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Review of The Last Plastic Straw: A Plastic Problem and Finding Ways to Fix It
The Last Plastic Straw: A Plastic Problem and Finding Ways to Fix It [Books for a Better Earth] by Dee Romito; illus. by Ziyue Chen Primary Holiday 40 pp. 2/23 9780823449491 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823455133 $11.99 A fascinating history of straws morphs into a call to action. The first two-thirds...
Review of Unraveller
Unraveller by Frances HardingeMiddle School, High School Amulet/Abrams 432 pp.1/23 9781509836970 $19.99e-book ed. 9781647005627 $15.54In a magical land where anger grows like an egg inside certain people until it bursts into a destructive curse, quick-tempered Kellen has a special talent: through persistent sleuthing and his own lively intuition, he can...
Review of Once upon a Book
Once upon a Book by Grace Lin and Kate Messner; illus. by Grace LinPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp.2/23 9780316541077 $18.99Cold sleet is falling, and the protagonist of this home-and-back-again adventure tale, Alice, is stuck inside, bored. Then she spots a book on the floor and starts to read: “Once...
Review of Bomb (Graphic Novel): The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon
Bomb (Graphic Novel): The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin; illus. by Nick BertozziMiddle School, High School Roaring Brook 256 pp.1/23 9781250206732 $24.99Paper ed. 9781250206749 $17.99Sheinkin’s work of award-winning narrative nonfiction (Bomb, rev. 11/12) is here sharpened by the author’s own graphic adaptation—and portrayed through...
Review of Honey and Me
Honey and Me by Meira DrazinIntermediate, Middle School Scholastic 304 pp.10/22 9781338155433 $17.99Milla and Honey are best friends who spend time together at synagogue but have always attended different Orthodox schools. When Honey and her siblings transfer to narrator Milla’s school at the beginning of sixth grade, the colliding worlds...
Review of Dark on Light
Dark on Light by Dianne White; illus. by Felicita Sala Preschool, Primary Beach Lane/Simon 40 pp. 12/22 9781534487895 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781534487901 $10.99 “Gentle the evening. Sweeping the skies. / Dark the shadows as twilight arrives. / Rose the horizon, gleaming and bright. / Twilight and evening and dark on...
Review of The Indestructible Tom Crean: Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic
The Indestructible Tom Crean: Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic by Jennifer Thermes; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Viking 56 pp.1/23 9780593117729 $19.99e-book ed. 9780593117736 $11.99The little-known subject of this enthralling picture-book biography, Tom Crean (1877–1938), first went to Antarctica as a last-minute replacement, signing on as an able seaman on...
Review of When the Angels Left the Old Country
When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb High School Levine Querido 408 pp. 10/22 9781646141760 $19.99 In this expansive queer tale that marries historical fiction with inventive world-building based on Jewish folklore, a demon called Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) and an angel who takes on different...
Review of City Under the City
City Under the City by Dan Yaccarino; illus. by the author Primary Minedition/Astra 64 pp. 11/22 9781662650895 $17.99 e-book ed. 9781662650901 $10.99 This unusual picture-book adventure stars one small girl who thwarts authority, starts a revolution, and saves the world. The futuristic tale plays out in three parts. The first...
Review of The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey
The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey by Jason Chin; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 12/22 9780823450701 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823454310 $11.99 Chin follows his acclaimed Your Place in the Universe (rev. 11/20) with an equally stellar exploration of the tiniest components of matter conceptualized by...
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