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Review of Lost

Lost by Bob Staake; illus. by the author Primary    Schwartz/Random    48 pp. 10/24    9780593707029    $18.99 Library ed.  9780593707036    $21.99 e-book ed.  9780593707043    $10.99 Many people can relate to the worry that strikes when a pet goes missing. Staake (Bluebird, rev. 3/13) brings empathy, camaraderie, and humor to a familiar experience...

Review of Golden Gate: Building the Mighty Bridge

Golden Gate: Building the Mighty Bridge by Elizabeth Partridge; illus. by Ellen Heck Primary, Intermediate    Chronicle    56 pp. 10/24    9781452135144    $19.99 “Cold winter winds rattle your window and the blast of the foghorn weaves into your morning dreams, warning ships away from the rocky cliffs behind you.” In a second-person...

Review of The Bletchley Riddle

The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin Middle School, High School    Viking    400 pp. 10/24    9780593527542    $18.99 e-book ed.  9780593527566    $10.99 It’s the summer of 1940 in this collaboration between Sepetys (whose historical fiction for older readers includes, recently, I Must Betray You, rev. 5/22) and Sheinkin (primarily...

Review of They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom

They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illus. by James E. Ransome Primary, Intermediate    Candlewick    40 pp. 9/24    9780763681555    $18.99 This poetic picture book tells the inspiring tale of a young enslaved man, “a compilation of many of the real-life stories of the people who resisted, fought,...

Review of Doña Fela’s Dream

Doña Fela’s Dream by Monica Brown; illus. by Rose Ibarra Primary    Little, Brown    48 pp. 9/24    9780316178358    $18.99 Spanish ed.  9780316581660    $11.99 A richly illustrated picture-book biography of Puerto Rico’s first female mayor, Felisa Rincón de Gautier (1897–1994), with a lively text. As a tropical storm batters San Juan at...

Review of Pearl

Pearl by Sherri L. Smith; illus. by Christine Norrie Intermediate, Middle School    Graphix/Scholastic    144 pp. 8/24    9781338029437    $24.99 Paper ed.  9781338029420    $12.99 e-book ed.  9781338029444    $12.99 In this graphic novel, a Japanese American girl visiting family outside Hiroshima is trapped there after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. Amy’s sōsobo (great-grandmother), whose...

Review of The Gale

The Gale by Mo Yan; illus. by Zhu Chengliang; adapted by Xiaoxiao Guan; trans. from Chinese by Ying-Hwa Hu Primary, Intermediate    Simon    40 pp. 8/24    9781665930628    $18.99 e-book ed.  9781665930635    $10.99 In this moving, bittersweet picture-book debut by a Nobel Prize–winning Chinese author, a child learns an important lesson about...

Review of The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World’s Great Scientists

The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World’s Great Scientists by Kate Messner; illus. by Julia Kuo Primary, Intermediate    Chronicle    64 pp. 8/24    9781452176963    $19.99 This attractive, informative, and ambitious collective biography begins with a challenge: “Quick! Name the world’s greatest scientist.” Messner (The Next President,...

Review of Too Small Tola Makes It Count

Too Small Tola Makes It Count by Atinuke; illus. by Onyinye Iwu Primary, Intermediate    Candlewick    96 pp. 9/24    9781536238150    $16.99 e-book ed.  9781536240030    $16.99 Atinuke returns for a fourth time (Too Small Tola, rev. 3/21, and sequels) to her diminutive, high-spirited, mathematically gifted protagonist’s “run-down block of apartments in the...
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