>September/October Stars

by Roger Sutton
Aug 06, 2009 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>The following books will receive starred reviews in the September/October issue of the Horn Book Magazine:

All the World written by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee (Beach Lane/Simon).

Fire by Kristin Cashore (Dial).

The Lost Conspiracy by Frances Hardinge (Bowen/HarperCollins).

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters written by Lenore Look, illustrated by LeUyen Pham (Schwartz & Wade/Random).

T-Minus: The Race to the Moon written by Jim Ottaviani, illustrated by Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon (Aladdin/Simon).

A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck (Dial).

Thumb and the Bad Guys written by Ken Roberts, illustrated by Leanne Franson (Groundwood).

Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally) written by Lisa Yee, illustrated by Dan Santat (Levine/Scholastic).

The Frog Scientist written by Pamela S. Turner, illustrated with photos by Andy Comins (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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the BEDBUG Blog

>This looks to be a good listing and should prove valuable to readers.

Posted : Aug 11, 2009 06:42

editordad

>"Thumb and the Bad Guys" and "Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally)" looks pretty good. I'm looking for for good chapter books for my second-grader. Any other tips? http://editordad.wordpress.com/

Posted : Aug 10, 2009 01:13

Pamela Turner

>Thanks for the sparkle next to "The Frog Scientist"'s title! If anyone's looking for me I will be sitting on a barstool next to Kristin.

Posted : Aug 07, 2009 03:44

Jennifer Schultz

>Excellent. Lots of good stuff coming out in the upcoming months!

Posted : Aug 07, 2009 01:58

lenore

>Woohoo! I can't believe it! I feel like dancing! Unfortunately i don't have an emergency speech in my PDK for it. I have emergency speeches for many other literary prizes, but for this one, this most elusive star, i am utterly speechless.

Posted : Aug 07, 2009 03:44

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