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Summer is the season for recreational reading, outdoor activities, fun, sports, and, this year, the Summer Olympics. In The Horn Book Guide, there’s never a shortage of sports-themed books, from high-interest bait for reluctant readers to entertaining diversions for voracious ones. The following sports-books-done-right for upper-elementary and middle-grade readers are...
Sirens may be the new vampires. In the spring 2012 Guide issue, there are no fewer than five books about sirens (and another four about mermaids). In any event, Greek mythology seems to be having its own resurgence, hot on the wingéd heels of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson books. The...
Dying for some paranormal romance? These swoon-worthy YA stories of supernatural love, all recommended by The Horn Book Guide, are sure to melt hearts and raise spirits.—Elissa GershowitzManaging Editor, The Horn Book GuideCremer, Andrea Nightshade454 pp. Philomel 2010. ISBN 978-0-399-25482-6YA Werewolf Calla defies her pack by saving human Shay from...
The following reviews are from The Horn Book Guide and The Horn Book Guide Online. For information about subscribing to the Guide and the Guide Online, please visit hbook.staging.wpengine.com/subscriber-info.Newbery Medal Winner and Honor BooksVanderpool, Clare Moon Over Manifest253 pp. Delacorte 2010. ISBN 978-0-385-73883-5LE ISBN 978-0-385-90750-7Gr. 4–6 It’s 1936 and Abilene’s...
The following reviews are from The Horn Book Guide and The Horn Book Guide Online. For information about subscribing to the Guide and the Guide Online, please visit hbook.staging.wpengine.com/subscriber-info.Ellsworth, Loretta In Search of Mockingbird183 pp. Holt 2007. ISBN 978-0-8050-7236-5YA Motivated by her late mother’s diary, aspiring writer Erin spontaneously buys...
The following reviews are from The Horn Book Guide and The Horn Book Guide Online. To find even more good books about scientists, look to the Guide subject index and the Guide Online fully searchable database. For more information about subscribing to the Guide and the Guide Online, please visit...
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