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I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This by Eugene Yelchin; illus. by the author High School Candlewick 432 pp. 9/25 9781536215533 $22.99 e-book ed. 9781536227321 $22.99 This graphic memoir, a sequel to The Genius Under the Table (rev. 9/21) but for a teen audience, picks up in 1980...
Sugar Shack by Lucy Knisley; illus. by the author; color by Whitney Cogar Intermediate, Middle School RH Graphic/Random 240 pp. 8/25 9780593125502 $21.99 Library ed. 9781984896919 $24.99 Paper ed. 9781984896902 $13.99 e-book ed. 9781984896926 $8.99 This third installment of the graphic-novel series (starting with Stepping Stones, rev. 5/20) finds Jen,...
Recess by Lane Smith; illus. by the author; design by Molly Leach Primary Abrams 40 pp. 7/25 9781419776892 $19.99 e-book ed. 9798887074047 $17.99 At Freedom Elementary School, students tackle reading, writing, and math, but as the narrator wryly notes, sometimes they “need a break from all that fun, right?” Enter...
White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History by Ann Bausum High School Roaring Brook 368 pp. 8/25 9781250816573 $24.99 e-book ed. 9781250816580 $12.99 “For more than a century and a half, a tsunami of Confederate commemoration has washed over the United States of America....
School Dance [Brinkley Yearbooks] by Sarah Sax; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Knopf 288 pp. 8/25 9780593306963 $21.99 Library ed. 9780593306970 $24.99 Paper ed. 9780593306956 $13.99 e-book ed. 9780593306987 $8.99 In this third installment of the graphic-novel series (Picture Day, rev. 9/23; Tryouts, rev. 7/24), wallflower Milo Castillo...
The Sleeper Train by Mick Jackson; illus. by Baljinder Kaur Primary Candlewick 32 pp. 7/25 9781536238983 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781536249378 $18.99 A child and parents board a train. At night, they pull down bunks to sleep, but the child, wide awake, reflects on “all the different places I have slept”:...
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Review of Seven Babies
Seven Babies by Forest Xiao; illus. by the authorPreschool Candlewick 32 pp.9/25 9781536245097 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536248838 $18.99One morning, a box of “SEVEN babies” delivers themselves to door #14: “DING-DONG!” A surprised woman and man greet them and invite them inside. For the rest of the day, the babies make themselves...
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Review of Sharing
Sharing by Rosemary Wells; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Wiseman/Simon 32 pp.9/25 9781665975155 $19.99e-book ed. 9781665975162 $10.99Charles loves his favorite things—skates, a xylophone, a doctor kit, a toy chicken farm—all lovingly tucked in each night. When his well-intentioned parents nudge him toward “build[ing] some social skills” by joining clubs at...
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Review of Sparrow
Sparrow by Mary Tebo; illus. by E. B. LewisPrimary Astra 32 pp.8/25 9781635926880 $18.99Set at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, this picture book follows a sparrow who lives in “a very old wall, in a dusty crack.” She wakes daily to the sounds of church bells and singing voices. One...
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