Five questions for E. K. Johnston
Titan of the Stars by E. K. Johnston; Tundra. 

Future worlds
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins; Scholastic.
Sea Change by Susan Fletcher; Amulet/Abrams.
This Is the Year by Gloria Muñoz; Holiday.  
Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel; Scholastic.
The Legendary Scarlett & Browne by Jonathan Stroud; Knopf.

Creatures featured
The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman; Little, Brown.
Answers to Dog by Pete Hautman; Candlewick.
The City of Lost Cats by Tanya Lloyd Kyi; Tundra.
The Trouble with Sunshine by Yamile Saied Méndez; Scholastic.
A Wolf Called Fire by Rosanne Parry; illus. by Mónica Armiño; Greenwillow.
Dog Trouble by Kristin Varner; First Second. 
Bad Badger by Maryrose Wood, illus. by Giulia Ghigini; Union Square.

No one's BOULDER than you!
Rock by Laurel Croza, illus. by Matt James; Groundwood.
A Pocket Full of Rocks by Kristin Mahoney, illus. by E. B. Goodale; Knopf.
When You Find the Right Rock by Mary Lyn Ray, illus. by Felicita Sala; Chronicle.
Rabbit’s Feat by Barney Saltzberg; Hippo Park/Astra.
This Rock Is Mine! by Kaye Umansky, illus. by Alice McKinley; Peachtree.

From the June 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.