Five questions for Kusum Mepani and Yasmeen Ismail
Meena’s Saturday by Kusum Mepani, illus. by Yasmeen Ismail; Kokila/Penguin.   

Gather together
Saturdays at Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood; by Tony Hillery, illus. by Jessie Hartland; Wiseman/Simon.   
My Father’s House by Mina Javaherbin, illus. by Lindsey Yankey; Candlewick.
This Table by Alex Killian, illus. by Brooke Smart; Greystone Kids.  
Joyful Song: A Naming Story by Lesléa Newman, illus. by Susan Gal; Levine/Levine Querido.   
The Heart Never Forgets by Ana Ot, illus. by Hayden Goodman; Atheneum.
Being Home by Traci Sorell, illus. by Michaela Goade; Kokila/Penguin.   
A Roof! by Stephanie Ellen Sy, illus. by Daniel Tingcungco; Kokila/Penguin.     

Worlds beyond
Wicked Marigold by Caroline Carlson; Candlewick.
A Game of Noctis by Deva Fagan; Atheneum.   
Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge, illus. by Emily Gravett; Amulet/Abrams.   
Splinter & Ash by Marieke Nijkamp; Greenwillow.   
Kingdom of Dust by Lisa Stringfellow; Quill Tree/HarperCollins.   

Blazing trails
The Salt Thief: Gandhi’s Heroic March to Freedom by Neal Bascomb, illus. by Mithil Thaker; Focus/Scholastic.
Star Sailor: My Life as a NASA Astronaut by Charles F. Bolden Jr. and Tonya Bolden; Candlewick.   
Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau; Little, Brown.   
The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C. S. Lewis & J. R. R. Tolkien by John Hendrix; Abrams Fanfare.   
Spirit Sleuths: How Magicians and Detectives Exposed the Ghost Hoaxes by Gail Jarrow; Calkins/Astra.   
Spying on Spies: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Broke the Nazis’ Secret Codes by Marissa Moss; Abrams.   
A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women’s Soccer—and Beyond by Elizabeth Rusch; Greenwillow.   

From the November 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.