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Review of Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin

Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin by Michelle Meadows; illus. by Jamiel LawPrimary, Intermediate    Harper/HarperCollins    48 pp.1/24    9780063273474    $19.99In this picture-book biography, Meadows’s expressive free verse beautifully contributes to an engaging narrative about Baldwin’s (1924–1987) literary prowess and staunch activism, making his story accessible to young...
      

Review of Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem

Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem [Blue Stars] by Kekla Magoon and Cynthia Leitich Smith; illus. by Molly Murakami Intermediate, Middle School    Candlewick    176 pp. 3/24    9781536204995    $22.99 Paper ed.  9781536228663    $12.99 e-book ed.  9781536237368    $12.99 In their first graphic novel collaboration, Magoon and Smith introduce readers to cousins Riley...
      

Review of All That Grows

All That Grows by Jack Wong; illus. by the authorPrimary    Groundwood    32 pp.3/24    9781773068121    $19.99e-book ed.  9781773068138    $16.99Nature walks and gardening result in an introspective child thinking small (and big) thoughts about the natural world in this quiet, poetic account, effectively told in the first person. The narrator’s sister, experienced...
      

Publishers' Preview: Spring 2024: Five Questions for George Takei

This interview originally appeared in the March/April 2024 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Spring 2024, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by In My Lost Freedom: A Japanese...
      

Publishers' Preview: Spring 2024: Five Questions for Minda Dentler

This interview originally appeared in the March/April 2024 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Spring 2024, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by Author, athlete, and global health advocate...
      

Publishers' Preview: Spring 2024: Five Questions for Pablo Cartaya

This interview originally appeared in the March/April 2024 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Spring 2024, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by Thrown a Curveball when an injury...
      
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Review of A Game of Noctis

A Game of Noctis by Deva FaganIntermediate    Atheneum    320 pp.4/24    9781665930192    $17.99e-book ed.  9781665930215    $10.99Ever since the plague three centuries ago, during which the Prince of Dantessa challenged Lady Death to a game of noctis for the lives of her people, inhabitants of the tiny magical island compete for wealth...
      
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Review of To the Ice

To the Ice by Thomas Tidholm; illus. by Anna-Clara Tidholm; trans. from Swedish by Julia MarshallPrimary, Intermediate    Gecko    80 pp.11/23    9781776575077    $18.99At the start of this chapter book, three children (“Jack, Max and me, Ida”) playing by a creek accidentally float away on an ice floe. The creek becomes a...
      
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Review of Just Shy of Ordinary

Just Shy of Ordinary by A. J. SassMiddle School    Little, Brown    384 pp.1/24    9780316506175    $16.99e-book ed.  9780316506373    $9.99Thirteen-year-old Shai Stern is looking for their “new normal.” In addition to an edgy new haircut and a change of pronouns, the former homeschooler is planning to attend public school for the first...
      
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Review of Shut Up, This Is Serious

Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina IxtaHigh School    Quill Tree/HarperCollins    368 pp.1/24    9780063287860    $19.99e-book ed.  9780063287884    $10.99It’s senior year, and while Belén’s classmates are focused on college applications, she’s flunking school and struggling to cope with a shattered home life. Since her pa walked out on their family, her...
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