Book Reviews
The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli by Karina Yan Glaser; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Allida/HarperCollins 432 pp. 9/25 9780063284432 $19.99 Make space on your shelf for this delectable, suspenseful adventure spanning more than a thousand years. Eleven-year-old Luli Lee lives in 1930s New York City,...
Stella & Marigold: Mermaids and Mix-Ups by Annie Barrows; illus. by Sophie Blackall Primary, Intermediate Chronicle 116 pp. 9/25 9781797219714 $15.99 Big sister Stella and little sister Marigold make a welcome return to the page with their own brand of sibling affection. The humor, energy, and poignancy of the first...
Reasons to Hate Me by Susan Metallo High School Candlewick 400 pp. 9/25 9781536240351 $18.99 High school senior Jess finds herself a pariah when her best friend Chloe’s boyfriend, Noah, sends a school-wide text claiming that she tried “to have sex with me.” Now Jess and Chloe aren’t speaking, and...
Defanged by H.E. Edgmon Middle School Feiwel 240 pp. 9/25 9781250874009 $17.99 Lux Priddy has always considered himself a good vampire who doesn’t make trouble for others, unlike those scary, violent vampires rumored to live in an underground society called Nox Urbus. In theory, he should be fine with being...
The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls by J. Anderson Coats Middle School Atheneum 272 pp. 9/25 9781665968614 $17.99 In 1910 small-town Colorado, Stanislava’s plan for getting out of her Slovene immigrant community—going by the “American name” of Sylvia, concealing her heritage to avoid discrimination, and one day going to college—comes...
The Big Bad Wolf Murder by P. G. BellIntermediate, Middle School Feiwel 224 pp.1/26 9781250864864 $17.99In a world where talking wolves live alongside humans, twelve-year-old Ruby is a rising star player of the sport Tooth & Claw, in which teams of human girls attempt to escape from a wolf opponent...
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Review of The Secret Astronomers
The Secret Astronomers by Jessica Walker; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School Viking 304 pp.11/25 9780593692677 $19.99This inventive epistolary novel is presented as a series of notes taped or stuck into an old astronomy textbook in a Green Bank, West Virginia, high school library. At first the notes are...
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Review of Wrong Friend
Wrong Friend by Charise Mericle Harper; illus. by Rory LuceyIntermediate, Middle School First Second 256 pp.1/26 9781250851963 $22.99Charise and Casey, best friends and neighbors, are two years apart. The age difference has never felt significant, but then Casey starts high school and shuts Charise out—suddenly and completely. There’s no explanation...
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Review of Better the Devil
Better the Devil by Erik J. BrownHigh School Storytide/HarperCollins 400 pp.1/26 9780063338326 $19.99What begins as a queer identity–focused young adult novel quickly turns into a dark mystery. The teen protagonist has fled his West Virginia home because his parents intend to send him to conversion therapy. After living on the...
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