Illustration from The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Leo Espinosa.

The following books will receive starred reviews in the July/August 2022 Horn Book Magazine:

Berry Song by Michaela Goade (Little, Brown)

H Is for Harlem by Dinah Johnson; illus. by April Harrison (Ottaviano/Little, Brown)

See You Someday Soon by Pat Zietlow Miller; illus. by Suzy Lee (Roaring Brook)

Don’t Worry, Murray by David Ezra Stein (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)

The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson; illus. by Leo Espinosa (Paulsen/Penguin)

Troublemaker by John Cho with Sarah Suk (Little, Brown)

M Is for Monster by Talia Dutton (Surely/Abrams ComicArts)

The Real Riley Mayes by Rachel Elliott (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)

Surely Surely Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly (Greenwillow)

It’s a Sign! by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey; with additional illustrations by Mo Willems (Hyperion)

Hope Is an Arrow: The Story of Lebanese American Poet Kahlil Gibran by Cory McCarthy, illus. by Ekua Holmes (Candlewick)