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Review of A Place for Us
A Place for Us by James E. Ransome; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp.8/25 9780593324882 $18.99An opening note introduces this story of a mother and son experiencing homelessness. The otherwise wordless story opens with the mother walking through the city carrying a green backpack. She waits patiently for...
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Review of A Season for Fishin’: A Fish Fry Tradition A Fish Fry Tradition
A Season for Fishin’: A Fish Fry Tradition by Pamela Courtney; illus. by Toni D. ChambersPrimary Farrar 40 pp.5/25 9780374390907 $18.99e-book ed. 9780374395360 $10.99It’s “Fish Fry Friday,” and Cher can’t wait: she is finally able to go on the family fishing trip. Papere gives her Great-Pere’s pole, with which he...
Review of Sisters in the Wind
Sisters in the Wind by Angeline BoulleyHigh School Holt 384 pp.9/25 9781250328533 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250328540 $11.99Lucy Smith knows that someone is following her, and she decides it’s time to leave town. At first she suspects the handsome Potawatomi man who insists on talking to her at the Michigan diner where...
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. Gaddy Middle School, High School Dutton 352 pp. 6/25 9780593855522 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780593855539 $11.99 Gaddy introduces readers to four young family members of prominent abolitionists and the contributions they made...
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...
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