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Review of King Alfred and the Ice Coffin
King Alfred and the Ice Coffin by Kevin Crossley-Holland; illus. by Chris Riddell Intermediate, Middle School Candlewick Studio 88 pp. 11/24 9781536238808 $18.99 Quick, lyrical prose, an ear for the music of words, and an affection for Britain’s medieval past characterize much of Crossley-Holland’s work. He brings it all into...
Review of The Curse of Madame Petrova
The Curse of Madame Petrova by Marjolijn Hof; illus. by Annette Fienieg; trans. from Dutch by Bill Nagelkerke Middle School Em Querido/Levine Querido 272 pp. 9/24 9781646144532 $18.99 Silke and her twin brother, Janis, are fated to cause each other’s demise, or so predicted Madame Petrova when she read the...
Review of The Lost Ones
The Lost Ones [Moonwind Mysteries]by Johan Rundberg; trans. from Swedish by Eva ApelqvistMiddle School Amazon Crossing Kids 222 pp.1/25 9781662525940 $17.99Paper ed. 9781662525957 $9.99Rundberg’s pair of 1880s detectives—twelve-year-old orphan Mika from Stockholm’s Public Children’s Home and police detective Valdemar Hoff—investigate the disappearance of a wealthy family’s teenage daughter, Beatrice. “Children...
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Review of Under the Same Stars
Under the Same Stars by Libba BrayHigh School Farrar 480 pp.2/25 9780374388942 $24.99e-book ed. 9780374388959 $12.99In this ambitious work, Bray alternates three seemingly disparate stories, briefly braiding them into one near the novel’s end. In 1940s Germany, Sophie and Hanna are devotees of the Bridegroom’s Oak, a hollow tree famed...
Review of Everything Is Poison
Everything Is Poison by Joy McCulloughHigh School Dutton 304 pp.1/25 9780593855874 $19.99e-book ed. 9780593855898 $10.99In 1650s Rome, Carmela’s mother, Giulia Tofana, runs an apothecary. At sixteen, Carmela is finally allowed to begin training to become an apothecary herself. She learns what goes into healing remedies—familiar herbs such as lavender, rosemary,...
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Review of Deer Run Home: A Novel in Verse
Deer Run Home: A Novel in Verse by Ann Clare LeZotteIntermediate, Middle School Scholastic 224 pp.10/24 9781339021904 $18.99e-book ed. 9781546109808 $18.99Having written several works of historical fiction with d/Deaf characters, LeZotte (Show Me a Sign, rev. 9/20, and sequels) now turns to a setting in which the issues that compromise...
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Review of The Loss of the Burying Ground
The Loss of the Burying Ground by J. Anderson CoatsHigh School Candlewick 288 pp.9/24 9781536232387 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536240023 $18.99When the Burying Ground ship is destroyed while carrying peace delegations from warring nations Dura and Ariminthia, there are only two survivors. Cast up on a tiny island, Cora, a Duran, lives...
Review of Island of Whispers
Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge; illus. by Emily Gravett Intermediate, Middle School Amulet/Abrams 120 pp. 8/24 9781419774331 $19.99 e-book ed. 9798887073118 $17.99 Milo’s father has a vital role to play on the island of Merlank: he’s the Ferryman, responsible for transporting the Dead to a place where their spirits...
Review of Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest
Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest by Isabel Greenberg; illus. by the author Middle School, High School Amulet/Abrams 288 pp.5/24 9781419765117 $24.99Paper ed. 9781419765124 $17.99e-book ed. 9781647008499 $16.19This spirited, intelligent mashup of Arthuriana puts Morgan Le Fay—now Ancient Crone, cheerfully saggy-bosomed and thin-haired—and her granddaughter, Young Hag, at the center...
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