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Review of Crossing the Finish Line
Crossing the Finish Line by Thushanthi Ponweera; illus. by Maithili JoshiPrimary Union Square 40 pp.6/25 9781454950189 $18.99Ranatunge Karunananda (1936–1974), known as Karu, was the only runner among the six athletes representing Sri Lanka in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In “the biggest stadium he [had] ever seen,” he lined...
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Review of Displaced
Displaced by Patrick OchiengMiddle School, High School Carolrhoda 224 pp.8/25 9798765648698 $18.99Fourteen-year-old Kimathi lives in a suburb of the Kenyan city of Eldoret, but when his father is murdered during post-election violence, he flees. Like so many others after the 2007–2008 elections, he ends up in a camp for Internally...
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Review of Biggest Fake in the Universe
Biggest Fake in the Universe by Johan Rundberg; trans. from Swedish by Eva ApelqvistMiddle School Amazon Crossing Kids 192 pp.8/25 9781662532030 $18.99Paper ed. 9781662532047 $9.99What do you do when you fall in love with the best skateboarder in Midsommarkransen, but you’re just a nerdy seventh-grade boy who has never kissed...
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Review of Spelling It Out
Spelling It Out by Margaret FinneganMiddle School Atheneum 208 pp.5/25 9781665930116 $17.99e-book ed. 9781665930130 $10.99Although he didn’t study, sixth grader Ben Bellini thought he had a chance at winning the 1985 Southern California Regional Spelling Bee. He felt like such a clodpoll (his losing word, meaning blockhead) when he didn’t....
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Review of Junius Leak and the Spiraling Vortex of Doom
Junius Leak and the Spiraling Vortex of Doom by Allan WolfMiddle School Candlewick 528 pp.7/25 9781536217452 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536244939 $18.99Junius Leak, nearly thirteen, is “exiled to a strange, watery land” in Louisiana. He’s a timid and anxious boy, afraid of yet fascinated by what he calls “waterbodies” and reluctant to...
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Review of Spark
Spark by Chris BaronMiddle School Feiwel 320 pp.7/25 9781250864741 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250864758 $11.99Eighth grader Finn Katz’s mother says that if a wildfire ever threatens their small California town, they should be sure to save the black-and-white photograph above the fireplace of Finn’s great-grandfather Phineas Katz, a Jewish immigrant. It will...
Review of Island Storm
Island Storm by Brian Floca; illus. by Sydney SmithPreschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 48 pp.7/25 9780823456475 $18.99Caldecott winner Floca and Hans Christian Andersen Award winner Smith team up to create a magnificent, timeless tale of two young children on an adventure close to home. An intense storm is approaching. “Now take my...
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Review of Up in Smoke
Up in Smoke by Nick BrooksHigh School Holt 256 pp.5/25 9781250359933 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250359926 $11.99Sixteen-year-old Cooper King has always tried to follow his father’s admonition to avoid political protests for his own safety. But then a schoolmate is shot by the police, and Jason, who is like a big brother...
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Review of J vs. K
J vs. K by Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft; Intermediate, Middle School Little, Brown 240 pp.5/25 9780316582681 $16.99e-book ed. 9780316582698 $9.99Two fifth graders vie to win their middle school’s annual creative storytelling contest. Both are already experienced storytellers: J illustrates books without words, and K writes stories without illustrations. In...
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