From the August 2023 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.

Five Questions for Maxwell Eaton III

Lost in the Mountains by Maxwell Eaton III; Roaring Brook

In the summertime

The Secret Letters by Margaret Peterson Haddix; Tegen/HarperCollins   

Ruby Lost and Found by Christina Li; Quill Tree/HarperCollins  

Lo & Behold by Wendy Mass; illus. by Gabi Mendez; color by Cai Tse; Random

When Sea Becomes Sky by Gillian McDunn; Bloomsbury 

Half Moon Summer by Elaine Vickers; Peachtree   

The Braid Girls by Sherri Winston; Little, Brown      

Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson; Paulsen/Penguin    

Class is in session

All You Have to Do by Autumn Allen; lyrics by Kahlil AkNahlej Allen; Kokila/Penguin    

Promise Boys by Nick Brooks; Holt

Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay by Kelly McWilliams; Little, Brown   

Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim by Patricia Park; Crown

Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel by Jason Reynolds; illus. by Zeke Peña; Dlouhy/Atheneum   

Make way for...book-makers

Good Books for Bad Children: The Genius of Ursula Nordstrom by Beth Kephart; illus. by Chloe Bristol; Schwartz/Random    

Make Way: The Story of Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön, and Some Very Famous Ducklings by Angela Burke Kunkel; illus. by Claire Keane; Random House Studio/Random   

Tomfoolery!: Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-Age of Children’s Books by Michelle Markel; illus. by Barbara McClintock; Chronicle

Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry Pinkney; Little, Brown 

Mr. McCloskey’s Marvelous Mallards: The Making of Make Way for Ducklings by Emma Bland Smith; illus. by Becca Stadtlander; Calkins/Astra   

A Book, Too, Can Be a Star: The Story of Madeleine L’Engle and the Making of A Wrinkle in Time by Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Jennifer Adams; illus. by Adelina Lirius; Farrar      

Maya’s Song by Renée Watson; illus. by Bryan Collier; Harper/HarperCollins