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Each book in Sarah Sax’s Brinkley Yearbooks graphic novel series (Knopf, 9–12 years) centers on a different protagonist. In the second and latest, Tryouts, athletic Al becomes the only girl on the school’s baseball team, and that’s just the beginning of a nuanced tale of teamwork. See also the Sports...
Five Questions for Sarah Sax Tryouts by Sarah Sax; Knopf. Lots to learn Wires Crossed by Beth Fantaskey, illus. by ONeillJones; Clarion/HarperCollins. Lo Simpson Starts a Revolution by Melanie Florence; Orca. The School for Invisible Boys by Shaun David Hutchinson; Labyrinth Road/Random. Table Titans Club by Scott Kurtz, illus. by...
This week, my husband and I encouraged our two high schoolers to double-check what summer work they need to complete before school begins — no waiting until the last minute in this house! — and here at the Horn Book we’re helping everyone get ready with this annual Back-to-School edition...
School is the backdrop for dramas, comedies, and everything in between in these varied six novels recommended for middle- and/or high-school readers. See also the Schools -- Middle schools and Schools -- High schools tags in the Guide/Reviews Database. Not like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo High School Bloomsbury 448...
Welcome to school! These eight stories set in and around schools are recommended for preschool and/or primary readers. For more, see the Schools -- Preschools and Schools -- Elementary schools tags in the Guide/Reviews Database. Give by Jen Arena; illus. by Rahele Jomepour Bell Preschool, Primary Knopf 40 pp. 8/23 9781524714994 $18.99 ...
These five works of nonfiction, recommended for intermediate and/or middle-school readers, provide close-ups of human stories from various historical moments that may be discussed in the classroom. Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers by Zora Neale Hurston; adapted by Ibram X. Kendi; illus. by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson Intermediate, Middle School Amistad/HarperCollins 208...
What clubs should I join? Who are my real friends? Where should I sit at lunch?? The protagonists of these eight books recommended for intermediate and/or middle-school readers have more to figure out than just homework questions. For more, see our Five Questions interview with Sarah Sax about Tryouts, and...
When I wrote this editorial for July's issue of Notes from the Horn Book, my own kids were still weeks away from back-to-school. Now the time has come! In solidarity with all late-starters: re-read our recommendations for school stories for all age groups, along with Five Questions interview with Kerascoët about...
There’s lots to learn for the protagonists of these five school-set novels for middle- and high schoolers — and, in many cases, for the other characters around them. All You Have to Do by Autumn Allen; lyrics by Kahlil AkNahlej Allen High School Kokila/Penguin 432 pp. 8/23 9780593619049 $19.99 e-book...
Bear with Me (Random House Studio/Random, 3–6 years) by Kerascoët (the French husband-and-wife team of Sébastien Cosset and Marie Pommepuy) is about a young child about to start school...without the comfort item of a favorite teddy bear. 1. What is it that draws you to create books about childhood emotions...