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,...
Nunu and the Sea by Isabella Kung; illus. by the author Primary Knopf 48 pp. 10/25 9780593812723 $18.99 Enraged by homework she doesn’t understand, Nunu runs into her room, slams the door, screams, and tears up the yellow origami house on her desk. In a story line reminiscent of Sendak’s...
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...
Lena the Chicken (but Really a Dinosaur!) by Linda Bailey; illus. by K-Fai Steele Preschool, Primary Tundra 56 pp. 10/25 9781774880135 $18.99 Sure, Lena has buff feathers, a red comb and wattle, and the manic, beady eyes that Steele (illustrator of the Lone Wolf series, rev. 7/25, and others) is...
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...
Cat Nap by Brian Lies; illus. by the author Primary Greenwillow 48 pp. 9/25 9780062671288 $19.99 An unusual game of cat-and-mouse takes place in this visually stunning and highly creative picture book. Kitten snoozes on the back of a couch until “something scritches, waking Kitten. A mouse? A MOUSE!” The...
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...
If We Were Dogs by Sophie Blackall; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp. 9/25 9780316581721 $18.99 In Blackall’s earlier picture book If I Was a Horse (rev. 9/23), a child imagines life as a spirited steed; activities include giving little sister a ride to school. In...
Outside In and the Inside Out: A Story About Arnold Lobel by Emmy Kastner; illus. by the author Primary Viking 40 pp. 9/25 9780593692509 $18.99 This picture-book biography of Arnold Lobel (1933–1987), which somewhat mimics the look of Lobel’s Frog and Toad series, explores his life through the lens of...
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