Jenny Andrus

Capetta, A.R. Hocus and Pocus and the Dragon Next Door. Charlene Chua, Illus. Hocus and Pocus. Candlewick, 03/2025. 96pp. Fiction. Trade $16.99. 978-1-5362-2493-1. Paper $5.99. 978-1-5362-4269-0. GRADES 1–3. HIGH ADDITIONAL.   This second book in a lighthearted early reader series features two magical rescue dogs and the witch who adopts them. [continue reading]

Blackburne, Livia. Dreams to Ashes: The 1871 Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre. Nicole Xu, Illus. Lerner/Carolrhoda, 03/2025. [40]pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.99. 979-8-7656-2722-8. GRADES 3–6. HIGH ADDITIONAL.          This informational picture book explores the Los Angeles Chinatown massacre that took place in October of 1871, explaining how Chinese nationals [continue reading]

Beckmeyer, Drew. Stalactite and Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little Cave. Drew Beckmeyer, Illus. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, 03/2025. [40]pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-1-6659-2663-8. GRADES Preschool–3. OUTSTANDING.   A little nub on the roof of a cave slowly drips on the little nub below, and the two [continue reading]

Barnes, Derrick. Incredibly Human Henson Blayze, The. Viking, 09/2025. 254 [+7]pp. Fiction. Trade $17.99. 978-1-9848-3675-5. GRADES 7–10. HIGH ADDITIONAL.            Thirteen-year-old Henson Blayze is a football star in a small Mississippi town that has never had a football star like him before. The implications of what [continue reading]

Nayeri, Daniel. Teacher of Nomad Land, The: A World War II Story. Levine Querido, 08/2025. 192pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-1-64614-566-9. GRADES 4–7. OUTSTANDING.     Award-winning author Daniel Nayeri explores the hidden history of World War II in Iran through the eyes of two orphaned children on [continue reading]

Collins, Suzanne. Sunrise on the Reaping. Scholastic, 03/2025. 382pp. Fiction. Trade $27.99. 978-1-5461-7146-1. GRADES 8–12. ADDITIONAL.          Sixteen-year-old Haymitch Abernathy is one of forty-eight people chosen in a competition to the death, set in an arena where comforts are poisonous and even natural disasters are [continue reading]

Boulley, Angeline. Sisters in the Wind. Henry Holt, 09/2025. 384pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-250-32853-3. GRADES 8–Adult. HIGH ADDITIONAL.          Angeline Boulley continues to educate readers about life as a Native American in today’s world, while wrapping the story in drama and a dangerous mystery. Lucy Smith [continue reading]

Bausum, Ann. White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History. Roaring Brook, 08/2025. 352 [+6]pp. Nonfiction. Trade $24.99. 978-1-250-81657-3.  GRADES 8–Adult. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Myths about the War of the Rebellion (1861-1865) that developed after the defeat of the Confederacy resonate [continue reading]