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Winner Brownstone by Samuel Teer; illus. by Mar Julia; color by Ashanti Fortson Middle School, High School Versify/HarperCollins 320 pp. 6/24 9780358394754 $26.99 Paper ed. 9780358394747 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780358393764 $12.99 In this empathetic coming-of-age graphic novel, nearly-fifteen-year-old Almudena reluctantly spends the summer of 1995 with Xavier, her Guatemalan father...
Winner Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina Ixta High School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 368 pp. 1/24 9780063287860 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780063287884 $10.99 It’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...
Winner Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle; illus. by Jason Chin Primary, Intermediate Porter/Holiday 48 pp. 6/24 9780823452286 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823459254 $11.99 As a ninety-year-old blue whale dies, one story ends and another begins. Her body provides food for other creatures before...
Winner Twenty-Four Seconds from Now…: A Love Story by Jason Reynolds High School Dlouhy/Atheneum 256 pp. 10/24 9781665961271 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781665961295 $10.99 Seventeen-year-old Neon is in his girlfriend Aria’s bathroom, wracked with anxiety because, for the two of them, “tonight is for our first time.” Twenty-four seconds earlier, he...
Winner The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly Intermediate, Middle School Greenwillow 272 pp. 3/24 9780063337312 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780063337336 $9.99 It’s the summer of 1999. Twelve-year-old Delawarean Michael has worries, chief among them the approach of Y2K. What if everything falls apart? Family finances are precarious, so...
Home by Isabelle Simler; illus. by the author; trans. from French by Vineet Lal Primary, Intermediate Eerdmans 64 pp. 3/24 9780802856203 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781467467544 $18.99 Simler takes on the perspectives of twenty-seven creatures who share the intricacies of their homes in this eye-catching French import. Each entry features a...
Nothing: John Cage and 4’33” by Nicholas Day; illus. by Chris Raschka Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 4/24 9780823454099 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823457601 $11.99 The very definition of music is explored in this thoughtful look at Cage’s (1912–1992) controversial musical composition, 4'33", a work that debuted with a pianist “performing” four...
The Queen of Thieves [Moonwind Mysteries] by Johan Rundberg; trans. from Swedish by A. A. Prime Intermediate, Middle School Amazon Crossing Kids 207 pp. 3/24 9781662509629 $17.99 Paper ed. 9781662509612 $9.99 In this sequel to The Night Raven (rev. 9/23), young detective Mika has reason to suspect that some of...
Under the Table by Allan Ahlberg; illus. by Bruce Ingman Preschool, Primary Candlewick 40 pp. 6/24 9781536231519 $18.99 In this tale of humorously escalating adventure and silliness, Elsie discovers a series of animals under the family dining table, an extravagant catalog that includes an elephant, kangaroo, and penguin. What to...
Not Just the Driver! by Sara Holly Ackerman; illus. by Robert NeubeckerPreschool, Primary Beach Lane/Simon 32 pp.4/24 9781665936378 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665936385 $10.99This spirited look at a range of mass transportation vehicles showcases some of the vital but less visible jobs involved in making them move. “Who makes buses rev and...