Reviews Of The Week
A Voice of Hope: The Myrlie Evers-Williams Story by Nadia Salomon; illus. by London Ladd Primary Philomel 40 pp. 9/24 9780593525913 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593525920 $11.99 This picture-book biography begins with Evers-Williams (b. 1933), the first woman to chair the NAACP full time, speaking at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration...
Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste Intermediate, Middle School Algonquin 304 pp. 10/24 9781643753812 $16.99 e-book ed. 9781523529896 $9.99 Win “Coal” Keegan is moving to another foster home; the McKay family seems nice enough, and Coal is relieved that he’s remaining at the same school with his best friend, nicknamed Door....
The Table by Winsome Bingham and Wiley Blevins; illus. by Jason Griffin Primary, Intermediate Porter/Holiday 56 pp. 9/24 9780823456420 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780823461530 $11.99 This moving narrative centers on a simple wooden table and its role in the lives of two families whose members are shown in the powerful illustrations...
Dive, Dive into the Night Sea by Thea Lu; illus. by the author Primary Candlewick Studio 32 pp. 10/24 9781536234152 $19.99 A figure stands on the edge of a boat (on the title-page spread) and then dives into the sea, a luminous, full moon shining brightly in the background. Once...
Every Story Ever Told by Ami Polonsky Middle School Little, Brown 256 pp. 10/24 9780316570978 $16.99 e-book ed. 9780316571005 $9.99 In this sequel to World Made of Glass (rev. 3/23), set a generation later, seventh grader Stevie (daughter of Iris Cohen, the first book’s protagonist) is attending her New Jersey...
Duck, Duck, Goose! by John Hare; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Greenwillow 32 pp. 9/24 9780063093232 $19.99 On the opening double-page spread, a single duck flies over a peaceful wintry rural landscape while the rhyming text states the obvious: “Duck.” A second duck joins the first on the following...
Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back by Ruth Chan; illus. by the author Middle School Roaring Brook 288 pp. 9/24 9781250855336 $22.99 Paper ed. 9781250855343 $14.99 In a graphic memoir set in 1993, thirteen-year-old Chinese Canadian Ruth is apprehensive about her family’s upcoming move from...
Quagmire Tiarello Couldn’t Be Better by Mylisa Larsen Middle School, High School Clarion/HarperCollins 240 pp. 9/24 9780063324664 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780063324688 $10.99 Quagmire Tiarello, so often misunderstood by his peers and the adults in his life, has a strong sense of loyalty and fairness but little tolerance for rules or...
The Boy and the Elephant by Freya Blackwood; illus. by the author Primary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp. 8/24 9780593707661 $19.99 Library ed. 9780593707678 $22.99 e-book ed. 9780593707685 $10.99 In this wordless picture book, we follow a young boy who seems ignored at home and lonely at school as he...
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