Book Reviews
Tiger Daughter by Rebecca LimMiddle School, High School Delacorte 192 pp.8/23 9780593648971 $17.99Library ed. 9780593648988 $20.99e-book ed. 9780593648995 $10.99Two “migrant kids”—first-generation immigrants to Australia from China—aspire to escape their dysfunctional lives and constricted futures by being accepted to a prestigious, government-funded high school. Wen Li Zhou, thirteen, and her best...
Spanish Is the Language of My Family by Michael Genhart; illus. by John ParraPrimary Porter/Holiday 40 pp.7/23 9780823450046 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823455454 $11.99Spanish ed. 9780823454464 $18.99Genhart highlights the love between a grandson and his abuela through their connection with the Spanish language. Narrator Manolo signs up to compete in his school’s...
The Hurricane Girls by Kimberly Willis HoltIntermediate, Middle School Ottaviano/Little, Brown 288 pp.8/23 9780316326094 $16.99e-book ed. 9780316326285 $9.99During their first year attending middle school in New Orleans, Greer, Joya Mia, and Kiki become inseparable friends when they collaborate on a project interviewing neighbors and family members about the impact of...
Penny & Pip by Candace Fleming; illus. by Eric RohmannPreschool Dlouhy/Atheneum 40 pp.6/23 9781665913317 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665913324 $10.99Rohmann returns to the natural history museum setting of his debut, Time Flies, but this outing is far cozier than that 1995 Caldecott Honor Book. It’s just as fanciful, though. Penny, a brown-skinned...
Hope in the Valley by Mitali PerkinsMiddle School Farrar 304 pp.7/23 9780374388515 $17.99e-book ed. 9780374388508 $10.99The former orchard across from Pandita Paul’s home, dilapidated though it may be, holds a special place in the thirteen-year-old’s heart. It’s where she and her late mother used to spend time: “Ashar Jaiga, as...
In the Night Garden by Carin Berger; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp.7/23 9780823449866 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823455379 $11.99Berger’s (Finding Spring, rev. 1/15) soothing, rhythmic text guides readers through the wonders of a garden at night, directly addressing them in hushed tones: “If you are very patient and very...
83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary by Don Brown; illus. by the authorHigh School Clarion/HarperCollins 128 pp.5/23 9780063311565 $22.99e-book ed. 9780063311589 $10.99Here’s a rare chronicle of a contemporary, ongoing war. This comic-format “war diary” isn’t told from the viewpoint of any one person, although individual perspectives are plentifully represented...
Once in a Blue Moon by Sharon G. FlakeIntermediate, Middle School Knopf 336 pp.7/23 9780593480984 $17.99Library ed. 9780593480991 $20.99e-book ed. 9780593481004 $10.99In sparkling free verse, Flake delivers a rich and compassionate story of family love centered on forgiveness. Eleven-year-old James Henry and his twin sister, Hattie Mae, live with their...
The Book of Turtles by Sy Montgomery; illus. by Matt PattersonPrimary, Intermediate Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp.5/23 9780358458074 $19.99“Sometime around 240 million years ago—about the time of the first dinosaurs, and 9 million years before the first crocodile—the shell invented the turtle.” With this cheekily thought-provoking opening sentence, acclaimed science writer Montgomery...
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