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Review of My Sister the Werebeast
My Sister the Werebeast by Alina Tysoe; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School First Second 320 pp.10/25 9781250896698 $23.99Paper ed. 9781250896681 $14.99When their adventurer parents are out of town, Mira and Rosie Wolf-Drake have their hands full babysitting their little sister, Peanut, who, like many small children, has nightmares, draws...
Review of This Is Orange: A Field Trip Through Color
This Is Orange: A Field Trip Through Color by Rachel Poliquin; illus. by Julie MorstadPrimary, Intermediate Candlewick 48 pp.10/25 9781536230529 $18.99“We must begin with the orange.” Poliquin’s “field trip through color” kicks off with the “deliciously round and sweet” citrus fruit associated with the shade of the same name and...
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Review of The Interrupted Plans of Mango and Nan
The Interrupted Plans of Mango and Nan by Hala Tahboub; illus. by the author Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp.8/25 9780063254213 $19.99The plan: for Mango and Nan to go get ice cream (vanilla in a cake cone, of course). The interruption: a leaky tap that Nan apologetically decides they must stay home...
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Review of Before She Was My Grandmother
Before She Was My Grandmother by Giselle Potter; illus. by the authorPrimary Enchanted Lion 52 pp.8/25 9781592704316 $19.99A young girl is always glad to visit her grandmother, Alice: “She makes me feel important when she looks into my eyes and listens carefully to everything I have to say.” Her favorite...
Review of My Friend May
My Friend May by Julie Flett; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Greystone Kids 40 pp. 6/25 9781778401718 $19.95 In this loving tribute to the mischievous cats we encounter throughout our lives, Flett tells the “rather true story” of an unintentional adventure that separates May, a black cat, from her...
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Review of Weird Sad and Silent
Weird Sad and Silent by Alison McGheeIntermediate Rocky Pond/Penguin 192 pp.5/25 9780593859674 $17.99e-book ed. 9780593859681 $10.99Daisy Jackson understands why her bullies have nicknamed her “Weird Sad and Silent”: her only friends are adults or books; she spends most of her time in public alone; she has a habit of counting...
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Review of The Trouble with Sunshine
The Trouble with Sunshine by Yamile Saied MéndezMiddle School Scholastic 272 pp.3/25 9781546122746 $19.99e-book ed. 9781546122760 $19.99Thirteen-year-old Dorani’s vibrant life in Miami is destroyed after her mother’s sudden death from a heart attack. Her famous father is as absent as ever, so Dorani is sent to live with her mother’s...
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Review of The Interpreter
The Interpreter by Olivia Abtahi; illus. by Monica ArnaldoPrimary Kokila/Penguin 40 pp.1/25 9780593620441 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593620458 $10.99Cecilia, a Latine girl, juggles two jobs: kid and interpreter. Text bubbles in yellow for Spanish and blue for English differentiate the languages spoken by Cecilia’s “clients” (i.e., her parents) and by those at...
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Review of Gabby Torres Gets a Billion Followers
Gabby Torres Gets a Billion Followers by Angela Dominguez; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Roaring Brook 160 pp.1/25 9781250901378 $19.99Paper ed. 9781250901361 $12.99e-book ed. 9781250412171 $9.99Exuberant nine-year-old Gabby Torres volunteers to start a social media account for her ocean-conservation club, the Sea Musketeers, to prove her maturity to its older...
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