Five questions for Amy Cherrix
Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike by Amy Cherrix; Harper/HarperCollins.  

Real science
Seeds of Discovery: How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize by Lori Alexander, illus. by Rebecca Santo; Clarion/HarperCollins.  
Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens by Rebecca E. F. Barone; Holt. 
Urban Coyotes by Mary Kay Carson, photos by Tom Uhlman; Clarion/HarperCollins.
Radar and the Raft: A True Story About a Scientific Marvel, the Lives It Saved, and the World It Changed by Jeff Lantos; Charlesbridge. 
I Am Wind by Rachel Poliquin, illus. by Rachel Wada; Tundra.

Female-focused fiction
True Life in Uncanny Valley by Deb Caletti; Labyrinth Road/Random.  
Mallory in Full Color by Elisa Stone Leahy, illus. by Maine Diaz; Quill Tree/HarperCollins.
Greta by J. S. Lemon; Farrar.
Everything Is Poison by Joy McCullough; Dutton.
Unbecoming: A Novel & Self-Help Guide by Seema Yasmin; Simon. 
Banned Books, Crop Tops, and Other Bad Influences by Brigit Young; Roaring Brook.

Need a good laugh?
Silly Boobies: A Love Story by Ame Dyckman, illus. by Christopher Weyant; Two Lions/Amazon. 
Duck, Duck, Goose! by John Hare; Greenwillow.
Everything Is Grape! by Alastair Heim, illus. by Michelle Tran; Holt. 
Rocket Puppies by William Joyce; Dlouhy/Atheneum. 
Mr. Fox’s Game of “No!” by David LaRochelle, illus. by Mike Wohnoutka; Candlewick.
How to Pee Your Pants: The Right Way by Rachel Michelle Wilson; Feiwel.

From the February 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.