Book Reviews
All the Blues in the Sky by Renée WatsonMiddle School Bloomsbury 208 pp.2/25 9781547605897 $17.99e-book ed. 9781547605903 $12.59“I didn’t know / best friends could die.” From the very first line, Watson takes a deep dive into the intricacies of grief and healing. On her thirteenth birthday, Sage is looking forward...
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Review of Candle Island
Candle Island by Lauren WolkIntermediate, Middle School Dutton 352 pp.4/25 9780593698549 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593698556 $10.99After the accidental death of Lucretia’s father, she and her mother move to an island off the coast of Maine, where they buy a small farm. Their first summer there is full of drama—tensions between locals...
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Review of Drive
Drive by Cynthia L. Copeland; illus. by the author; color by Ronda PattisonIntermediate, Middle School Algonquin 272 pp.1/25 9781643751948 $24.99Paper ed. 9781523527250 $12.99e-book ed. 9781523532308 $9.99This graphic novel celebrates the contributions of women throughout automotive history, along with providing a critique of the industry’s persistent sexist practices. A prologue set...
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Review of Mallory in Full Color
Mallory in Full Color by Elisa Stone Leahy; illus. by Maine DiazMiddle School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 320 pp.11/24 9780063255531 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063255555 $9.99Mallory Marsh wants to keep her friends and family happy, even if it means becoming a chameleon who constantly wears different faces to mirror those around her. The one...
On the Block: Stories of Home edited by Ellen OhIntermediate, Middle School Crown 208 pp.10/24 9780593648445 $17.99Library ed. 9780593648452 $20.99e-book ed. 9780593648469 $10.99Composed of twelve stories written by a dozen different authors, this We Need Diverse Books anthology is organized by apartment number in a New York City building. Each...
Bear and Bird: The Adventure and Other Stories by Jarvis; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick 64 pp.9/24 9781536235449 $15.99Paper ed. 9781536235456 $5.99e-book ed. 9781536240566 $5.99In the latest installment of this enjoyable early chapter book series (Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories, rev. 5/23), an average Tuesday takes a...
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Review of How to Draw a Secret
How to Draw a Secret by Cindy Chang; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School Allida/HarperCollins 272 pp.2/25 9780358659662 $24.99Paper ed. 9780358659655 $15.99e-book ed. 9780358659556 $10.99Chang’s fictionalized graphic memoir delves into the complexities of a family harboring a secret: Cindy’s father moved back to Taiwan four years ago, leaving her, her...
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Review of They Bloom at Night
They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh TranHigh School Bloomsbury 272 pp.3/25 9781547611119 $19.99e-book ed. 9781547611126 $13.99In the wake of a hurricane, a strange red algal bloom has taken over the waters of Mercy, Louisiana, where Noon ekes out a life capturing mutant sea creatures and trading them to the...
Banned Books, Crop Tops, and Other Bad Influences by Brigit YoungMiddle School Roaring Brook 320 pp.9/24 9781250901514 $17.99e-book ed. 9781250901521 $9.99There’s a new student in Rose’s eighth-grade class in small-town Michigan—and she’s from New York City. Rose can’t believe how mature Talia is, or how brazenly she disrupts the status...
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