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Review of All You Have to Do
All You Have to Do by Autumn Allen; lyrics by Kahlil AkNahlej AllenHigh School Kokila/Penguin 432 pp.8/23 9780593619049 $19.99e-book ed. 9780593619056 $10.99Alternating first-person accounts tell the intrinsically linked stories of Gibran in 1995 and his uncle Kevin in 1968. When Gibran, one of the few Black students in his Massachusetts...
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Review of Harlem at Four
Harlem at Four by Michael Datcher; illus. by Frank MorrisonPreschool, Primary Random House Studio/Random 48 pp.9/23 9780593429334 $18.99Library ed. 9780593429341 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593429358 $10.99Datcher divides his narrative into two parts. First is a Black father’s loving tribute to his daughter, four-year-old Harlem. Championed by her father for her “Malcolm X...
Review of Kin: Rooted in Hope
Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Jeffery Boston WeatherfordIntermediate, Middle School Atheneum 208 pp.9/23 9781665913621 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665913645 $10.99From a single photograph and sparse information to a fully realized lineage of excellence, an African American author, with dramatic illustrations by her son, traces their family’s roots....
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Review of Hello, Mister Blue
Hello, Mister Blue by Daria Peoples; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Greenwillow 32 pp.5/23 9780063206755 $19.99A young Black girl cherishes her time with her papa. They have their routine; and “after breakfast, [they] make music.” One day, they are joined by Mister Blue. Papa explains that he and Mister Blue...
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Review of Chef Edna: Queen of Southern Cooking, Edna Lewis
Chef Edna: Queen of Southern Cooking, Edna Lewis by Melvina Noel; illus. by Cozbi A. CabreraPrimary Cameron/Abrams 32 pp.4/23 9781951836399 $18.99Chef Edna Lewis (1916–2006) brought Southern cooking to the forefront of American cuisine. Growing up in Freetown, Virginia, a place founded by her grandfather and other formerly enslaved people, Edna...
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Review of Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie ThomasIntermediate Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 368 pp.4/23 9780063225138 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063225152 $12.99Acclaimed for her young adult realistic fiction, Thomas (The Hate U Give, rev. 3/17) has taken on a new venture with this middle-grade fantasy. It’s Nichole “Nic” Blake’s twelfth birthday,...
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Review of Sincerely Sicily
Sincerely Sicily by Tamika BurgessIntermediate, Middle School Harper/HarperCollins 304 pp.1/23 9780063159600 $17.99e-book ed. 9780063159624 $8.99Sicily Jordan had been excited about starting sixth grade with her friend group, the “Tether Squad” (including coordinated “outfits for almost the entire first month”). A last-minute redistricting plan means she has to transfer to Shirley...
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Review of We Deserve Monuments
We Deserve Monuments by Jas HammondsHigh School Roaring Brook 384 pp.11/22 9781250816559 $18.99e-book ed. 9781250816566 $10.99Seventeen-year-old Avery is convinced her family has made a huge mistake in moving from Washington, DC, to Bardell County, Georgia. Biracial and queer, Avery is not sure how she will be received in her mother’s...
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Review of To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights
To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights by Angela Dalton; illus. by Lauren Semmer Primary Harper/HarperCollins 40 pp. 1/23 9780063073210 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780063292796 $12.99 During the struggles of the civil rights movement, one weekly image on America’s television screens was seen as a...
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