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Review of Warrior Girl Unearthed
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline BoulleyHigh School Holt 400 pp.5/23 9781250766588 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250766595 $11.99Boulley returns to Sugar Island, Michigan, in 2014, ten years after the events of the multi-award-winning Firekeeper’s Daughter (rev. 5/21). This novel’s protagonist is Daunis’s sixteen-year-old niece, Perry Firekeeper-Birch. Perry reluctantly joins her more-driven twin sister,...
Review of Voices of the People
Voices of the People by Joseph Bruchac; illus. by various artistsMiddle School, High School Reycraft 96 pp.12/22 9781478875161 $18.95Paper ed. 9781478875154 $17.95“Those you are about to meet are real people, not stereotypes. They are women and men who truly were, through their words and their deeds, voices of the people.”...
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Review of The Song That Called Them Home
The Song That Called Them Home by David A. Robertson; illus. by Maya McKibbinPrimary Tundra 48 pp. 4/23 9780735266704 $24.99e-book ed. 9780735266711 $11.99On an ordinary summer day, Lauren and her younger brother, James, go to the lake with Moshom, their grandfather. After the long journey, Moshom lies down for a...
Review of Black Gold
Black Gold by Laura Obuobi; illus. by London Ladd Primary Harper/HarperCollins 40 pp. 10/22 9780063015760 $18.99 Reminiscent of creation myths collected in Virginia Hamilton’s In the Beginning (1988), Obuobi’s tale tells how the universe created a Black child. “When the Universe decided to create you, / she drew you from...
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Review of Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory by Nic StoneHigh School Crown 288 pp.2/23 9780593307700 $18.99Library ed. 9780593307717 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593307724 $10.99Stone’s (Dear Martin, rev. 11/17) latest YA novel opens with a text-message exchange between two apparent strangers, one of whom has accidentally messaged the other during a night of heavy drinking. The third-person narration...
Review of Love Is Loud: How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement
Love Is Loud: How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement by Sandra Neil Wallace; illus. by Bryan CollierPrimary, Intermediate Wiseman/Simon 48 pp.1/23 9781534451032 $18.99e-book ed. 9781534451049 $10.99“During the 1960s, Diane Nash was one of the most influential and effective leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, yet most people don’t...
Black Gold and Standing in the Need of Prayer
[Many Calling Caldecott posts this season will begin with the Horn Book Magazine review of the featured book (or books), followed by the post's author's critique.] Black Gold by Laura Obuobi; illus. by London Ladd Primary Harper/HarperCollins 40 pp. 10/22 9780063015760 $18.99 Reminiscent of creation myths collected in Virginia Hamilton’s In...
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Review of The Star That Always Stays
The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson Intermediate, Middle School Holiday 224 pp. g7/22 978-0-8234-5040-4 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5289-7 $10.99 In her debut novel, Johnson (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) combines family history with an homage to such classics as Anne of...
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Review of I Rise
From the November/December 2022 issue of The Horn Book Magazine. I Rise by Marie Arnold Middle School, High School Versify/HarperCollins 320 pp. g8/22 978-0-358-44904-1 $18.99e-book ed. 978-0-358-44895-2 $9.99 Everyone in Harlem is asking: how much? How much longer do they have to wait for change? How much...
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