Book Reviews
With the Fire on Highby Elizabeth AcevedoHigh School HarperTeen 392 pp.5/19 978-0-06-266283-5 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-06-266285-9 $9.99High school senior Emoni Santiago, whose “Puerto Rican side is as Black as [her] Black American side,” is many things — an aspiring chef, a proud North Philly native, a reserved student who keeps to...
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arcby David ElliottHigh School Houghton 191 pp. g3/19 978-1-328-98759-4 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-358-04915-9 $9.99In this verse novel, “voices” refers to Joan of Arc’s messages from the saints; to the various people who testified for and against her; to Joan herself; and to the objects...
Fresh Inkedited by Lamar Giles; read by various artistsMiddle School Listening Library Rev. 9/184 CDs 5.08 hrs. 978-0-525-59565-6 $38.00Giles opens this anthology of twelve short works with a foreword containing this message: “I hope you find [a hero] who looks like you, or thinks like you, or feels like you....
The Mad Wolf’s Daughterby Diane Magras; read by Joshua ManningIntermediate, Middle School Listening Library Rev. 7/186 CDs 6.62 hrs. 978-0-525-53134-0 $50.00Drest is determined to free her captured older brothers and father from Faintree Castle, where they soon will be hanged, and she means to use the young knight she rescued...
Before the Devil Breaks You: A Diviners Novelby Libba Bray; read by January LaVoyHigh School Listening Library Rev. 3/1817 CDs 21.35 hrs. 978-0-449-80883-2 $70.00LaVoy reprises her excellent narration for this third volume in the series starring a diverse group of teens with extrasensory abilities in 1920s New York City. Here...
They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poemsby David BowlesMiddle School Cinco Puntos 109 pp. g9/18 978-1-947627-06-2 $18.95Paper ed. 978-1-947627-07-9 $12.95The dynamic complexity of the Rio Grande borderlands pulses in the poetry of twelve-year-old Güero — a nickname commonly given to light-skinned, freckled Mexican and Chicano boys. Inspired by the...
Moxieby Jennifer Mathieu; read by Suzy JacksonHigh School Recorded Books Rev. 11/178 CDs 8.75 hrs. 978-1-5019-6805-1 $87.75Vivian Carter, frustrated with the systemic sexism of her small-town Texas high school, secretly distributes a zine proclaiming, “Moxie girls fight back!” Though she’s shy in real life, Viv draws...
Checkedby Cynthia Kadohata; read by John KroftIntermediate, Middle School Recorded Books Rev. 5/187 CDs 7.75 hrs. 978-1-5019-8278-1 $20.99Conor MacRae’s life is consumed with elite hockey. Nothing can overtake his obsession — not his growing concerns about his elderly neighbor Mr. Reynolds, not the strained...
The Night Diaryby Veera Hiranandani; read by Priya AyyarIntermediate, Middle School Listening Library Rev. 7/185 CDs 5.92 hrs. 978-0-525-53044-2 $45.00Twelve-year-old Nisha, whose mother was Muslim and father is Hindu, begins writing a diary in the form of letters to her mother, who died when Nisha and her twin Amil were...
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