...
Review of Flowers in the Gutter: The True Story of the Edelweiss Pirates, Teenagers Who Resisted the Nazis
Flowers in the Gutter: The True Story of the Edelweiss Pirates, Teenagers Who Resisted the Nazis by K. R. Gaddy Middle School, High School Dutton 294 pp. g 1/20 978-0-5255-5541-4 $18.99 The Edelweiss Pirates were groups of German youth who protested the Nazi regime through actions ranging from simple mischief...
Review of Brown Girl Ghosted
Brown Girl Ghosted by Mintie Das High School Houghton 289 pp. g 3/20 978-0-358-12889-2 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-358-13130-4 $9.99 Sixteen-year-old Violet Choudhury is a cheerleader; the best friend of Meryl, a popular iconoclast; and a daughter who never knew her dead mother and barely sees her largely absent father. She’s...
Review of Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom
Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom [Wayside School] by Louis Sachar; illus. by Tim Heitz Intermediate Harper/HarperCollins 182 pp. g 3/20 978-0-06-296538-7 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-296542-4 $10.99 Yes, per the introductory author's note to this fourth book about the wacky elementary school, it's been forty years since the first...
Review of Where's Baby?
Where’s Baby? by Anne Hunter; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Tundra 40 pp. 1/20 978-0-7352-6498-4 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-7352-6499-1 $10.99 “Have you seen Baby, Mama Fox?” Mama Fox feels certain Baby is “somewhere,” and so Papa Fox begins the search, like a game of hide-and-seek. “Ba-by! Are you indoors?...
Review of In the Role of Brie Hutchens...
In the Role of Brie Hutchens… by Nicole Melleby Middle School Algonquin 265 pp. g 4/20 978-1-61620-907-0 $16.95 When the novel opens, thirteen-year-old Brie’s mother almost stumbles upon Brie looking at a soap opera star’s Playboy photos online. Brie distracts her mom by claiming (falsely) that she’s been chosen to...
Review of Stella Díaz Never Gives Up
Stella Díaz Never Gives Up by Angela Dominguez; illus. by the author Intermediate Roaring Brook 196 pp. 1/20 978-1-250-22911-3 $16.99 This sequel to Stella Díaz Has Something to Say (rev. 5/18) finds Stella wanting to do something big: save the oceans. After a family vacation to Mexico, Stella (less shy...
Review of Charlie & Mouse Outdoors
Charlie & Mouse Outdoors by Laurel Snyder; illus. by Emily Hughes Primary Chronicle 48 pp. 3/20 978-1-4521-7066-4 $14.99 Their fourth outing (most recently Charlie & Mouse Even Better, rev. 5/19) takes the siblings into the Great Outdoors for a family camping trip…but first a “Boring” (the title of chapter 1)...
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