Book Reviews
Zarina Divided by Reem Faruqi Middle School Harper/HarperCollins 336 pp. 5/25 9780063284999 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780063285064 $9.99 Eleven-year-old Zarina lives a privileged life in Poona, India, until the British withdrawal in 1947, which initiates the partition of India into two separate countries. The family survives the chaos and violence as...
Link + Hud: Sharks & Minnows by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey; illus. by the authors Intermediate Norton 192 pp. 7/25 9781324016113 $16.99 The high-spirited brothers are up to more high jinks in this entertaining sequel to Link + Hud: Heroes by a Hair (rev. 5/23). In summer, the community...
Sea Change by Susan Fletcher High School Amulet/Abrams 352 pp. 6/25 9781419773921 $19.99 e-book ed. 9798887072982 $17.99 Turtle, fifteen, is a Mer; she has both lungs and gills from a not-quite-legal “gen-mod” experiment. Gen-modding to cure disease is par for the course in this near-future world, but “boutique” and “transhuman”...
This Moth Saw Brightness by A. A. Vacharat High School Dutton 448 pp. 5/25 9780593698600 $20.99 e-book ed. 9780593698624 $10.99 D (short for ’Wayne; the D is “invisible”), who lives in a somewhat off-kilter version of Baltimore, keeps to himself and doesn’t care about much. Half his life ago, his...
Everyday Bean [Tiny Bean’s Big Adventures] by Stephanie Graegin; illus. by the author Primary Tundra 56 pp. 7/25 9781774886205 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781774886212 $10.99 Meet hedgehogs Bean and Grandma in this pitch-perfect collection of eleven brief stories for early readers, ranging from two to eight pages long. An omniscient narrator...
Squid in Pants [Ready-to-Read] by Kaz Windness; illus. by the author Primary Simon Spotlight 32 pp. 5/25 9781665944304 $18.99 Paper ed. 9781665944298 $5.99 e-book ed. 9781665944311 $5.99 A squid and friends—a turtle, pufferfish, and crab—snag some clothes hanging off the side of a small boat in this kooky, distinctive book...
Billions to Burn by Taylor Banks Intermediate, Middle School de la Cruz/Disney-Hyperion 336 pp. 5/25 9781368110419 $16.99 Banks weaves mystery, history, and heart into a fast-paced adventure. Twelve-year-old Zeus is the only one who still believes in his grandfather’s incredible stories about the Harlem Renaissance, including tales of a legendary...
Titan of the Stars by E. K. Johnston High School Tundra 304 pp. 5/25 9781774884089 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781774884096 $10.99 Brief but dire opening vignettes warn readers they’re headed into trouble before the narrative begins at the launch of the Titan, a spaceship (with echoes of the Titanic) on its...
Beasts by Ingvild Bjerkeland; trans. from Norwegian by Rosie Hedger Middle School, High School Em Querido/Levine Querido 128 pp. 4/25 9781646145133 $17.99 Beasts have invaded thirteen-year-old Abdi’s homeland. With their hoofed feet, long arms, slender hands, and razor-sharp claws, the beasts pursue and kill every living creature. The government has...
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