Five questions for Laura Amy Schlitz
The Winter of the Dollhouse by Laura Amy Schlitz; Candlewick.

Our world meets fantasy
The Library of Unruly Treasures by Jeanne Birdsall, illus. by Matt Phelan; Knopf.
Return to Sender by Vera Brosgol; Roaring Brook. 
Severe and Unusual Weather by Jessie Ann Foley; Quill Tree/HarperCollins.
Into the Wild Magic by Michelle Knudsen; Candlewick.
The Last Rhee Witch and the Nine-Tailed Fox by Jenna Lee-Yun; Disney-Hyperion.
The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon by Grace Lin; Little, Brown.
Beinoni by Mari Lowe; Levine/Levine Querido.
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Book of Anansi by Angie Thomas; Clarion/HarperCollins.
Sea Dragons [Monsters of Fife] by Jane Yolen, illus. by Celia Lowenthal; Charlesbridge Moves.

Families affected by history
Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley; Holt.  
The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls by J. Anderson Coats; Atheneum. 
Zarina Divided by Reem Faruqi; Harper/HarperCollins. 
My Mother, the Mermaid Chaser by Jamie Jo Hoang; Crown.
How to Say Goodbye in Cuban by Daniel Miyares; Schwartz/Random. 
Displaced by Patrick Ochieng; Carolrhoda.

Space adventures
RO-BO by Mariana Ruiz Johnson, trans. from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel; Orca. 
I Come from Another Galaxy by James Kwan; Abrams. 
To Activate Space Portal, Lift Here by Antoinette Portis; Porter/Holiday.
The Search for Our Cosmic Neighbors by Chloe Savage; Candlewick. 
E-I-UFO: Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Zach von Zonk, illus. by Benjamin Chaud; Chronicle.

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