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Review of All That It Ever Meant
All That It Ever Meant by Blessing MusaririHigh School Norton 192 pp.1/23 9781324030959 $18.95In the aftermath of her mother’s death, fourteen-year-old Mati and her family struggle to cope with their grief. Baba, Mati’s father, has trouble connecting with his three children. Seventeen-year-old Chichi rebels and engages in risky behavior. Ten-year-old...
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Review of The Melancholy of Summer
The Melancholy of Summer by Louisa OnoméHigh School Feiwel 320 pp.5/23 9781250823564 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250823571 $11.99In this absorbing novel, a Nigerian Canadian girl navigating tumultuous circumstances learns to trust friends and family. Suspected of fraud, her parents have become fugitives; Summer first lives on her own and then at the...
Review of We Are Here
We Are Here by Tami Charles; illus. by Bryan CollierPreschool, Primary Orchard/Scholastic 40 pp.1/23 9781338752045 $18.99Charles says in her appended note that this book, its companion All Because You Matter (rev. 11/20), and a planned forthcoming title are intended to “affirm, celebrate, and confirm the power and greatness that lie...
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Review of A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington
A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington by Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders; illus. by Byron McCrayPrimary, Intermediate Holt 40 pp.11/22 9781250779502 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250906106 $10.99This necessary backstory of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom illuminates the significant...
Review of Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life
Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry Pinkney; illus. by the author Intermediate Little, Brown 160 pp. 1/23 9780316383851 $17.99 Reflecting on some memorable moments of his life, celebrated author-illustrator Pinkney offers an intimate look back to his childhood in this poignant, posthumously published memoir. The book opens...
Review of On Her Wings: The Story of Toni Morrison
On Her Wings: The Story of Toni Morrison by Jerdine Nolen; illus. by James E. Ransome Primary, Intermediate Wiseman/Simon 48 pp. g 9/22 978-1-5344-7852-7 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-7853-4 $10.99 This picture-book biography of writer Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford), by the team behind Freedom Bird (rev. 1/20), pays homage...
Review of Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy; illus. by Janelle Washington Primary, Intermediate Roaring Brook 64 pp. g 8/22 978-1-250-22095-0 $19.99 This powerful picture-book biography reverently portrays the life of Mamie Till-Mobley (1921–2003), whose defiant act of bravery following the 1955...
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Review of Twice as Perfect
Twice as Perfect by Louisa OnoméHigh School Feiwel 416 pp. g7/22 978-1-250-82350-2 $18.99e-book ed. 978-1-250-82351-9 $10.99While busy, high-achieving seventeen-year-old Nigerian Canadian high-school senior Adanna Nkwachi helps to plan her cousin’s traditional wedding to a Nigerian superstar, she is also dealing with her own feelings for two totally different boys....
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Review of The Deep Blue Between
The Deep Blue Between by Ayesha Harruna AttahMiddle School, High School Carolrhoda Lab 256 pp. g3/22 978-1-7284-4288-4 $18.99This novel (first published in the U.K. in 2020) offers a compelling view of West African history as a backdrop for a story of sibling bonding and coming of age. In 1892, ten-year-old...
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