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Review of The Winter of the Dollhouse
The Winter of the Dollhouse by Laura Amy Schlitz Intermediate, Middle School Candlewick 400 pp. 9/25 9781536236088 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781536247589 $18.99 Tiph is a child who is pulled in many directions. She loves her younger half siblings but is fed up with the chaos of a house with babies....
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Review of A Glimmer of Change
A Glimmer of Change by Elle McNicollMiddle School Random 208 pp.10/25 9780593902462 $17.99Almost-fourteen-year-old Keedie, an autistic girl, is loyal, creative, funny, rebellious, arrogant, a passionate defender of the underdog, and her own worst enemy, equal parts clear-eyed and totally misguided. In this prequel to the well-received A Kind of Spark...
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Review of Lost Evangeline
Lost Evangeline by Kate DiCamillo; illus. by Sophie BlackallIntermediate Candlewick 160 pp.9/25 9781536225525 $17.99e-book ed. 9781536247596 $17.99In this, the latest of DiCamillo’s Norendy stories (The Puppets of Spelhorst, rev. 9/23; The Hotel Balzaar, rev. 9/24), we meet a cast of characters who come trailing their folktale origins. Evangeline, in the...
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Review of A Hatful of Dreams
A Hatful of Dreams by Bob Graham; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick 40 pp.11/25 9781536245042 $18.99This offering from picture-book master-builder Graham (recently The Concrete Garden, rev. 11/23) consists of two braided stories. The first is one of urban decay and restoration: black-and-white line drawings show us Five Mile Road, a...
Review of Stella & Marigold: Mermaids and Mix-Ups
Stella & Marigold: Mermaids and Mix-Ups by Annie Barrows; illus. by Sophie BlackallPrimary, Intermediate Chronicle 116 pp.9/25 9781797219714 $15.99Big sister Stella and little sister Marigold make a welcome return to the page with their own brand of sibling affection. The humor, energy, and poignancy of the first book (Stella &...
Five questions for Laura Amy Schlitz
Laura Amy Schlitz’s imagination has created books ranging from the Newbery-winning verse novel Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! to the multi-award-winning historical YA novel The Hired Girl. Her latest, The Winter of the Dollhouse (Candlewick, 9–12 years), is a doll story — with human and doll points of view. Can’t get...
Review of The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls
The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls by Judith Rossell; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Dial 320 pp. 5/25 9798217002405 $18.99 Oppressed orphans, a boarding school, a 1920s setting, a determined heroine, and an exuberant mystery plot—we think we’ve seen it all before, but this entertaining romp has some...
Review of Sato the Rabbit: Morning Light
Sato the Rabbit: Morning Light by Yuki Ainoya; illus. by the author; trans. from Japanese by Michael Blaskowsky Preschool, Primary Enchanted Lion 40 pp. 5/25 9781592704392 $17.95 Is Sato a boy in a rabbit costume or a rabbit with a human face and bearing? Is he a kid or a...
Review of How to Reach the Moon
How to Reach the Moon by Nicolás Schuff; illus. by Ana Sender; trans. from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel Primary Amazon Crossing Kids 40 pp. 4/25 9781662522963 $18.99 How can one visit the moon without leaving our Earth? This question, reminiscent of a riddle or folktale, is answered in a surprising...
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