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My Daddy Is a Cowboy by Stephanie Seales; illus. by C. G. Esperanza Primary Abrams 48 pp. 6/24 9781419760815 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781647006280 $17.09 A Panamanian American girl and her daddy get up before dawn to ride horses through their town in this atmospheric picture book that celebrates a close...
Fast Cheetah, Slow Tortoise: Poems of Animal Opposites by Bette Westera; illus. by Mies van Hout; trans. from Dutch by David Colmer Primary Eerdmans 40 pp. 9/24 9780802856357 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781467468657 $18.99 This quirky, inviting picture book–length poetry collection acts as a visual dictionary of opposites. Sixteen pairs of...
The Doll Test: Choosing Equality by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by David Elmo Cooper Primary Carolrhoda 32 pp. 11/24 9781728477930 $18.99 This powerful picture book brings to life the essential research of psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark, whose work significantly influenced the fight against segregation, having concluded that “school segregation...
Still Sal by Kevin Henkes; illus. by the author Primary Greenwillow 256 pp. 10/24 9780063389625 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780063389649 $9.99 Sal Miller is six. Her life is changing so much that she tells Papa, “I’m not Sal anymore,” after her two-year-old sister, Poppy, moves into her bedroom. Sal “was a...
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Review of The Scorpion Queen
The Scorpion Queen by Mina FearsHigh School Flatiron 320 pp.1/25 9781250392350 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250852953 $11.99In imperial Mali in 1359, Aminata, a rich merchant’s daughter originally betrothed to a noble she loves, loses everything after a false accusation leads to her disownment and the cancellation of her engagement. Now she must...
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Review of Dear Manny
Dear Manny by Nic StoneHigh School Crown 224 pp.3/25 9780593308011 $19.99Library ed. 9780593308028 $22.99e-book ed. 9780593308035 $10.99This third book in the trilogy (Dear Martin, rev. 11/17; Dear Justyce, rev. 11/20) begins by bringing readers back to the moment Jared (who is white) receives the call that his best friend, Manny...
Black Girl Power: 15 Stories Celebrating Black Girlhood edited by Leah JohnsonIntermediate, Middle School Freedom Fire/Disney 320 pp.11/24 9781368098960 $18.99e-book ed. 9781368098984 $10.99Common early adolescent issues and those particular to Black girls are covered with depth and heart in this short story collection by fifteen authors. The protagonists are all...
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Review of Dead Girls Don’t Dream
Dead Girls Don’t Dream by Nino CipriHigh School Holt 304 pp.11/24 9781250791405 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250791412 $11.99Sisters Riley and Sam help their uncle run his museum of dark folklore and unexplained disappearances next to spooky Voynich Woods. One day, Sam flees into the woods to escape a rude tourist; Riley goes...
The Lost Ones [Moonwind Mysteries]by Johan Rundberg; trans. from Swedish by Eva ApelqvistMiddle School Amazon Crossing Kids 222 pp.1/25 9781662525940 $17.99Paper ed. 9781662525957 $9.99Rundberg’s pair of 1880s detectives—twelve-year-old orphan Mika from Stockholm’s Public Children’s Home and police detective Valdemar Hoff—investigate the disappearance of a wealthy family’s teenage daughter, Beatrice. “Children...
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