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Review of The Bletchley Riddle

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...
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Review of Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote

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...

Review of They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom

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,...

Review of Doña Fela’s Dream

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...

Review of Pearl

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...

Review of The Gale

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....
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Review of Don’t Invite a Bear Inside for Hanukkah

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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