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Review of The Beatryce Prophecy
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo; illus. by Sophie Blackall Intermediate, Middle School Candlewick 256 pp. g 9/21 978-1-5362-1361-4 $19.99 As this rich and absorbing novel opens, Brother Edik finds a sick girl in the barn of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing, curled up with the “demon goat”...
Yes & No
In my previous post about Matthew Cordell’s Bear Island, I noted that I had been on the 2018 Caldecott Committee, which picked Cordell's Wolf in the Snow as our medal winner. Now I’m looking at Elisha Cooper’s new book, Yes & No, and his Big Cat, Little Cat was one of our honor...
Bear Island
When I was on the 2018 Caldecott committee, we chose Matthew Cordell’s Wolf in the Snow. In preparing for our deliberations, we read and re-read the book. Sounds funny to say that, when there are hardly any words in it, and the ones that are there are sound effects: “bark! bark! bark!” and...
Review of Fast Pitch
Fast Pitch by Nic Stone Intermediate, Middle School Crown 192 pp. g 8/21 978-1-9848-9301-7 $17.99 Library ed. 978-1-9848-9302-4 $20.99 e-book ed. 978-1-9848-9303-1 $10.99 Softball is in Shenice “Lightning” Lockwood’s blood. The twelve-year-old catcher plays for the Fulton Firebirds, the first all-Black team in the league and the only team in...
Review of In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years After the 9/11 Attacks
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks by Don Brown; illus. by the author Middle School, High School Etch/Houghton 128 pp. g 8/21 978-0-358-22357-3 $19.99 e-book ed. 978-0-358-21240-9 $14.99 Brown’s America Is Under Attack (rev. 11/11) offered...
Review of Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues
Baseball’s Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues by Andrea Williams Middle School Roaring Brook 336 pp. g 1/21 978-1-250-62372-0 $19.99 e-book ed. 978-1-250-62373-7 $10.99 September 1946. Effa Manley is in the stands of New York City’s Polo Grounds to watch a Negro World...
Review of Notes from a Young Black Chef: Adapted for Young Adults
Notes from a Young Black Chef: Adapted for Young Adults by Kwame Onwuachi with Joshua David Stein Middle School, High School Delacorte 288 pp. g 4/21 978-0-593-17600-9 $17.99 Library ed. 978-0-593-17601-6 $20.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-17602-3 $10.99 When chef Kwame Onwuachi opened his high-end (if ultimately ill-fated) restaurant Shaw Bijou atop...
Review of Billy Miller Makes a Wish
Billy Miller Makes a Wish by Kevin Henkes Primary, Intermediate Greenwillow 192 pp. g 4/21 978-0-06-304279-7 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-304281-0 $8.99 When Billy Miller fell on his head at the beginning of The Year of Billy Miller (rev. 9/13), he worried about forgetting things and whether he was smart enough...
Review of Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld; illus. by Matt Tavares Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 32 pp. g 3/21 978-1-5362-0148-2 $17.99 “In life we were our mothers’ sons. / In death we are faded photos on the mantel, / empty chairs at Thanksgiving, / prayers in...
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