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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle; illus. by Jason ChinPrimary, Intermediate Porter/Holiday 48 pp.6/24 9780823452286 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823459254 $11.99As a ninety-year-old blue whale dies, one story ends and another begins. Her body provides food for other creatures before it gradually descends to the...
The One and Only Family by Katherine Applegate; illus. by Patricia Castelao Intermediate Harper/HarperCollins 272 pp.4/24 9780063221123 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063221147 $10.99After Bob and Ruby have taken turns narrating the past couple of books, it’s only fitting that Ivan (The One and Only Ivan, rev. 1/12) returns as the narrator for...
The Kid by Jeff Schill Intermediate, Middle School Charlesbridge Moves 240 pp.5/24 9781623543648 $17.99It’s 1881 in Destiny, Colorado. Fourteen-year-old Henry Upton and his three younger brothers have just buried their father. Their mother passed away several years earlier, and now they must manage the homestead by themselves. Henry comes up...
Icarus by K. AncrumHigh School HarperTeen 400 pp.3/24 9780063285781 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063285804 $8.99In this loose retelling of the Greek myth, Icarus Gallagher is a seventeen-year-old art thief. He breaks into Mr. Black’s home, steals his art, and replaces it with forgeries by his father, Angus—largely as revenge for Mr. Black’s...