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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
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...