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Review of A Most Perilous World: The True Story of the Young Abolitionists and Their Crusade Against Slavery

A Most Perilous World: The True Story of the Young Abolitionists and Their Crusade Against Slavery by Kristina R. GaddyMiddle School, High School    Dutton    352 pp.6/25    9780593855522    $19.99e-book ed.  9780593855539    $11.99Gaddy introduces readers to four young family members of prominent abolitionists and the contributions they made in their own right....

Review of The Gift of the Great Buffalo

The Gift of the Great Buffalo by Carole Lindstrom; illus. by Aly McKnightPrimary, Intermediate    Bloomsbury    40 pp.2/25    9781547606887    $18.99e-book ed.  9781547606979    $13.29Rose, her oshiimeyan (younger sister), and their parents gather with other Métis families for the biannual buffalo hunt. This time will be different both because Rose’s pa is one...
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Review of The Girl and the Robot

The Girl and the Robot by Oz Rodriguez and Claribel A. OrtegaIntermediate, Middle School    Disney-Hyperion    320 pp.3/25    9781368081856    $17.99Six months ago, strangers took twelve-year-old Mimi’s papi and deported him. Since then, she’s had to take over her father’s electronics repair business to help her mother pay for a lawyer. Mimi...
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Review of The Family I’m In

The Family I’m In by Sharon G. FlakeHigh School    Scholastic    288 pp.4/25    9781338573206    $18.99e-book ed.  9781338573220    $18.99In this “brother novel” to The Skin I’m In and The Life I’m In (rev. 3/21), Flake explores the connection between fathers and sons. John-John McIntyre and his best friend, Caleb, enjoy archery, Star...

Review of Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson by Renée Watson; illus. by Sherry Shine Primary    Amistad/HarperCollins    48 pp. 11/24    9780063219991    $19.99 In this picture-book biography told in poems, Watson (Maya’s Song, rev. 11/22) pays homage to legendary actor Cicely Tyson (1924–2021). The book opens with a poem called “1920s” (“Black is Harlem. / Black is...
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Review of Dear Manny

Dear Manny by Nic StoneHigh School    Crown    224 pp.3/25    9780593308011    $19.99Library ed.  9780593308028    $22.99e-book ed.  9780593308035    $10.99This third book in the trilogy (Dear Martin, rev. 11/17; Dear Justyce, rev. 11/20) begins by bringing readers back to the moment Jared (who is white) receives the call that his best friend, Manny...

Review of Chooch Helped

Chooch Helped by Andrea L. Rogers; illus. by Rebecca Lee Kunz Preschool, Primary    Levine/Levine Querido    48 pp. 10/24    9781646144549    $18.99 Narrator Sissy’s little brother Chooch is two and wants to help. When Elisi (grandmother) paints a mural, Chooch helps. When Etsi (mother) sews pucker-toe moccasins, he helps. When Etlogi (aunt)...

Review of Star Sailor: My Life as a NASA Astronaut

Star Sailor: My Life as a NASA Astronaut by Charles F. Bolden Jr. and Tonya Bolden Middle School    Candlewick    112 pp. 10/24    9781536216325    $19.99 Charles Bolden credits Ron McNair, NASA’s second Black astronaut, with encouraging him to apply to be an astronaut. Despite having been a Marine pilot and holding...
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Review of Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools

Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools by Dan SaSuWeh JonesIntermediate, Middle School    Focus/Scholastic    304 pp.9/24    9781338889475    $19.99Paper ed.  9781546145332    $9.99e-book ed.  9781338889499    $19.99Jones straightforwardly chronicles the story of his family’s (members of the Ponca Nation) experience in the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School in Oklahoma, one...
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