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Review of Me and Muhammad Ali
Me and Muhammad Ali by Jabari Asim; illus. by AG Ford Primary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp. g 10/22 978-1-5247-3988-1 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5247-3989-8 $10.99 Young Langston is thrilled when he sees a flyer announcing that Muhammad Ali, “boxing champion of the world,” is coming to town for a...
Farmhouse
[Many Calling Caldecott posts this season will begin with the Horn Book Magazine review of the featured book, followed by the post's author's critique.] Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall; illus. by the author Primary Little, Brown 48 pp. g 9/22 978-0-316-52894-8 $18.99 Blackall brings herself and her artistic process into this...
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Review of The Getaway
The Getaway by Lamar Giles High School Scholastic 400 pp. g9/22 978-1-338-75201-4 $19.99 Jay has lived for three years in Karloff Country, a Disney World–like resort in Virginia whose guests include the world’s super-wealthy. It’s billed as “The Funnest Place Around,” and it is, since...
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Review of Shot Clock
Shot Clock by Caron Butler and Justin A. Reynolds Intermediate, Middle School Tegen/HarperCollins 304 pp. g9/22 978-0-06-306959-6 $16.99e-book ed. 978-0-06-306961-9 $11.99 Narrator Tony Washington’s friend Dante Jones, the number-two-ranked high-school basketball player in the country, was shot and killed by the police on the kids’...
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Review of We Own the Sky
We Own the Sky by Rodman Philbrick Intermediate, Middle School Scholastic 208 pp. g9/22 978-1-338-73629-8 $18.99 Twelve-year-old Davy Michaud and his older sister Josephine face dim prospects in 1924 Biddeford, Maine, after their mother’s burial. A lung ailment caused by work in a cotton mill...
Review of Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and Love
Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and Love by Michelle Edwards; illus. by April Harrison Preschool, Primary Schwartz/Random 40 pp. g 10/22 978-0-593-31067-0 $18.99 Library ed. 978-0-593-31068-7 $21.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-31069-4 $10.99 Six-year-old Lee and his big sister Zora, a.k.a. “the boss,” take an embroidery class at the...
The World Belonged to Us
[Calling Caldecott posts this season will begin with the Horn Book Magazine review of the featured book, followed by the post's author's critique.] The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson; illus. by Leo Espinosa Primary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp. g 5/22 978-0-399-54549-8 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-399-54550-4 $10.99 Spanish ed. ...
Review of Oh, Sal
Oh, Sal by Kevin Henkes; illus. by the author Primary Greenwillow 122 pp. g 9/22 978-0-06-324492-4 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-324495-5 $10.99 This third, stand-alone installment of the Miller family saga (The Year of Billy Miller, rev. 9/13, and sequel) is told from four-year-old Sal’s point of view. It’s New Year’s...
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Review of What We Saw
What We Saw by Mary Downing Hahn Middle School Clarion/HarperCollins 208 pp. g9/22 978-0-358-41441-4 $16.99e-book ed. 978-0-358-73106-1 $9.99 “Pool. Mall. Library.” The summer after seventh grade was getting boring until Skylar persuades Abbi to do something different. The best friends ride bikes to the outskirts...
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