Book Reviews
Ghosts, Toast, and Other Hazards by Susan TanIntermediate, Middle School Roaring Brook 256 pp.4/23 9781250797001 $17.99e-book ed. 9781250797018 $10.99Monica “Mo” Lin, a sixth-grade Chinese American girl, has moved with her mother and half-sister to the (fictional) small town of New Warren, Massachusetts, to live with her “aging Chinese hippie” great-uncle,...
Night in the City by Julie Downing; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp.3/23 9780823452064 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823455188 $11.99While a child gets ready for bed, a father gets ready for work—as do other night-shift workers in the city. Readers follow the dad (a nurse) and eight others: a taxi...
A Is for Australian Reefs by Frané Lessac; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick 48 pp.6/23 9781536228304 $18.99The multitude of species found in and around Australian coral reefs are showcased creatively in this vibrant alphabet book. Lessac (illustrator of We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, rev. 11/18) uses the A, B, and C...
Total Garbage by Rebecca Donnelly; illus. by John HendrixIntermediate, Middle School Holt 160 pp.3/23 9781250760388 $21.99e-book ed. 9781250760395 $11.99In this accessible overview of garbage, Donnelly’s trash talk supports an appealing conversational narrative. She asks readers to examine five questions, each addressed in its own chapter: “What is garbage, where does...
Sunshine by Jarrett J. Krosoczka; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School Graphix/Scholastic 240 pp.4/23 978133856328 $24.99Paper ed. 9781338356311 $14.99e-book ed. 9781338747621 $14.99This follow-up graphic memoir to Hey, Kiddo (rev. 9/18) is aesthetically similar to its predecessor but altogether different in subject and scope. Krosoczka chronicles his time at age...
Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya Bolden; illus. by R. Gregory ChristiePrimary Harper/HarperCollins 40 pp.2/23 9780062994387 $18.99Rosetta Tharpe’s (1915–1973) music would influence some of the biggest stars of the twentieth century—from Chuck Berry and Little Richard to Johnny...
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline BoulleyHigh School Holt 400 pp.5/23 9781250766588 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250766595 $11.99Boulley returns to Sugar Island, Michigan, in 2014, ten years after the events of the multi-award-winning Firekeeper’s Daughter (rev. 5/21). This novel’s protagonist is Daunis’s sixteen-year-old niece, Perry Firekeeper-Birch. Perry reluctantly joins her more-driven twin sister,...
Garvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel by Nikki Grimes; illus. by Theodore Taylor IIIIntermediate, Middle School Wordsong/Astra 144 pp.6/23 9781662660023 $22.99Paper ed. 9781662660085 $12.99e-book ed. 9781662660092 $9.99“Why can’t he put those books down, play football or basketball?” Garvey’s father wants to turn him into an athlete, like his sister Angie, but...
Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School Graphix/Scholastic 288 pp.4/23 9781338832693 $24.99Paper ed. 9781338832686 $12.99For many immigrant families, the American dream is a journey paved with countless obstacles; this struggle plays out in the lives of three Taiwanese siblings in Tang’s graphic novel. The story...
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