Reviews Of The Week
Imogen: The Life and Work of Imogen Cunningham by Elizabeth Partridge; illus. by Yuko Shimizu Primary, Intermediate Viking 40 pp. 8/25 9781984835185 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781984835208 $10.99 Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976) was born into a large, loving family in the Pacific Northwest at the tail end of the nineteenth century. As...
The Last Resort by Erin Entrada Kelly; illus. by Naomi Franquiz Intermediate, Middle School Scholastic 240 pp. 9/25 9781546132431 $17.99 e-book ed. 9781546132455 $17.99 In this supernatural murder mystery, the versatile Kelly (2025 Newbery medalist for The First State of Being, rev. 5/24) skillfully balances otherworldly horrors with more realistic...
To Activate Space Portal, Lift Here by Antoinette Portis; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 56 pp. 10/25 9780823459858 $18.99 The opening spread of this meta intergalactic romp should entice viewers: a small orange square with a smaller black circle at its center sits in the middle of a...
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,...
If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry High School Simon 448 pp. 9/25 9781534470811 $21.99 e-book ed. 9781534470835 $10.99 This expansive historical novel with Medusa-inspired fantasy elements features Jack the Ripper, Salvation Army missionaries, and new-made Gorgons in New York’s Bowery, 1888. With two principal viewpoints, Berry alternates between the...
The House That Floated by Guojing; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Random House Studio/Random 40 pp. 9/25 9780593709054 $18.99 Library ed. 9780593709061 $21.99 Guojing (The Flamingo, rev. 11/22; Oasis, rev. 3/25) presents a vivid wordless picture book about a family who lives in a small seaside cabin atop a...
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...
Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley High School Holt 384 pp. 9/25 9781250328533 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781250328540 $11.99 Lucy Smith knows that someone is following her, and she decides it’s time to leave town. At first she suspects the handsome Potawatomi man who insists on talking to her at...
Together, United [All Because You Matter] by Tami Charles; illus. by Bryan Collier Primary Orchard/Scholastic 40 pp. 9/25 9781338752052 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781546148562 $18.99 In this third installment of the affirming series (All Because You Matter, rev. 11/20; We Are Here, rev. 3/23), Charles’s evocative verse underscores a message of...
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