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The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin Middle School, High School Viking 400 pp. 10/24 9780593527542 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593527566 $10.99 It’s the summer of 1940 in this collaboration between Sepetys (whose historical fiction for older readers includes, recently, I Must Betray You, rev. 5/22) and Sheinkin (primarily...
Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc FavreauMiddle School, High School Little, Brown 256 pp.9/24 9780759557062 $19.99e-book ed. 9780759557055 $12.99Dyson and Favreau (Unequal: A Story of America) explore the history of the right to vote in the United States, presenting the complexity of America’s...
They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illus. by James E. Ransome Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 40 pp. 9/24 9780763681555 $18.99 This poetic picture book tells the inspiring tale of a young enslaved man, “a compilation of many of the real-life stories of the people who resisted, fought,...
Doña Fela’s Dream by Monica Brown; illus. by Rose Ibarra Primary Little, Brown 48 pp. 9/24 9780316178358 $18.99 Spanish ed. 9780316581660 $11.99 A richly illustrated picture-book biography of Puerto Rico’s first female mayor, Felisa Rincón de Gautier (1897–1994), with a lively text. As a tropical storm batters San Juan at...
Pearl by Sherri L. Smith; illus. by Christine Norrie Intermediate, Middle School Graphix/Scholastic 144 pp. 8/24 9781338029437 $24.99 Paper ed. 9781338029420 $12.99 e-book ed. 9781338029444 $12.99 In this graphic novel, a Japanese American girl visiting family outside Hiroshima is trapped there after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. Amy’s sōsobo (great-grandmother), whose...
The Gale by Mo Yan; illus. by Zhu Chengliang; adapted by Xiaoxiao Guan; trans. from Chinese by Ying-Hwa Hu Primary, Intermediate Simon 40 pp. 8/24 9781665930628 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781665930635 $10.99 In this moving, bittersweet picture-book debut by a Nobel Prize–winning Chinese author, a child learns an important lesson about...
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Review of Snow Is…
Snow Is… by Laura Gehl; illus. by Sonia SánchezPreschool, Primary Wiseman/Simon 32 pp.10/24 9781665915595 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665915601 $10.99“Snow is a feeling the moment you wake / Snow is a stillness before the first flake.” This picture book shows us a classic snow day through the eyes of a young child....
Don’t Invite a Bear Inside for Hanukkah by Karen Rostoker-Gruber; illus. by Carles ArbatPreschool, Primary Apples & Honey/Behrman 32 pp.11/24 9781681156422 $19.95An offstage narrator addresses a child who ignores the titular advice. The ursine guest helps—and “helps”—with preparations; the digital-looking illustrations show that, for example, picking out tiny candles isn’t...
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Review of At Our Table
At Our Table by Patrick Hulse; illus. by Madelyn GoodnightPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp.10/24 9780316537056 $18.99This warm and thought-provoking picture book celebrates the many different ways that families come together to give thanks in the fall season. Hulse’s spare, meaningful text honors a table with room for “old traditions,...
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