Illustration by Emily Gravett from Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge.

The following books will receive starred reviews in the July/August 2024 Horn Book Magazine:

Heatwave by Lauren Redniss (Random House Studio/Random)

The Mango Tree / La mata de mango by Edel Rodriguez (Abrams)

Bye Land, Bye Sea by René Spencer and Rodolfo Montalvo; illus. by Rodolfo Montalvo (Roaring Brook)

Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest by Isabel Greenberg (Amulet/Abrams)

Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge; illus. by Emily Gravett (Amulet/Abrams)

The Secret Library by Kekla Magoon (Candlewick)

Telephone of the Tree by Alison McGhee (Rocky Pond/Penguin)

Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi (Kids Can)

Tryouts [Brinkley Yearbooks] by Sarah Sax (Knopf)

Deep Water by Jamie Sumner (Atheneum)

The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall; illus. by Faith Schaffer (HarperAlley/HarperCollins)

Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube by Kerry Aradhya; illus. by Kara Kramer (Peachtree)