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Review of Looking for True
Looking for True by Tricia Springstubb Intermediate Ferguson/Holiday 288 pp. g 11/22 978-0-8234-5099-2 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5401-3 $11.99 This is a neatly constructed story of two parallel characters. Gladys is a small, bright, intense eleven-year-old with a sensitive nature and quirky clothing sense. Her mom runs an...
Review of Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes; illus. by Dawud Anyabwile Middle School Norton 208 pp. g 9/22 978-1-324-00390-8 $22.95 Paper ed. 978-1-324-05215-9 $17.95 Smith’s graphic memoir (co-authored with multi-awardee Barnes) provides context for the iconic 1968 image of two Black Olympians, gold...
Review of A Seed in the Sun
A Seed in the Sun by Aida Salazar Intermediate, Middle School Dial 273 pp. g 10/22 978-0-593-40660-1 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-40661-8 $10.99 In this lyrical verse novel set in 1965 California, Lula has lost her voice. She can only speak in “a whispery rasp” that doesn’t help when...
Review of Off the Wall
Off the Wall by Theodore Taylor III; illus. by the author Primary Roaring Brook 48 pp. g 10/22 978-1-62672-294-1 $19.99 Part fish-out-of-water story, part ode to street art, this vibrant offering will grab readers’ attention. Narrator Sam is unhappy about a family move that has traded their “fast, busy...
Review of Hanged!: Mary Surratt & the Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln
Hanged!: Mary Surratt & the Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln by Sarah Miller Middle School, High School Random House Studio/Random 352 pp. g 11/22 978-0-593-18156-0 $18.99 Library ed. 978-0-593-18157-7 $21.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-18158-4 $11.99 On April 14, 1865, just days after the conclusion of the Civil War, John...
Review of Frizzy
Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega; illus. by Rose Bousamra Intermediate First Second 224 pp. g 10/22 978-1-250-25962-2 $21.99 Paper ed. 978-1-250-25963-9 $12.99 In a graphic novel that takes on antiblackness and colorism, every Sunday Marlene must sit for hours at the beauty salon while her naturally...
Review of Paradise Sands
Paradise Sands by Levi Pinfold; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 40 pp. g 11/22 978-1-5362-1282-2 $18.99 Pinfold (The Black Dog, rev. 10/12) presents another surreal picture book, this one with shades of such folktales as the Grimms’ “The Six Swans” and Andersen’s “The Wild Swans.”...
Review of Einstein
Einstein by Jim Ottaviani; illus. by Jerel Dye; color by Alison Acton High School First Second 304 pp. g 11/22 978-1-62672-876-9 $32.99 This thoroughly researched comic-format account of the world’s most well-known physicist is described by its author as “not so much a biography of Albert Einstein as...
Review of Berliners
Berliners by Vesper Stamper; illus. by the author Middle School, High School Knopf 320 pp. g 10/22 978-0-593-42836-8 $21.99 Library ed. 978-0-593-42837-5 $24.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-42838-2 $10.99 An engrossing look at the emerging new world order after World War II, told through the experiences of one...
Review of The Sun Is Late and So Is the Farmer
The Sun Is Late and So Is the Farmer by Philip C. Stead; illus. by Erin E. Stead Preschool Porter/Holiday 32 pp. g 11/22 978-0-8234-4428-1 $18.99 A hungry mule, milk cow, and miniature horse wait for the sun to rise. Declaring that the sun is late (“and...
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