Book Reviews
The Art Thieves by Andrea L. Rogers High School Levine/Levine Querido 400 pp. 10/24 9781646143788 $19.99 This compelling Cherokee-centered speculative novel by Cherokee writer Rogers (Man Made Monsters, rev. 11/22) is set in the near future: the 2050s. Stevie’s world at first looks not much different from ours, though events...
Your Farm by Jon Klassen; illus. by the author Preschool Candlewick 24 pp. 2/25 9781536230826 $8.99 e-book ed. 9781536242416 $8.99 ★ Your Forest by Jon Klassen; illus. by the author Preschool Candlewick 24 pp. 2/25 9781536230833 $8.99 e-book ed. 9781536242430 $8.99 ★ Your Island by Jon Klassen; illus. by the...
Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock: A Graphic Novel Poetry Collection Full of Surprising Characters! by Vikram Madan; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Wordsong/Astra 128 pp. 11/24 9781635928174 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781635928181 $11.99 This humorous collection features twenty-five story-poems presented in an innovative comic format. Kooky cartoon characters star...
The One & Only Googoosh: Iran’s Beloved Superstar by Azadeh Westergaard; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Viking 40 pp. 11/24 9780593114636 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593114643 $11.99 Theatrical scenes in pomegranate reds and peacock greens introduce readers to a young, precocious Googoosh, born Faegheh Atashin, performing in the 1950s with...
The Shape of Lost Things by Sarah Everett Middle School Harper/HarperCollins 272 pp. 10/24 9780063256613 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780063256620 $9.99 When Skye was six years old, her parents, both physicists, divorced. She and her brother, Finn, spent alternate weekends with their dad, but he became increasingly obsessed with physics and...
Toto by Hyewon Yum; illus. by the author Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 1/25 9780823453894 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823462322 $11.99 “Toto” isn’t the young protagonist’s name but rather what she calls the large birthmark on her forehead. Opening lines read, “Sometimes I wonder how I would look without Toto.” Despite loving...
King Alfred and the Ice Coffin by Kevin Crossley-Holland; illus. by Chris Riddell Intermediate, Middle School Candlewick Studio 88 pp. 11/24 9781536238808 $18.99 Quick, lyrical prose, an ear for the music of words, and an affection for Britain’s medieval past characterize much of Crossley-Holland’s work. He brings it all into...
Coming Home / Tutuqaykingaqw Nima: A Hopi Resistance Story / Hopisino Pahan Tutqayiwuy Ep Yorhomti by Mavasta Honyouti; illus. by the author; trans. into Hopi by Marilyn Parra Primary, Intermediate Levine/Levine Querido 48 pp. 11/24 9781646144570 $18.99 Honyouti (Hopi, Iswungwa/Coyote clan) is an award-winning carver. His low-relief carved and painted...
Noodle & Bao by Shaina Lu; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 224 pp. 10/24 9780063283411 $24.99 Paper ed. 9780063283404 $15.99 e-book ed. 9780063283428 $11.99 Momo has spent her entire life in her beloved Town 99, a fictional setting resembling real-world Chinatowns but where humans and anthropomorphic...
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