Illustration by Matthew Cordell, from Bear Island.

The following books will receive starred reviews in the March/April 2021 Horn Book Magazine:

Bear Island; written and illustrated by Matthew Cordell (Feiwel).

Milo Imagines the World; by Matt de la Peña; illus. by Christian Robinson (Putnam).

The Rock from the Sky; written and illustrated by Jon Klassen (Candlewick).

The Midnight Fair; by Gideon Sterer; illus. by Mariachiara Di Giorgio (Candlewick).

Mel Fell; written and illustrated by Corey R. Tabor (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins).

Watercress; by Andrea Wang; illus. by Jason Chin (Porter/Holiday).

Too Small Tola; by Atinuke; illus. by Onyinye Iwu (Candlewick).

Winterkeep; by Kristin Cashore (Dial).

Billy Miller Makes a Wish; by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow).

Last Night at the Telegraph Club; by Malinda Lo (Dutton).

Amber & Clay; by Laura Amy Schlitz; illus. by Julia Iredale (Candlewick).

Concrete Rose; by Angie Thomas (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins).

Love Is a Revolution; by Renée Watson (Bloomsbury).

The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas; by María García Esperón; illus. by Amanda Mijangos; trans. from Spanish by David Bowles (Levine Querido).

Separate No More: The Long Road to Brown v. Board of Education; by Lawrence Goldstone (Focus/Scholastic).

Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; by Jeff Gottesfeld; illus. by Matt Tavares (Candlewick).

Meltdown: Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima; by Deirdre Langeland (Roaring Brook).

Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood; by Gary Paulsen (Farrar).

Building Zaha: The Story of Architect Zaha Hadid; by Victoria Tentler-Krylov (Orchard/Scholastic).