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A Tour of the Human Body: Amazing Numbers—Fantastic Facts [Number Tours for Curious Kids] by Jennifer Berne; illus. by Dawn DeVries Sokol Primary, Intermediate Kane/Astra 40 pp. 5/24 9781662670152 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781662670169 $11.99 Berne’s counts and measures of the cells and organs of the human body illustrate just how...
Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest by Isabel Greenberg; illus. by the author Middle School, High School Amulet/Abrams 288 pp.5/24 9781419765117 $24.99Paper ed. 9781419765124 $17.99e-book ed. 9781647008499 $16.19This spirited, intelligent mashup of Arthuriana puts Morgan Le Fay—now Ancient Crone, cheerfully saggy-bosomed and thin-haired—and her granddaughter, Young Hag, at the center...
Bye Land, Bye Sea by René Spencer and Rodolfo Montalvo; illus. by Rodolfo MontalvoPrimary Roaring Brook 40 pp.4/24 9781250246721 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250377869 $11.99Two children embark on a journey together when a girl lands her boat on an island where a boy is stranded. After their initial shock, they start to...
Need a House? Call Ms. Mouse! by George Mendoza; illus. by Doris Susan SmithPrimary NYRB 48 pp. 6/23 9781681377360 $18.95Mouse Henrietta, a gifted architect, designs unique houses for all her friends, be they mammal or fish or bird or amphibian or even insect. Rabbit’s underground home has a large root...
Three Summers: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Summer Crushes, and Growing Up on the Eve of the Bosnian Genocide by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess with Laura L. Sullivan Intermediate, Middle School Farrar 352 pp. 4/24 9780374390815 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780374390822 $11.99 After eleven-year-old Amra’s brother’s death from complications of Marfan syndrome, her mother’s...
The Secret Library by Kekla Magoon Intermediate Candlewick 384 pp.5/24 9781536230888 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536237498 $18.99Eleven-and-a-half-year-old Delilah “Dally” Peteharrington’s mother wants to prepare her to take over the family business. Every afternoon, she meets with tutors to learn “important business-ish things,” but what she really wants is to go on adventures...
Heatwave by Lauren Redniss; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp.5/24 9780593645949 $19.99Library ed. 9780593645956 $22.99e-book ed. 9780593645963 $10.99Redniss’s assured, measured, and elegant meditation on life during our current environmental crisis begins during a record-breaking heatwave with a crystal-clear proclamation: “No way. Too hot.” The spare, evocative,...
Spying on Spies: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Broke the Nazis’ Secret Codes by Marissa Moss; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School Abrams 224 pp.3/24 9781419767319 $19.99e-book ed. 9781647009786 $16.19Elizebeth Smith Friedman (1892–1980) and her husband, William Friedman, “are now recognized together as the two most influential code-breakers in American...
Deep Water by Jamie Sumner Intermediate, Middle School Atheneum 224 pp.4/24 9781665935067 $17.99e-book ed. 9781665935081 $10.99Open-water marathon swimming (any continuous swim over ten kilometers) is not for the faint of heart and is typically done with meticulous planning, careful consideration for the weather and water conditions, and a skilled kayaker...
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