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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...
Review of Everything Sad Is Untrue: (A True Story)
Everything Sad Is Untrue: (A True Story) by Daniel Nayeri Middle School Levine Querido 368 pp. g 8/20 978-1-64614-000-8 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-64614-002-2 $9.99 Framed loosely as his twelve-year-old self’s responses to a series of school assignments, Nayeri’s fictionalized memoir swirls through his own memories as well as stories from his family history,...
Reviews of the 2021 Sibert Award Winners
Winner Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming; illus. by Eric Rohmann Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 2/20 978-0-8234-4285-0 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-8234-4304-8 $11.99 A worker bee breaks out of her honeycomb cell and begins a task-filled life in her colony. The “teeming, trembling flurry” of bees within...
Reviews of the 2021 Pura Belpré Author Award Winners
Winner Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros Intermediate, Middle School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 272 pp. g 3/20 978-0-06-288168-7 $16.99 REVIEW TO COME Honor Books Lupe Wong Won’t Dance by Donna Barba Higuera Intermediate, Middle School Levine Querido 272 pp. g...
Reviews of the 2021 Printz Award Winners
Winner Everything Sad Is Untrue: (A True Story) by Daniel Nayeri Middle School Levine Querido 368 pp. g 8/20 978-1-64614-000-8 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-64614-002-2 $9.99 Framed loosely as his twelve-year-old self’s responses to a series of school assignments, Nayeri’s fictionalized memoir swirls through his own memories as well as stories from his family...
Reviews of the 2021 Caldecott Medal Winners
Winner We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom; illus. by Michaela Goade Primary Roaring Brook 40 pp. g 3/20 978-1-250-20355-7 $17.99 The book opens with a young Indigenous girl collecting water with her grandmother, who tells her that “water is the first medicine.” Vibrant blues, greens, and purples...