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Review of The Sea in Winter
The Sea in Winter by Christine Day Intermediate, Middle School Heartdrum/HarperCollins 256 pp. g 1/21 978-0-06-287204-3 $16.99 Paper ed. 978-0-06-307822-2 $12.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-287206-7 $8.99 “My ballet studio has always been my sanctuary.” In October, twelve-year-old Maisie suffered a devastating knee injury and subsequent ACL surgery. Now it’s February, and...
Review of We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire
We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire by Joy McCullough; illus. by Maia Kobabe High School Dutton 400 pp. g 2/21 978-0-525-55605-3 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-525-55607-7 $10.99 When the frat boy who raped her sister, Nor, is found guilty in court, Em feels vindicated and amazed, for it was...
Review of Your Heart, My Sky: Love in a Time of Hunger
Your Heart, My Sky: Love in a Time of Hunger by Margarita Engle Middle School, High School Atheneum 224 pp. g 3/21 978-1-5344-6496-4 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-6498-8 $10.99 Engle (Enchanted Air, rev. 7/15; Soaring Earth, rev. 3/19) once again revisits her Cuban heritage and demonstrates an abiding appreciation of nature...
Review of The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy
The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy by Mary Winn Heider Intermediate, Middle School Little, Brown 304 pp. g 3/21 978-0-7595-5542-6 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-1-484-78106-7 $9.99 Two years ago, Winston and Louise Volpe’s father Lenny — beloved former quarterback for the Chicago Horribles — walked away and disappeared, a...
Review of The Old Boat
The Old Boat by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey; illus. by the authors Primary Norton 56 pp. g 3/21 978-1-324-00517-9 $17.95 e-book ed. 978-1-324-00518-6 $17.48 As they did in The Old Truck (rev. 3/20), the brothers Pumphrey find themes of persistence, family, and renewal in the life cycle of a...
Review of Deadman's Castle
Deadman’s Castle by Iain Lawrence Intermediate, Middle School Ferguson/Holiday 256 pp. g 3/21 978-0-8234-4655-1 $17.99 This is a creepy adventure tale, a family story, and a story of an outsider finding his way in “the freak show known as middle school.” Igor Watson’s father once saw a man do a...
Review of Over the Shop
Over the Shop by JonArno Lawson; illus. by Qin Leng Primary Candlewick 48 pp. g 1/21 978-1-5362-0147-5 $16.99 As in Sidewalk Flowers (rev. 5/15), author Lawson conceptualized the story for this wordless picture book. Here, words appear only as text within the illustrations (a sign displays the name of the...
Review of Not Your All-American Girl
Not Your All-American Girl by Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang Intermediate, Middle School Scholastic 256 pp. g 7/20 978-1-338-03776-0 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-338-03778-4 $10.99 This follow-up to This Is Just a Test stars Lauren Le Yuan Horowitz, sister of the previous book’s protagonist. In 1984 suburban Virginia, Lauren is...
Review of 7 Good Reasons Not to Grow Up
7 Good Reasons Not to Grow Up by Jimmy Gownley; illus. by the author Middle School Graphix/Scholastic 272 pp. g 11/20 978-0-545-85931-8 $24.99 Paper ed. 978-0-545-85932-5 $12.99 e-book ed. 978-0-545-85937-0 $7.99 Kirby Finn is a hero to the students at Greycliff Academy. In addition to the “Seven Good Reasons” videos...
Review of The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution
The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution [Magic School Bus] by Joanna Cole; illus. by Bruce Degen Primary, Intermediate Scholastic 56 pp. g 4/21 978-0-590-10828-7 $17.99 Ms. Frizzle’s latest adventure (published posthumously for Cole, alas) takes her class, joined by newcomer Bo who’s visiting from China, back 3.5 billion years...
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