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Review of Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (A Love Story)

Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (A Love Story) by Deborah Heiligman High School    Farrar    336 pp. 9/25    9781250823076    $21.99 e-book ed.  9781250823083    $11.99 Heiligman’s newest work of nonfiction touches on a long list of hot-button contemporary issues: due process, free speech, gender equity, economic inequality, pacifism, prison reform, reproductive freedom,...

Review of The Blue Jays That Grew a Forest

The Blue Jays That Grew a Forest by Lynn Street; illus. by Anne Hunter Primary    Quinlin/Peachtree    48 pp. 8/25    9781682636046    $18.99 Most everyone knows that “mighty oaks from little acorns grow,” as the old saw goes, but how many people know that blue jays are integral to their propagation? Street’s...

Review of The Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man’s Journey Across Wartime Europe

The Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man’s Journey Across Wartime Europe by Uri Shulevitz; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School    Farrar    160 pp. 8/25    9780374392468    $19.99 e-book ed.  9780374392475    $11.99 The late Shulevitz, author of the acclaimed memoir Chance: Escape from the Holocaust (rev. 11/20), recounts the story...

Review of I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This

I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This by Eugene Yelchin; illus. by the author High School    Candlewick    432 pp. 9/25    9781536215533    $22.99 e-book ed.  9781536227321    $22.99 This graphic memoir, a sequel to The Genius Under the Table (rev. 9/21) but for a teen audience, picks up in 1980...

Review of White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History

White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History by Ann Bausum High School    Roaring Brook    368 pp. 8/25    9781250816573    $24.99 e-book ed.  9781250816580    $12.99 “For more than a century and a half, a tsunami of Confederate commemoration has washed over the United States of America....

Review of It’s Corn Picking Time!

It’s Corn Picking Time! by Jill Esbaum; illus. by Melissa Crowton Primary    Porter/Holiday    40 pp. 7/25    9780823455614    $18.99 “This is the farmer, her cap, and her gloves. This is the farm, land that she loves.” Before the sun rises, a farmer gets the combine from the shed, gathers tools for...

Review of A Rock Is Born: An Epic Journey Through Time

A Rock Is Born: An Epic Journey Through Time by Richard Ho; illus. by Lily Williams Primary    Roaring Brook    40 pp. 7/25    9781250749925    $19.99e-book ed.  9781250438744    $11.99 The drama begins on the cover of this “epic” geological picture book, with the lead-in above the title: “Over one hundred million years...

Review of In the World of Whales

In the World of Whales by Michelle Cusolito; illus. by Jessica Lanan Primary, Intermediate    Porter/Holiday    48 pp. 6/25    9780823453429    $18.99 Free divers, or those who dive in the ocean without any breathing equipment, claim that being unencumbered lets them immerse themselves in the underwater world, which allows for a strong...

Review of Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis

Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis by Daria Peoples; illus. by the author Primary    Greenwillow    56 pp. 6/25    9780063206786    $19.99 This picture-book biography of the educator and “passionate activist for equality and justice for all” emphasizes how the events of Davis’s (b. 1944) early life growing up in...
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