Book Reviews
Waylon!: Even More Awesomeby Sara Pennypacker; read by Christopher GebauerIntermediate Recorded Books Rev. 11/173 CDs 2.5 hrs. 978-1-5019-8150-0 $10.45Fourth grader Waylon and his classmate Baxter (“the closest thing to a juvenile delinquent [Waylon] had ever encountered”) are dog lovers with a problem: if they don’t find a permanent home for...
The Journey of Little Charlieby Christopher Paul Curtis; read by Michael CrouchIntermediate, Middle School Listening LibraryRev. 3/18 5 CDs 5.23 hrs. 978-0-8041-6802-1 $45.00Twelve-year-old narrator “Little Charlie” Bobo is already the size of a man, and when his South Carolina sharecropper father dies in a freak accident, the sheriff suspects Charlie....
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughterby Erika L. Sánchez; read by Kyla GarciaHigh School Listening Library Rev. 3/188 CDs 9.7 hrs. 978-1-5247-8224-5 $60.00When her older sister, Olga, dies, Julia discovers Olga was not the “perfect Mexican daughter” everybody thought she was. Julia, who longs to be a writer and...
Reboundby Kwame Alexander; illus. by Dawud AnyabwileIntermediate, Middle School Houghton 414 pp.4/18 978-0-544-86813-7 $16.99In this prequel to Alexander’s Newbery Medal–winning The Crossover (rev. 5/14), it’s the summer of 1988, and twelve-year-old Charlie Bell would rather roller-skate with his two best friends or escape into the pages of his beloved Fantastic...
These recent speculative fiction favorites are now available as audiobooks — just in time for summer, when teens may be seeking escapist vacation listening or entertainment on that epic road trip with friends.In Kristin Cashore's Jane, Unlimited, recently bereaved Jane is unexpectedly invited to spend the weekend at a mysterious...
Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riotsby Margarita Engle; illus. by Rudy GutierrezMiddle School, High School Atheneum 179 pp. g5/18 978-1-5344-0943-9 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-5344-0945-3 $10.99In 1942 Los Angeles, after working all day at the canneries, teen sisters Lorena and Marisela can’t wait to put on their sharpest swing...
Fiction and Poetry Winner The Poet Xby Elizabeth AcevedoHigh School HarperTeen 361 pp. g3/18 978-0-06-266280-4 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-06-266282-8 $9.99Fifteen-year-old Xiomara, whose name means “one who is ready for war,” has been fighting her whole life. The self-described “brown and big and angry” Dominican girl from Harlem furiously confronts catcalling boys,...
Speak: The Graphic Novelby Laurie Halse Anderson; illus. by Emily CarrollHigh School Farrar 376 pp.2/18 978-0-374-30028-9 $19.99In this new graphic novel adaptation of Anderson’s Speak (rev. 9/99) — a powerful narrative of a high school freshman’s year of self-preservation after a brutal sexual assault — artist Carroll starkly renders protagonist...
Between the Linesby Nikki GrimesMiddle School, High School Paulsen/Penguin 213 pp. g2/18 978-0-399-24688-3 $17.99“Just step up, step up to the mike / and let your truth fly, loud, / proud, raw.” That’s what students are preparing to do in Mr. Ward’s high school class in the Bronx. Through poetry, they...
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