Illustration from Polar Bear by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann.

The following books will receive starred reviews in the November/December 2022 Horn Book Magazine:

Paradise Sands by Levi Pinfold (Candlewick)

Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte-Marie; illus. by Julie Flett (Greystone Kids)

Hot Dog by Doug Salati (Knopf)

Off the Wall by Theodore Taylor III (Roaring Brook)

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum (Philomel)

Caprice by Coe Booth (Scholastic)

My Nest of Silence by Matt Faulkner (Atheneum)

Freestyle by Gale Galligan; illus. by the author; color by K Czap (Graphix/Scholastic)

The Flamingo by Guojing (Random House Studio/Random)

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh (Little, Brown)

Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega; illus. by Rose Bousamra (First Second)

Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers; illus. by Jeff Edwards (Levine Querido)

A Seed in the Sun by Aida Salazar (Dial)

Three Strike Summer by Skyler Schrempp (McElderry)

Looking for True by Tricia Springstubb (Ferguson/Holiday)

Berliners by Vesper Stamper (Knopf)

The Sky We Shared by Shirley Reva Vernick (Cinco Puntos/Lee & Low)

Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World by Christy Hale (Lee & Low)

Polar Bear by Candace Fleming; illus. by Eric Rohmann (Porter/Holiday)

Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night by Julia Kuo (Greystone Kids)

Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria by Muhammad Najem and Nora Neus; illus. by Julie Robine; color by Shin-Yeon Moon (Little, Brown)

Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes; illus. by Dawud Anyabwile (Norton)

Bobby: A Story of Robert F. Kennedy by Deborah Wiles; illus. by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh (Scholastic)