Book Reviews
Otherwise Known as Judy the Great: A Poetic Ode to Judy Blume by Selina Alko; illus. by the authorPrimary Ottaviano/Little, Brown 48 pp.2/26 9780316570633 $18.99A collection of poems introduces author Judy Blume (b. 1938) to readers who may not yet have encountered much of her work. The poems focus mainly...
The Dream Builder’s Blueprint: Dr. King’s Message to Young People by Alice Faye Duncan; illus. by E. B. LewisPrimary Calkins/Astra 32 pp.1/26 9781662680311 $19.99As an opening note explains, this book’s text is drawn from one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last public speeches, which he delivered in 1967 to...
Melodies of the Weary Blues: Classic Poems Illustrated for Young People by Langston Hughes; compiled by Shamar Knight-Justice; illus. by various artists Primary, Intermediate Harper/HarperCollins 48 pp.1/26 9780063327054 $19.99A twenty-three-artist ensemble interprets poems from Hughes’s poetry collection The Weary Blues in an illustrated volume that emphasizes the poems’ musical motifs....
The Big Bad Wolf Murder by P. G. BellIntermediate, Middle School Feiwel 224 pp.1/26 9781250864864 $17.99In a world where talking wolves live alongside humans, twelve-year-old Ruby is a rising star player of the sport Tooth & Claw, in which teams of human girls attempt to escape from a wolf opponent...
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Review of The Secret Astronomers
The Secret Astronomers by Jessica Walker; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School Viking 304 pp.11/25 9780593692677 $19.99This inventive epistolary novel is presented as a series of notes taped or stuck into an old astronomy textbook in a Green Bank, West Virginia, high school library. At first the notes are...
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Review of Wrong Friend
Wrong Friend by Charise Mericle Harper; illus. by Rory LuceyIntermediate, Middle School First Second 256 pp.1/26 9781250851963 $22.99Charise and Casey, best friends and neighbors, are two years apart. The age difference has never felt significant, but then Casey starts high school and shuts Charise out—suddenly and completely. There’s no explanation...
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Review of Better the Devil
Better the Devil by Erik J. BrownHigh School Storytide/HarperCollins 400 pp.1/26 9780063338326 $19.99What begins as a queer identity–focused young adult novel quickly turns into a dark mystery. The teen protagonist has fled his West Virginia home because his parents intend to send him to conversion therapy. After living on the...
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Review of The Mighty Macy
Zeb and Bel: A Case of Bird Problems by Rachel Elliott; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate HarperAlley/HarperCollins 160 pp.1/26 9780063354302 $24.99Paper ed. 9780063354296 $15.99Elliott follows her debut middle-grade graphic novel, The Real Riley Mayes (rev. 7/22), with the first book in a sleuth series featuring cat and dog pair Bel...
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