Book Reviews
These seven nonfiction books, recommended for middle- and /or high school readers, highlight individuals and groups who have led the way in their fields or for their causes. The Salt Thief: Gandhi’s Heroic March to Freedom by Neal Bascomb; illus. by Mithil Thaker Middle School, High School Focus/Scholastic 272 pp....
These five novels, recommended for intermediate and/or middle school readers, are set in imaginative fantasy worlds. For more, see the Fantasy tag on hbook.com, and the Fantasy tag in the Guide/Reviews Database. Wicked Marigold by Caroline Carlson Intermediate Candlewick 256 pp. 7/24 9781536230499 $17.99 e-book ed. 9781536237573 $17.99 Eleven-year-old Princess...
In these seven books recommended for preschool and/or primary readers, families, friends, and communities assemble to celebrate, to help one another, or simply to eat! See also our Five Questions interview with author Kusum Mepani and illustrator Yasmeen Ismail about Meena’s Saturday. Saturdays at Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea...
We wish you a loaded bookshelf with snowflake, with dreidel, with elf for gift-giving, or your own self. Some ideas are right here. Here’s our annual list of recommended new and reissued picture books of seasonal and holiday interest. Season’s greetings from the Horn Book staff! Uri and the King...
In honor of the Festival of Lights, here are some books about the celebration of Diwali along with picture books, fiction, and nonfiction by and about South Asian and South Asian American people. These books for young readers — all recommended at the time of their publication by The Horn...
Five questions for Tracey Baptiste Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste; Algonquin. Thriller nights Once They See You: 13 Stories to Shiver and Shock by Josh Allen, illus. by Sarah J. Coleman; Holiday. Read at Your Own Risk by Remy Lai; Holt. It Happened to Anna by Tehlor Kay Mejia; Delacorte. We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord by Garth Nix; Scholastic. The Creepening...
These nine nonfiction books, recommended for preschool, primary, and/or intermediate readers, offer a glimpse at the variety of work scientists (including a president!) can do — from biology to psychology to astronomy. See also the Scientists tag in the Guide/Reviews Database. Thomas Jefferson’s Battle for Science: Bias, Truth, and a...
In honor of upcoming Transgender Awareness Week (November 13–19), here are four titles featuring trans and other gender expansive characters, recommended for middle- and/or high school readers. For more, see the Trans/gender nonconforming tag on hbook.com and the Transgender persons and Gender identity tags in the Guide/Reviews Database. The Deep...
If you like a little scare with your fiction fare, check out these six books recommended for intermediate and/or middle-school readers. For a thriller with a sci-fi bent, see our Five Questions interview with Tracey Baptiste about Boy 2.0. And for Halloween recommendations for the younger set, see Horn BOO!...
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