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Review of Song of a Blackbird

Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School    First Second    256 pp.1/25    9781250869814    $25.99Paper ed.  9781250869821    $17.99e-book ed.  9781250412119    $11.99This deeply personal and poetic graphic novel illustrates the heroic actions of everyday Dutch people as they resisted the Nazi regime, as well as...
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Review of A Home for Unusual Monsters

A Home for Unusual Monsters [Kairos Files]by Shaun David HutchinsonIntermediate, Middle School    Labyrinth Road/Random    288 pp.2/25    9780593646335    $17.99e-book ed.  9780593646359    $10.99This sequel to The School for Invisible Boys (rev. 1/24) shifts its focus to twelve-year-old Samantha Osbourne, budding agent for the clandestine paranormal research group Kairos, as she navigates adolescence,...

Review of Run Away with Me

Run Away with Me by Brian Selznick; illus. by the author High School    Scholastic    320 pp. 4/25    9781339035529    $24.99 e-book ed.  9781546110224    $24.99 Selznick’s first young adult work is imbued with romance and mystery, bookended with long, cinematic passages of textural, wordless, black-and-white illustrations in his signature style. A sixteen-year-old...
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Review of Lost at Sea

Lost at Sea [Survival Scout]by Maxwell Eaton III; illus. by the authorIntermediate    Roaring Brook    176 pp.3/25    9781250790491    $20.99Paper ed.  9781250790484    $13.99e-book ed.  9781250422842    $9.99In this third installment in the humorous and informative comic-format series (starting with Lost in the Mountains, rev. 7/23), Scout (a highly capable child) and Skunk (a...
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Review of Drive

Drive by Cynthia L. Copeland; illus. by the author; color by Ronda PattisonIntermediate, Middle School    Algonquin    272 pp.1/25    9781643751948    $24.99Paper ed.     9781523527250    $12.99e-book ed.    9781523532308    $9.99This graphic novel celebrates the contributions of women throughout automotive history, along with providing a critique of the industry’s persistent sexist practices. A prologue set...

Review of Night Light

Night Light [I Like to Read: Comics]by Michael Emberley; illus. by the authorPrimary    Holiday    40 pp.4/25    9780823458165    $14.99Emberley’s familiar pink-and-green-pajama-wearing creature (see Let’s Go!, rev. 1/23, and others) returns for another imaginative early-reader-comic mini-adventure, this time with a parent in tow. It’s bedtime, and after selecting a story (one that...
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Review of Halfway to Somewhere

Halfway to Somewhere by Jose Pimienta; illus. by the authorMiddle School    RH Graphic/Random    256 pp.2/25    9780593569450    $21.99Library ed.  9780593569436    $24.99Paper ed.  9780593569429    $13.99e-book ed.  9780593569443    $8.99Pimienta’s (Suncatcher; Twin Cities, rev. 9/22) latest graphic novel explores divisions and connections across families, borders, languages, and cultures. Middle schooler Ave has reluctantly moved...
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Review of Rocket Puppies

Rocket Puppies by William Joyce; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Dlouhy/Atheneum    48 pp.11/24    9781665961332    $18.99e-book ed.    9781665961349    $10.99Mid-century aesthetics, dreamlike storytelling, and meticulous craft combine to create a peculiar tale of good versus evil. Thanks to the aptly named Snarly McBummerpants—a six-legged humanoid clad in a tie and bowler hat—the...
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Review of Barnaby Unboxed!

Barnaby Unboxed! by Terry Fan, Eric Fan, and Devin Fan; illus. by the authorsPrimary    Tundra    80 pp.9/24    9781774882436    $19.99e-book ed.  9781774882443    $10.99The “half mouse and half elephant, with just a dash of flamingo” Barnaby (The Barnabus Project, rev. 1/21) sits in his box at the Perfect Pets store, along with...
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