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Review of The Mango Tree / La mata de mango
The Mango Tree / La mata de mango by Edel Rodriguez; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Abrams 48 pp. 6/24 9781419745867 $18.99 e-book ed. 9798887073736 $17.09 In this wordless picture book, two boys make a mango tree (or mata de mango) their hideout — napping, eating juicy mangos, and...
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Review of Gut Reaction
Gut Reaction by Kirby Larson and Quinn WyattMiddle School Scholastic 272 pp.3/24 9781338893137 $18.99e-book ed. 9781338893151 $18.99Tess’s family just moved, and she is happy to start eighth grade in a school where no one knows her dad passed away three years ago. Sharing homemade treats—her dad taught her how to...
Review of Desert Song
Desert Song by Laekan Zea Kemp; illus. by Beatriz Gutiérrez HernándezPrimary Porter/Holiday 40 pp.6/24 9780823453924 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823459162 $11.99Spanish ed. 9780823457977 $18.99When the nocturnal animals that surround a family’s house in the desert come out, “they howl and buzz and hoot—a chorus in need of a band.” On the ample...
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Review of Sumo Libre
Sumo Libre by Joe Cepeda; illus. by the authorPrimary Little, Brown 40 pp.6/24 9780316453721 $18.99Neighbors Max and Kenji love wrestling. But Max thinks lucha libre is the “greatest,” while Kenji thinks sumo is the “best.” When they show each other their favorite moves—and try to prove which is truly the...
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Review of Barrio Rising: The Protest that Built Chicano Park
Barrio Rising: The Protest that Built Chicano Park by María Dolores Águila; illus. by Magdalena MoraPrimary Dial 40 pp.6/24 9780593462072 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593462089 $10.99Spanish ed. 9780593462225 $18.99“¡Parque sí, policía no!” This fictionalized account—narrated by a young person—shares the dramatic culmination of efforts by Chicane residents of Barrio Logan to build...
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Review of The Young Teacher and the Great Serpent
The Young Teacher and the Great Serpent by Irene Vasco; illus. by Juan Palomino; trans. from Spanish by Lawrence SchimelPrimary Eerdmans 40 pp.10/23 9780802856173 $18.99e-book ed. 9781467467247 $18.99A young teacher (unnamed in the text) sets off to her remote school assignment in the Amazon armed with determination and a precious...
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Review of Mari and the Curse of El Cocodrilo
Mari and the Curse of El Cocodrilo by Adrianna CuevasIntermediate, Middle School Harper/HarperCollins 256 pp.10/23 9780063285491 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063285514 $10.99Twelve-year-old Mari loves her family but tries to avoid “Peak Cubanity,” the times she feels their Cuban heritage sticks out in her small Texan town. When everyone else burns effigies in...
Review of Before the Devil Knows You’re Here
Before the Devil Knows You’re Here by Autumn KrauseHigh School Peachtree Teen 227 pp.10/23 9781682636473 $18.99e-book ed. 9781682636480 $11.99When Catalina’s pa dies after drinking cider made from a poisoned apple, “wind burst through the cabin like a ferocious intruder…a man, but his skin rose and fell in patchy, lopsided ridges....
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