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Enriching the "image libraries"
In his 2013 Horn Book article "Young Dreamers," Christopher Myers wrote: "Images matter. They linger in our hearts, vast 'image libraries' that color our actions and ideas, even if we don’t recognize them on a conscious level. The plethora of threatening images of young black people has real-life effects. But if...
Review of Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers' Rights
Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers’ Rights by Deborah Hopkinson; illus. by Kristy Caldwell Primary, Intermediate Peachtree 40 pp. g 8/20 978-1-68263-136-2 $18.99 Not only was workers’ rights advocate and public servant Frances Perkins (1880–1965) the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet, she also improved the welfare...
Review of Girl on a Motorcycle
Girl on a Motorcycle by Amy Novesky; illus. by Julie Morstad Primary, Intermediate Viking 48 pp. g 9/20 978-0-593-11629-6 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-11630-2 $10.99 This picture-book biography of the first woman to complete a solo motorcycle trip around the world begins in 1973 Paris. Wishing to see and write about...
Review of A Hopeful Heart: Louisa May Alcott Before Little Women
A Hopeful Heart: Louisa May Alcott Before Little Women by Deborah Noyes Middle School, High School Schwartz & Wade/Random 304 pp. g 10/20 978-0-525-64623-5 $18.99 Library ed. 978-0-525-64624-2 $20.99 e-book ed. 978-0-525-64625-9 $11.99 Before he actually had children, Bronson Alcott wondered, “Can parents limit outside influences and raise a perfect...
Review of The Daughters of Ys
The Daughters of Ys by M. T. Anderson; illus. by Jo Rioux Middle School First Second/Roaring Brook 208 pp. g 8/20 978-1-62672-878-3 $24.99 e-book ed. 978-1-25079-036-1 $11.99 In graphic novel form, Anderson (Yvain, rev. 3/17; The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge, rev. 9/18) and Rioux (The Golden Twine) tell the traditional...
Review of Where We Go from Here
Where We Go from Here by Lucas Rocha; trans. from Brazilian Portuguese by Larissa Helena High School PUSH/Scholastic 288 pp. g 6/20 978-1-338-55624-7 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-338-63375-7 $11.99 In this translated novel from Brazilian debut author Rocha, three young gay men (two protagonists are eighteen, one is twenty-one) living in...
Review of You Should See Me in a Crown
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson High School Scholastic 336 pp. g 6/20 978-1-338-50326-5 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-338-50362-3 $10.99 Senior Liz Lighty has successfully stayed out of the spotlight and off of Campbell County High School’s new social networking app, Campbell Confidential. Being poor and Black...
Review of Ikenga
Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor Intermediate, Middle School Viking 229 pp. g 8/20 978-0-593-11352-3 $16.99 His father, the police chief, is dead, and eleven-year-old Nnamdi knows who murdered him — the Chief of Chiefs, an infamous criminal in their Nigerian province. Vowing to bring justice, Nnamdi is unsure how to proceed...
Review of Maya and the Rising Dark
Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron Intermediate, Middle School Houghton 304 pp. g 9/20 978-1-328-63518-1 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-0-358-10622-7 $9.99 Twelve-year-old Maya is seeing things, or so she thinks, as weird creatures start appearing in her Chicago neighborhood. Add to that her dreams about a scary shadow-man, and...
Review of She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm by Katheryn Russell-Brown; illus. by Eric Velasquez Primary, Intermediate Lee & Low 40 pp. g 8/20 978-1-62014-346-9 $19.95 “Unbought and Unbossed”: Shirley Chisholm’s 1968 campaign slogan, still relevant today. Russell-Brown (Little Melba and Her Big Trombone, rev. 11/14) engagingly presents...