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Review of Montezuma’s Tantrum

Montezuma’s Tantrum by Nuria Gómez Benet; illus. by Santiago Solís Montes de Oca; trans. from Spanish by Elisa AmadoPrimary    Aldana Libros/Greystone Kids    48 pp.10/24    9781778400940    $15.95Aztec emperor Montezuma is having a bad day in this playful take on Mesoamerican history and mythology. His court can’t cheer him up with “a...
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Review of The Hero Twins and the Magic of Song

The Hero Twins and the Magic of Song [Tales of the Feathered Serpent] by David Bowles; illus. by Charlene Bowles Middle School    Cinco Puntos/Lee & Low    80 pp. 10/24    Paper ed.  9781947627697    $15.95 Spanish ed.  9781947627703    $15.95 This follow-up to Rise of the Halfling King (rev. 11/20) tells the story—again...
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Review of On a Wing and a Tear

On a Wing and a Tear by Cynthia Leitich SmithMiddle School    Heartdrum/HarperCollins    240 pp.9/24    9780062870001    $18.99e-book ed.  9780062870025    $9.99When Great-Grandfather Bat (an actual bat) calls upon (humans) Ray and Mel to help him travel to a rematch of the legendary Great Ball Game in the Southeast Lands of Turtle Island,...
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Review of One Foggy Christmas Eve

One Foggy Christmas Eve by Kerilynn Wilson; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Greenwillow    40 pp.9/24    9780063315440    $18.99Extreme fog has derailed this family’s Christmas Eve visit to Nana and Papa’s, but the narrator is determined to get there. Though tying a flashlight to the dog’s head fails, more lights, and a...
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Review of The House Without Lights

The House Without Lights by Reem Faruqi; illus. by Nadia AlamPreschool, Primary    Holt    40 pp.9/24    9781250907219    $18.99e-book ed.  9781250399564    $11.99A house waits with anticipation for its new family to move in, envious of other houses’ decorations for Christmas, plus Diwali and Hanukkah. But Huda’s family doesn’t put up Christmas lights...

Review of Tamales for Christmas

Tamales for Christmas by Stephen Briseño; illus. by Sonia SánchezPrimary    Random House Studio/Random    40 pp.10/24    9780593647813    $18.99Library ed.  9780593647820    $21.99e-book ed.  9780593647837    $10.99Spanish ed.  9780593897515    $18.99Each year, Grandma makes tamales to sell so she can make Christmas magical for her familia. “With masa in one hand, corn husks in the...
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Review of We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord

We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord by Garth NixMiddle School    Scholastic    240 pp.10/24    9781339012209    $18.99e-book ed.  9781546109723    $18.99Twelve-year-old Kim and his ten-year-old sister Eila live on an experimental farm where their parents work in an alternative 1975 Australia. One night, on their usual ride to a nearby lake with...
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Review of Rougarou Magic

Rougarou Magic by Rachel M. MarshIntermediate, Middle School    Greenwillow    272 pp.9/24    9780063325388    $18.99e-book ed.  9780063325395    $9.99Feliciana Fruge (pronounced “like blue jay”) is starting over. Again. Her family moved from Louisiana to Boston a year ago, but she was bullied at her first school by a girl named Ashley for her...

Review of How It All Ends

How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger; illus. by the author Middle School, High School    Greenwillow    304 pp. 8/24    9780063158153    $25.99 Paper ed.  9780063158146    $15.99 e-book ed.  9780063158160    $9.99 In this quick-paced graphic novel, Tara’s runaway thoughts are great when she plays pretend with her baby brother but not so...
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