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Review of Our Air
Our Air by G. Brian Karas; illus. by the authorPrimary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp.10/25 9780593625514 $18.99With the opening sentence, “I am the Air,” Karas (On Earth, rev. 9/05) establishes personified air as the narrator, reassuring readers that even though, scientifically speaking, they cannot see or smell or hear it (“what you...
The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli by Karina Yan Glaser; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School Allida/HarperCollins 432 pp.9/25 9780063284432 $19.99Make space on your shelf for this delectable, suspenseful adventure spanning more than a thousand years. Eleven-year-old Luli Lee lives in 1930s New York City, in the tightly...
The Battle of the Beasts [Monkey King and the World of Myths]by Maple Lam; illus. by the authorIntermediate Putnam 256 pp.8/25 9780593524688 $24.99Paper ed. 9780593524695 $13.99e-book ed. 9780593524725 $8.99In this fast-paced follow-up to graphic novel The Monster and the Maze (rev. 3/24), plucky super-beast Sun Wukong, the monster-hunting Monkey King,...
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Review of The Five Wolves
The Five Wolves by Peter McCarty; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School First Second 288 pp.10/25 9781250170620 $29.99McCarty presents a sprawling, image-rich meditation on art that asks readers to slow down and wander through its nonlinear, episodic journey. Five wolves set out on a ship, their canvasses at the ready....
The Tinkerers by Caroline CarlsonIntermediate, Middle School Candlewick 480 pp.10/25 9781536230505 $18.99Twelve-year-old Peter Huckaby-Green’s life changes when the Tinkerers arrive in his close-knit town of Stargazers Valley. Peter directs the two astromancers to his parents’ inn and agrees to help with their research into starstuff, a magical substance left by...
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Review of The School for Thieves
The School for Thieves by Peter BurnsIntermediate Aladdin/Simon 352 pp.8/25 9781665982283 $18.99When Tom Morgan’s small band of street children is kidnapped and sent to the workhouse, he has no luck getting them out until a man known as the Corsair recruits him to be a student in Beaufort’s School for...
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Review of The Rise of Neptune
The Rise of Neptune [Dragonships]by Scott ReintgenIntermediate, Middle School Aladdin/Simon 432 pp.10/25 9781665946544 $18.99In this sequel to The Last Dragon on Mars (rev. 1/25), Mars is under attack by aliens from Neptune’s largest moon, Triton; and Dread, the newly recognized planetary dragon of Mars, must defend his planet along with...
Reasons to Hate Me by Susan MetalloHigh School Candlewick 400 pp.9/25 9781536240351 $18.99High school senior Jess finds herself a pariah when her best friend Chloe’s boyfriend, Noah, sends a school-wide text claiming that she tried “to have sex with me.” Now Jess and Chloe aren’t speaking, and Chloe’s new friends...
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Review of Dream On
Dream On by Shannon Hale; illus. by Marcela Cespedes; color by Lark PienIntermediate Roaring Brook 240 pp.8/25 9781250843067 $22.99Paper ed. 9781250843074 $14.99e-book ed. 9781250374226 $9.99In this 1984-set graphic novel, Cassie feels adrift somewhere in the middle of her family of eight: too old to need supervision at the dining-room table...
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