November 2022

King, Amy Sarig. Attack of the Black Rectangles. Fiction. Scholastic, 09/2022. 258 [+4]pp. $18.99. 978-1-338-68052-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Every town needs rules, and everyone should follow them, at least that is what sixth grader Mac [continue reading]

Ho, Joanna. Silence that Binds Us, The. Fiction. Harper Teen, 06/14/2022. 448 [+4]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-305934-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-12. Maybelline Chen’s brother Danny is handsome, popular, accepted at Princeton and, horribly, unaccountably, dead by suicide, one [continue reading]

Auerbach, Annie and Hannah Cook. Mickey Mouse Funhouse: The Summer Snow Day. Loter, Inc. Easy Reader. World of Reading Series: Level 1, Pre-1. Disney, 04/2022. 32pp. PB $4.99. 978-1-368-07876-4. ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-1. Mickey Mouse and [continue reading]

Alexander, Elaine M. Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep. Fiona Fogg, Illus. Non-fiction. Candlewick, 04/2022. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362-1396-6. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-2. An anglerfish’s cycle of life is portrayed in this informational book featuring a [continue reading]

Ahmed, Samira. Hollow Fires. Fiction. Little Brown, 05/2022. 395 [+8]pp. $18.99. 978-0-316-28264-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-12. This breathtakingly paced exploration of the personal and societal impacts of Islamaphobia in today’s America challenges the reader to understand [continue reading]

Winston, Sherri. New Pup on the Block. Gladys Jose, Illus. Fic. Wednesday and Woof Series; bk. 2. HarperCollins, 04/2022. 96pp. $15.99. 978-0-06-297607-9. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 2-4. Please see series review for Catastrophe by Sherri Winston.

Winston, Sherri. Catastrophe. Gladys Jose, Illus. Fiction. Wednesday and Woof Series; bk. 1. HarperCollins, 04/2022. 96pp. $15.99. 978-0-06-297601-7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 2-4. SERIES REVIEW: Wednesday, a young Black girl with juvenile arthritis, and her service [continue reading]

Van Dusen, Chris. Big Truck, Little Island. Chris Van Dusen, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 05/2022. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362-0393-6. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-3. Rhyming couplets consisting of four lines per page offer this humorous story of [continue reading]