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Five questions for Jason Reynolds

Jason Reynolds’s sensitive, funny YA novel Twenty-Four Seconds from Now…: A Love Story (Dlouhy/Atheneum, 14–18 years) begins just before Neon and Aria’s “first time” — and then tells the story backward, giving perspective on how their relationship has led up to that moment. For more novels featuring all kinds of...

Books mentioned in the January 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book

Five questions for Jason Reynolds Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...: A Love Story by Jason Reynolds; Dlouhy/Atheneum.    If you LOVE love stories... Our Shouts Echo by Jade Adia; Hyperion. Guava and Grudges by Alexis Castellanos; Bloomsbury. With Love, Miss Americanah by Jane Igharo; Feiwel. Leap by Simina Popescu; Roaring Brook....

Black excellence

February is Black History Month! These seven picture-book biographies, recommended for primary and/or intermediate readers, highlight accomplished Black figures in a variety of fields. For more, see the Black History Month tag on hbook.com, and the African Americans tag in the Guide/Reviews Database. The Purple One: A Story of Prince by...

New year, new stories

Lunar New Year begins January 29 and is featured in a selection of the recommended titles below, all eight of which star real-life, fictional, or fantastical characters from diverse Asian heritages. See also the Asian Americans tag on hbook.com, the Asian Americans tag in the Guide/Reviews Database, and for older...

If you LOVE love stories...

With Valentine’s Day approaching, here are eight books featuring love, recommended for high-school readers — whether you’re looking for realistic or fantastical, happy or not-so-happy love stories, or even tales about self-love. See also our Five Questions interview with Jason Reynolds about Twenty-Four Seconds from Now…: A Love Story and...

Week in Review, January 6th-10th

  This week on hbook.com...   From the January/February 2025 Horn Book Magazine: Table of Contents Editorial: Somewhat Unusual by Elissa Gershowitz   Calling Cadecott: Noodles on a Bicycle by Megan Dowd Lambert They Call Me Teach by Cathryn M. Mercier   Reviews of the Week: Picture Book: Pigs Dig a...

Table of Contents: January/February 2025 Horn Book Magazine

Cover (c) 2025 by Charly Palmer.   Features Horn Book Fanfare by Horn Book editors Our choices for the best books of 2024. Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards BGHB Awards Gallery 2024 Celebrating the winners and honorees. Picture Book Fiction Nonfiction and Poetry Special Citation 100 Years Old and Still Relevant...

Week in Review, December 30th-January 3rd

  This week on hbook.com...   From the November/December 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Kathryn Ormsbee and Molly Brooks   Calling Cadecott: Two Together by Adrienne L. Pettinelli   Out of the Box: Horn Book trivia   Reviews of the Week: Picture Book: A Roof!...

Week in Review, December 23rd-27th

  This week on hbook.com...   From the November/December 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Hope Larson | Frank Weber   Calling Cadecott: Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube by Kitty Flynn   Out of the Box: Horn Book trivia   Horn Book Guide: Horn Book...
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