Book Reviews
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...
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...
How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger; illus. by the author Middle School, High School Greenwillow 304 pp. 8/24 9780063158153 $25.99 Paper ed. 9780063158146 $15.99 e-book ed. 9780063158160 $9.99 In this quick-paced graphic novel, Tara’s runaway thoughts are great when she plays pretend with her baby brother but not so...
Hearing Things by Ben Sears; illus. by the author Intermediate TOON 40 pp. 9/24 9781662665431 $12.99 This story combines apprehension about moving to a new town, the determination of one sibling to help another, the spine-tingling fear of a haunted house, and the cunning of a resolute cat—all in one...
The Brightwood Code by Monica Hesse High School Little, Brown 336 pp. 5/24 9780316045650 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780316045711 $10.99 In 1918 Washington, DC, eighteen-year-old Edda St. James is working as a switchboard operator for the Bell telephone company while living in her aunt’s boarding house. Though she is grateful for...
Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge; illus. by Emily Gravett Intermediate, Middle School Amulet/Abrams 120 pp. 8/24 9781419774331 $19.99 e-book ed. 9798887073118 $17.99 Milo’s father has a vital role to play on the island of Merlank: he’s the Ferryman, responsible for transporting the Dead to a place where their spirits...
Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste Intermediate, Middle School Algonquin 304 pp. 10/24 9781643753812 $16.99 e-book ed. 9781523529896 $9.99 Win “Coal” Keegan is moving to another foster home; the McKay family seems nice enough, and Coal is relieved that he’s remaining at the same school with his best friend, nicknamed Door....
Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Kids Can 72 pp.6/24 9781525313035 $19.99e-book ed. 9781525313462 $13.99In three illustrated stories translated from Japanese, Miyakoshi introduces readers to the delightfully mundane life of the titular Little Shrew, a rodent with a daily schedule, a steady paycheck, and a...
The Wildcat Behind Glass by Alki Zei; trans. from Greek by Karen Emmerich Intermediate Restless 224 pp. 5/24 9781632063649 $18.00 A chapter book, first published in 1963, by the author of the wonderful Petros’ War (winner of the 1974 Batchelder Award) is back in a new translation for contemporary readers....
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