Shenwei Chang

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Review of We Are Villains

We Are Villains by Kacen CallenderHigh School    Amulet/Abrams    288 pp.3/25    9781419756894    $19.99e-book ed.  9781647004132    $17.99Contrary to official sources, Milo doesn’t believe his best friend Arianna’s death was an accident. As a Black trans scholarship student at an elite private high school where the oppressive social hierarchy is enforced through constant...

Review of Sọmadịna

Sọmadịna by Akwaeke EmeziHigh School    Knopf    304 pp.4/25    9780593309070    $19.99e-book ed.  9780593309094    $10.99Fifteen-year-old Sọmadịna has always been close to her twin brother, Jayaike. He is the one person she can count on to support her in the face of anything, from prejudice to their mother’s emotional withdrawal after their beloved...
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Review of On Again, Awkward Again

On Again, Awkward Again by Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame MbaliaHigh School    Amulet/Abrams    272 pp.4/25    9781419775635    $19.99e-book ed.  9798887073392    $17.99A clumsy accident and an IBS incident lead to an unlikely meet-cute between Pacy Mercado and Cecil Holloway, two high school freshmen whose quirks make them stand out. Immediately, sparks fly,...

Review of Noodle & Bao

Noodle & Bao by Shaina Lu; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School    Quill Tree/HarperCollins    224 pp. 10/24    9780063283411    $24.99 Paper ed.  9780063283404    $15.99 e-book ed.  9780063283428    $11.99 Momo has spent her entire life in her beloved Town 99, a fictional setting resembling real-world Chinatowns but where humans and anthropomorphic...
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Review of The Scorpion Queen

The Scorpion Queen by Mina FearsHigh School    Flatiron    320 pp.1/25    9781250392350    $19.99e-book ed.  9781250852953    $11.99In imperial Mali in 1359, Aminata, a rich merchant’s daughter originally betrothed to a noble she loves, loses everything after a false accusation leads to her disownment and the cancellation of her engagement. Now she must...
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Review of Mallory in Full Color

Mallory in Full Color by Elisa Stone Leahy; illus. by Maine DiazMiddle School    Quill Tree/HarperCollins    320 pp.11/24    9780063255531    $19.99e-book ed.  9780063255555    $9.99Mallory Marsh wants to keep her friends and family happy, even if it means becoming a chameleon who constantly wears different faces to mirror those around her. The one...
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Review of They Bloom at Night

They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh TranHigh School    Bloomsbury    272 pp.3/25    9781547611119    $19.99e-book ed.  9781547611126    $13.99In the wake of a hurricane, a strange red algal bloom has taken over the waters of Mercy, Louisiana, where Noon ekes out a life capturing mutant sea creatures and trading them to the...

Review of Compound Fracture

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White High School    Peachtree Teen    416 pp. 9/24    9781682636121    $19.99 e-book ed.  9781682637395    $19.99 Miles Abernathy lives in a struggling West Virginia town in 2017. Power is monopolized by the Davieses, the family of the sheriff and the Abernathys’ mortal enemies in a blood feud...
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Review of The Glass Girl

The Glass Girl by Kathleen GlasgowHigh School    Delacorte    464 pp.10/24    9780525708087    $21.99Library ed.  9780525708094    $24.99e-book ed.  9780525708100    $10.99Bella deals with what feels like a million pressures: family, schoolwork, a breakup with a boyfriend who said she was “too much,” and grief over the recent loss of her grandmother. Without a...
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