September/October starred reviews

by Roger Sutton
Jul 25, 2011 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
The following books will receive starred reviews in the September/October issue of the Horn Book Magazine.

The Haunted Hamburger and Other Ghostly Stories by David LaRochelle; illus. by Paul Meisel (Dutton)

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade)

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (Farrar)

Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck; illus. by Kelly Murphy (Dial)

The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf (Candlewick)

Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin (Holt)

A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young by Halfdan Rasmussen; trans. from the Danish by Marilyn Nelson and Pamela Espeland; illus. by Kevin Hawkes (Candlewick)

Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert by Marc Aronson (Atheneum)

Orani: My Father’s Village by Claire A. Nivola (Foster/Farrar)

Feynman by Jim Ottaviani; illus. by Leland Myrick; color by Hilary Sycamore (First Second)

Drawing from Memory by Allen Say (Scholastic)

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Beth Krommes (Houghton)
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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Posted : Jul 28, 2011 06:18

Anamaria (bookstogether)

>Secrets at Sea is my favorite of this year's trio of mouse books.

Posted : Jul 26, 2011 12:57

Jennifer Schultz

>I've had Breaking Stalin's Nose in a cart for some time, mainly because of the time period it covers. Very excited that it's receiving praise.

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