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Review of The Bletchley Riddle
The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin Middle School, High School Viking 400 pp. 10/24 9780593527542 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593527566 $10.99 It’s the summer of 1940 in this collaboration between Sepetys (whose historical fiction for older readers includes, recently, I Must Betray You, rev. 5/22) and Sheinkin (primarily...
Review of They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom
They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illus. by James E. Ransome Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 40 pp. 9/24 9780763681555 $18.99 This poetic picture book tells the inspiring tale of a young enslaved man, “a compilation of many of the real-life stories of the people who resisted, fought,...
Review of Doña Fela’s Dream
Doña Fela’s Dream by Monica Brown; illus. by Rose Ibarra Primary Little, Brown 48 pp. 9/24 9780316178358 $18.99 Spanish ed. 9780316581660 $11.99 A richly illustrated picture-book biography of Puerto Rico’s first female mayor, Felisa Rincón de Gautier (1897–1994), with a lively text. As a tropical storm batters San Juan at...
Review of Pearl
Pearl by Sherri L. Smith; illus. by Christine Norrie Intermediate, Middle School Graphix/Scholastic 144 pp. 8/24 9781338029437 $24.99 Paper ed. 9781338029420 $12.99 e-book ed. 9781338029444 $12.99 In this graphic novel, a Japanese American girl visiting family outside Hiroshima is trapped there after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. Amy’s sōsobo (great-grandmother), whose...
Review of The Gale
The Gale by Mo Yan; illus. by Zhu Chengliang; adapted by Xiaoxiao Guan; trans. from Chinese by Ying-Hwa Hu Primary, Intermediate Simon 40 pp. 8/24 9781665930628 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781665930635 $10.99 In this moving, bittersweet picture-book debut by a Nobel Prize–winning Chinese author, a child learns an important lesson about...
Review of The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World’s Great Scientists
The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World’s Great Scientists by Kate Messner; illus. by Julia Kuo Primary, Intermediate Chronicle 64 pp. 8/24 9781452176963 $19.99 This attractive, informative, and ambitious collective biography begins with a challenge: “Quick! Name the world’s greatest scientist.” Messner (The Next President,...
Review of Too Small Tola Makes It Count
Too Small Tola Makes It Count by Atinuke; illus. by Onyinye Iwu Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 96 pp. 9/24 9781536238150 $16.99 e-book ed. 9781536240030 $16.99 Atinuke returns for a fourth time (Too Small Tola, rev. 3/21, and sequels) to her diminutive, high-spirited, mathematically gifted protagonist’s “run-down block of apartments in the...
Review of Noodles on a Bicycle
Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Maclear; illus. by Gracey Zhang Preschool, Primary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp. 8/24 9780593706084 $18.99 Library ed. 9780593706091 $21.99 e-book ed. 9780593706107 $10.99 The creators of The Big Bath House (rev. 11/21) take readers back to Japan, this time for a wild bicycle ride...
Review of Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos
Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by Nathalie Alonso; illus. by Rudy Gutierrez Primary, Intermediate Calkins/Astra 40 pp. 8/24 9781635928112 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781635928129 $11.99 In engaging, economical, and colloquial prose, Alonso chronicles the ascent and career highs of legendary right fielder Clemente (1934–1972), who endured...
Review of Mama’s Chicken and Dumplings
Mama’s Chicken and Dumplings by Dionna L. Mann Intermediate Ferguson/Holiday 208 pp. 8/24 9780823455553 $17.99 e-book ed. 9780823459261 $10.99 Mann sets this amiable story in 1930s Vinegar Hill, “a thriving African American business and residential community” outside Charlottesville, Virginia. Allie Lewis wants the best for her mama and thinks she...
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