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Review of When the World Tips Over
When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson High School Dial 528 pp. 9/24 9780525429098 $21.99 e-book ed. 9780698195042 $10.99 Nelson (Printz Award winner for I’ll Give You the Sun, rev. 11/14) begins with definitions of a fantasia—one of which is “a literary work composed of a mixture of different...
Review of Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike
Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike by Amy Cherrix Intermediate, Middle School Harper/HarperCollins 336 pp. 9/24 9780063069541 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780063069565 $9.99 Epidemiologists are scientists who study the causes, patterns, and control of diseases in groups of people. Positioning epidemiologists as forensic detectives, Cherrix examines...
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Review of One Last Chance to Live
One Last Chance to Live by Francisco X. StorkHigh School Scholastic 320 pp.9/24 9781339010236 $19.99e-book ed. 9781546109662 $19.99Nico Kardos is a Mexican American high school senior from the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx. He works at a fish market in the morning and sells drugs for the local gang...
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Review of A Flash of Color & Light: A Biography of Dale Chihuly
A Flash of Color & Light: A Biography of Dale Chihuly by Sharon Mentyka; illus. by Shelley CouvillionPrimary Little Bigfoot/Sasquatch 48 pp.10/24 9781632171900 $18.99Dale Chihuly (b. 1941) was drawn to light, color, and glass from an early age. As a young man, a formative trip to Europe and Israel sparked...
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Review of The Salt Thief: Gandhi’s Heroic March to Freedom
The Salt Thief: Gandhi’s Heroic March to Freedom by Neal Bascomb; illus. by Mithil ThakerMiddle School, High School Focus/Scholastic 272 pp.9/24 9781338701999 $19.99e-book ed. 9781338702002 $19.99In his latest work of narrative nonfiction, Bascomb (recently The Race of the Century, rev. 3/22) delivers a clear and absorbing account of Mohandas Gandhi’s...
Hell of a long shot?: Sequels, series, and the Caldecott Award
Today on Calling Caldecott, a conversation between Elisa Gall and Jonathan Hunt about sequels, series, and the Caldecott Award. (This is an entry in their "why-the-hell" Calling Caldecott series. Previous posts include discussions about the Caldecott and holiday books; photography; board books; the Newbery Award; "didactic intent"; and folklore.) ELISA...
Review of The Mine Wars: The Bloody Fight for Workers’ Rights in the West Virginia Coal Fields
The Mine Wars: The Bloody Fight for Workers’ Rights in the West Virginia Coal Fields by Steve WatkinsMiddle School Bloomsbury 272 pp.5/24 9781547612185 $19.99e-book ed. 9781547612192 $13.99West Virginia, the Mountain State, is also historically known for both coal mining and Appalachian poverty. Watkins explores the nexus between them in this...
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Review of Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens
Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens by Rebecca E. F. BaroneIntermediate, Middle School Holt 192 pp.5/24 9781250881656 $18.99e-book ed. 9781250881649 $11.99After months of unusual seismic activity, Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980. The catastrophic results included a thick cloud of ash, debris, devastating...
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Review of Break to You
Break to You by Neal Shusterman, Debra Young, and Michelle KnowldenHigh School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 432 pp.7/24 9780062875761 $19.99e-book ed. 9780062875785 $10.99Adriana Zarahn was in the wrong place at the wrong time, helping the wrong friend, and now she’s at Compass, a juvenile detention facility, for seven months. The facility is...
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