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Review of Abeni and the Kingdom of Gold

Abeni and the Kingdom of Gold by P. Djèlí ClarkIntermediate, Middle School    Starscape/Tor    368 pp.4/25    9781250825858    $19.99e-book ed.  9781250825865    $11.99In this compelling sequel to Abeni’s Song (rev. 9/23), Abeni and her companions continue their quest to find the elder spirits who might protect Asha (the first book’s benevolent witch who...

Review of (S)Kin

(S)Kin by Ibi ZoboiHigh School    Versify/HarperCollins    400 pp.2/25    9780062888877    $19.99e-book ed.  9780062888891    $10.99In this verse novel with a basis in Caribbean folklore, fifteen-year-old Marisol and her mother, Lourdes, have recently emigrated from the Caribbean to Brooklyn. The two are soucouyant, shapeshifting “monsters” who shed their skin during the new moon...
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Review of Carnival Chaos

Carnival Chaos [Moko Magic]by Tracey BaptisteIntermediate    Freedom Fire/Disney    400 pp.8/24    9781368074377    $17.99It’s the summer before sixth grade, and Misty and her mother have recently moved from Trinidad to live with family in Brooklyn. Despite Misty’s outgoing and determined nature, she feels like an outsider, attempting to adapt to her new...
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Review of Kingdom of Dust

Kingdom of Dust by Lisa StringfellowIntermediate, Middle School    Quill Tree/HarperCollins    224 pp.8/24    9780063043480    $18.99e-book ed.  9780063043503    $9.99In this West African–inspired fantasy, the kingdom of Kun has always flourished under the rule of a child of Oala, the goddess of creation, but now it languishes under the tyranny of King Udo,...
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Review of Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek

Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek [Jax Freeman]by Kwame MbaliaIntermediate    Freedom Fire/Disney-Hyperion    480 pp.10/24    9781368064736    $17.99e-book ed.  978136864798    $10.99After his alleged participation in a brawl, twelve-year-old Jackson Freeman is sent to Chicago to live with an uncle and grandmother he barely knows. Awkward and shy, Jax expects to confront the...
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Review of The Maid and the Crocodile

The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan IfuekoMiddle School, High School    Amulet/Abrams    304 pp.8/24    9781419764356    $19.99e-book ed.  9781647008185    $17.99After seventeen-year-old Small Sade ages out of her orphanage, her primary goal is to discover a home where she truly belongs. However, her physical appearance, marked by vitiligo and a maimed foot...

Review of Abeni’s Song

Abeni’s Song by P. Djèlí ClarkIntermediate, Middle School    Starscape/Tor    336 pp.7/23    9781250825827    $19.99Paper ed.  9781250825841    $8.99e-book ed.  9781250825834    $11.99On Abeni’s twelfth birthday, a witch enters her village to give a grave warning: an evil is coming, and it’s too late to run. The adults prepare for an impossible battle as...
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Review of Conjure Island

Conjure Island by Eden RoyceIntermediate    Walden Pond/HarperCollins    320 pp.6/23    9780062899613    $19.99e-book ed.  9780062899620    $10.99Because her father is in the Air Force, eleven-year-old Delphinia Baker moves to a new state every year, making it difficult to form lasting friendships. Del is grateful for the one constant in her life: her grandmother....
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Review of Hamra and the Jungle of Memories

Hamra and the Jungle of Memories by Hanna AlkafIntermediate, Middle School    Harper/HarperCollins    400 pp.3/23    9780063207950    $19.99e-book ed.  9780063207974    $10.99Hamra has just turned thirteen, though no one in her family seems to have noticed. Due to COVID-19, her home country of Malaysia is under quarantine, leaving her mother working long hours...
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