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Review of My Nest of Silence
My Nest of Silence by Matt Faulkner; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Atheneum 384 pp. g 10/22 978-1-5344-7762-9 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-7764-3 $10.99 Like many Japanese Americans, the Asai family has been sent to Manzanar during World War II. Mari has always enjoyed a...
Why the Hell Haven't More Beginning Readers Won the Caldecott Medal?
Today on Calling Caldecott, a conversation between Patrick Gall and Jonathan Hunt about early readers and the Caldecott Award. (This is an entry in the Why-the-Hell Calling Caldecott conversations, conducted in previous years between Elisa Gall and Jonathan Hunt. Earlier posts include discussions about the Caldecott and photography; board books; the Newbery Award; "didactic intent"; and holiday...
Review of American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the South
American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the South [Medical Fiascoes] by Gail Jarrow Middle School, High School Calkins/Astra 160 pp. g 9/22 978-1-68437-815-9 $24.99 e-book ed. 978-1-63592-829-7 $14.99 Zoologist Charles Stiles discovered a new species of hookworm: Necator americanus , the titular “American murderer,” which affected a...
Review of Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams’s Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration by Elizabeth Partridge; illus. by Lauren Tamaki Intermediate, Middle School Chronicle 132 pp. g 10/22 978-1-4521-6510-3 $21.99 Numerous books have been written about the forced removal and imprisonment of Japanese Americans during...
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Review of Curve & Flow: The Elegant Vision of L.A. Architect Paul R. Williams
Curve & Flow: The Elegant Vision of L.A. Architect Paul R. Williams by Andrea J. Loney ; illus. by Keith Mallett Primary Knopf 48 pp. g9/22 978-0-593-42907-5 $18.99Library ed. 978-0-593-42908-2 $21.99e-book ed. 978-0-593-42909-9 $11.99 Paul R. Williams was born in Los Angeles in 1894; his...
Review of Underground Fire: Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage in the Cherry Mine Disaster
Underground Fire: Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage in the Cherry Mine Disaster by Sally M. Walker Intermediate, Middle School Candlewick 224 pp. g 10/22 978-1-5362-1240-2 $24.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5362-2470-2 $24.99 Cherry, a town in north-central Illinois, had seemingly sprung up overnight once several veins of coal were discovered;...
Review of Peace Is a Chain Reaction: How World War II Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together
Peace Is a Chain Reaction: How World War II Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together by Tanya Lee Stone Middle School, High School Candlewick 176 pp. g 9/22 978-0-7636-7686-5 $24.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5362-2708-6 $24.99 When the United States entered World War II and Japanese Americans were forcibly...
Review of M Is for Monster
M Is for Monster by Talia Dutton; illus. by the author High School Surely/Abrams ComicArts 224 pp. g 6/22 978-1-4197-6220-8 $24.99 Paper ed. 978-1-4197-5197-4 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-64700-192-6 $15.54 With a nod to Frankenstein, this debut graphic novel delivers an intriguing take on the classic coming-of-age story. After Maura dies...
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Review of Howl
Howl by Shaun David HutchinsonHigh School Simon 432 pp. g4/22 978-1-5344-7092-7 $19.99e-book. ed. 978-1-5344-7094-1 $10.99Hutchinson’s latest offering (The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried, rev. 3/19; Before We Disappear, rev. 11/21) is another engaging blend of realism with fantasy and absurdity. Bleeding profusely from the wounds of...
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