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Review of Heroes of the Water Monster
Heroes of the Water Monster by Brian YoungIntermediate, Middle School Heartdrum/HarperCollins 384 pp.5/23 9780062990433 $19.99e-book ed. 9780062990457 $10.99In this sequel to Healer of the Water Monster (rev. 7/21), Nathan and his mother and Edward and his father have moved in together. Both boys can see Holy Beings from traditional Diné...
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Review of The Beautiful Something Else
The Beautiful Something Else by Ash Van OtterlooMiddle School Scholastic 288 pp.5/23 9781338843224 $17.99Twelve-year-old Sparrow’s life revolves around keeping their mother happy; a difficult task given her struggles with mental health and addiction. Sparrow believes that by being the perfect child they can keep Mom’s “shadows” at bay and deflect...
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Review of The Very Unfortunate Wish of Melony Yoshimura
The Very Unfortunate Wish of Melony Yoshimura by Waka T. BrownIntermediate, Middle School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 272 pp.7/23 9780063230767 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063230781 $10.99Sixth grader Melony tries really hard to please her overprotective Japanese immigrant parents and be the good girl they expect her to be, but inside she’s raging against their...
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Review of We Still Belong
We Still Belong by Christine DayMiddle School Heartdrum/HarperCollins 256 pp.8/23 9780063064560 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063064584 $10.99Twelve-year-old Wesley Wilder is excited to have her poem, “We Still Belong: An Indigenous People’s Day Poem!” published in the school paper. When the time comes, she’s unprepared for some of the reactions she receives, for...
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Review of The One and Only Ruby
The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate; illus. by Patricia CastelaoIntermediate Harper/HarperCollins 240 pp.5/23 9780063080089 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063080102 $12.99After The One and Only Ivan (rev. 1/12) and The One and Only Bob (rev. 7/20), it’s now young elephant Ruby’s turn to tell her story. Having relocated to a new...
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Review of The Islands of Elsewhere
The Islands of Elsewhere by Heather FawcettIntermediate Rocky Pond/Penguin 224 pp.6/23 9780593530528 $17.99e-book ed. 9780593530542 $10.99The three Snolly sisters, their infant brother, and their mother are spending the summer at the coastal home of their grandfather, whose dementia is worsening. Artistic sister Hattie, science-y Bee, and costume-loving Plum explore the...
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Review of Clouds over California
Clouds over California by Karyn ParsonsIntermediate, Middle School Little, Brown 320 pp.7/23 9780316484077 $16.99e-book ed. 9780316497770 $9.99In an affecting story set in Santa Monica, California, in the 1970s, a young biracial girl at the center of a calamitous family dynamic learns to navigate momentous change and find her own place...
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Review of I Am Not Alone
I Am Not Alone by Francisco X. StorkHigh School Scholastic 320 pp.7/23 9781338736267 $19.99Eighteen-year-old Alberto lives with his sister, Lupe, and her baby, Chato, in Brooklyn. While studying for his high-school equivalency, he’s working painting houses for Lupe’s sketchy boyfriend and expressing himself creatively at the neighborhood ceramics studio. On...
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Review of Reggie: Kid Penguin
Reggie: Kid Penguin by Jen de Oliveira; illus. by the authorPrimary Little, Brown 80 pp.6/23 9780759557550 $12.99Paper ed. 9780759557567 $7.99e-book ed. 9780759557543 $9.99This debut comic is a collection of six short stories about Reggie, a penguin who deals with such kid-centric trials as picture day, a babysitter who treats him...
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Review of Control Freaks
Control Freaks by J. E. ThomasIntermediate, Middle School Levine Querido 272 pp.5/23 9781646143054 $18.99Take a school full of competitive “control freaks,” each with ambitious personal goals, put them into an all-middle-school group STEAMS (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics, sports) competition, and you will rock their universe. Twelve-year-old Frederick Douglass “Doug”...
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