Amanda R. Toledo
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Review of An Encantadora’s Guide to Monstros & Magic
An Encantadora’s Guide to Monstros & Magic by Sarah J. MendoncaIntermediate, Middle School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 368 pp.7/25 9781335012883 $19.99e-book ed. 9780369761460 $11.99As a Trapper, Rosa Coelho, twelve, works tirelessly with her avó (grandmother) to rid the community of monstros and mystical pests that harm citizens. The Coelhos are licensed to...
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Review of This Ends in Embers
This Ends in Embers [Divine Traitors]by Kamilah ColeHigh School Little, Brown 416 pp.2/25 9780316534956 $19.99e-book ed. 9780316535250 $12.99This story of dragons and magic set in the warring nations of San Irie and Langley picks up shortly after the cliffhanger ending of So Let Them Burn (rev. 3/24). Faron, linked spiritually...
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Review of The No-Brainer’s Guide to Decomposition
The No-Brainer’s Guide to Decomposition by Adrianna CuevasIntermediate, Middle School Harper/HarperCollins 256 pp.9/24 9780063285545 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063285569 $9.99Twelve-year-old Frani feels like Arañita, the metaphorical “spider that lives in my brain web,” jumps from thread to thread, making her easily distracted and often affecting her self-esteem. When she helps her father,...
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Review of Saturdays at Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood
Saturdays at Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood by Tony Hillery; illus. by Jessie HartlandPreschool, Primary Wiseman/Simon 48 pp.7/24 9781665929783 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665929790 $10.99Mr. Tony and his student, Nevaeh, plot during the winter months how to bring their community garden in Harlem into bloom with a spring...
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Review of Not Nothing
Not Nothing by Gayle FormanMiddle School Aladdin/Simon 288 pp.8/24 9781665943277 $17.99e-book ed. 9781665943291 $10.99Readers learn two things at the beginning of this novel: twelve-year-old Alex did something terrible, and he hates the word opportunity. The word has only come up in the worst moments of Alex’s life, most recently when...
Review of The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines
The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines by Mo NetzIntermediate, Middle School Clarion/HarperCollins 208 pp.3/24 9780063266537 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063266551 $10.99After the death of her father and the subsequent loss of their house, Jerry (almost twelve) and her mom drift from small town to small town, her mom finding work in motels...
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Review of Eyes Open
Eyes Open by Lyn Miller-Lachmann High School Carolrhoda Lab 352 pp.5/24 9798765610114 $19.99In this verse novel, Sónia is living to the fullest as much as a fifteen-year-old girl can under the Salazar dictatorship in 1960s Portugal. She writes free-verse poetry, though the nuns at school deride it; loves her protester...
Review of So Let Them Burn
So Let Them Burn [Divine Traitors]by Kamilah ColeHigh School Little, Brown 400 pp.1/24 9780316534635 $19.99e-book ed. 9780316534840 $12.99Seventeen-year-old Faron is the Childe Empyrean, blessed five years ago to wield the power of her island’s gods. Now that San Irie’s war against the colonizing Langlish and their dragons is won, Faron...
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Review of Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice
Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice by Anna LaperaMiddle School Levine/Levine Querido 336 pp.3/24 9781646143719 $18.99Boys at seventh grader Mani’s school have been assaulting girls in the “grope-’n’-go” social media challenge, and school administrators dismiss the boys’ behavior. Overwhelmed with emotion in reaction to the situation at school, Mani can...
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