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Review of A Game of Noctis
A Game of Noctis by Deva FaganIntermediate Atheneum 320 pp.4/24 9781665930192 $17.99e-book ed. 9781665930215 $10.99Ever since the plague three centuries ago, during which the Prince of Dantessa challenged Lady Death to a game of noctis for the lives of her people, inhabitants of the tiny magical island compete for wealth...
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Review of To the Ice
To the Ice by Thomas Tidholm; illus. by Anna-Clara Tidholm; trans. from Swedish by Julia MarshallPrimary, Intermediate Gecko 80 pp.11/23 9781776575077 $18.99At the start of this chapter book, three children (“Jack, Max and me, Ida”) playing by a creek accidentally float away on an ice floe. The creek becomes a...
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Review of Just Shy of Ordinary
Just Shy of Ordinary by A. J. SassMiddle School Little, Brown 384 pp.1/24 9780316506175 $16.99e-book ed. 9780316506373 $9.99Thirteen-year-old Shai Stern is looking for their “new normal.” In addition to an edgy new haircut and a change of pronouns, the former homeschooler is planning to attend public school for the first...
Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina IxtaHigh School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 368 pp.1/24 9780063287860 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063287884 $10.99It’s senior year, and while Belén’s classmates are focused on college applications, she’s flunking school and struggling to cope with a shattered home life. Since her pa walked out on their family, her...
The Door Is Open: Stories of Celebration and Community by 11 Desi Voices edited by Hena KhanIntermediate, Middle School Little, Brown 336 pp.4/24 9780316450638 $17.99e-book ed. 9780316450836 $9.99Focused on a community center in the fictional town of Maple Grove, New Jersey, this powerful collection of short stories celebrates the broad...
The Monarchs of Winghaven by Naila MoreiraIntermediate Walker US/Candlewick 320 pp.5/24 9781536218305 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536224689 $18.99Poised between novel and information book, this story features Samantha, an eleven-year-old wildlife enthusiast who finds joy and excitement in a neglected natural area she christens Winghaven. An anxious new kid in town, she has...
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Review of Infinity Alchemist
Infinity Alchemist by Kacen CallenderHigh School Tor Teen 400 pp.2/24 9781250890252 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250890269 $11.99Ash Woods is an unlicensed alchemist, a groundskeeper at a college that will employ him but not admit him to study and train to practice alchemy openly and legally. When Ramsay Thorne, a graduate apprentice, catches...
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Review of A for Effort
A for Effort by Jarad Greene; illus. by the authorMiddle School HarperAlley/HarperCollins 224 pp.3/24 9780063032880 $24.99Paper ed. 9780063032873 $15.99e-book ed. 9780063032897 $10.99This sequel to A-Okay (rev. 11/21) finds Jay, who previously attended a magnet school across town, starting high school without any friends, a situation made worse by his inherent...
The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelho; illus. by Kate MilnerMiddle School, High School Candlewick 320 pp.3/24 9781536236415 $19.99e-book ed. 9781536237351 $19.99Coelho, the U.K.’s current Children’s Laureate, here interweaves two narratives—one a riff on the classical story of Theseus; the other of Theo, a contemporary biracial teen seeking...
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