Lillian Whithaus

Jeninngs, Landra. Whispering Fog, The. Clarion, 09/2022. 240pp. Fiction. Trade $16.99. 978-0-3586-7455-9. GRADES 5–7. ADDITIONAL. Neve and Rose are sisters whose mother has just moved them to a spooky house in the woods. Their parents [continue reading]

Woodson, Jacqueline. Remember Us. Penguin Random House/Nancy Paulsen, 10/2023. 192pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-0-3995-4546-7. GRADES 5–9. OUTSTANDING. This book drops us into 1970s Brooklyn, where the majority-Black Bushwick neighborhood is dubbed “The Matchbox” because of [continue reading]

Walls, Jasmine. Brooms. Teo DuVall, Illus. Addl. Creators Bex Glendining, Ariana Maher, Mariya Juni, Zack Sharpe, Elise Schuenke. Levine Querido, 10/2023. 230pp. Graphic. Trade $24.99. 978-1-64614-267-5. Paper $18.99. 978-1-64614-268-2. GRADES 7–12. HIGH ADDITIONAL. In this [continue reading]

Wagner Lloyd, Megan. Squished. Michelle Mee Nutter, Illustrator. Graphix, 03/2023. 246pp. Graphic. Trade $24.99. 978-1-338-56894-3. Paper $12.99. 978-1-338-56893-6. GRADES 3–7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. In this graphic novel for fans of Raina Telgemeier (Smile, 2010), Avery Lee [continue reading]

Rivera, Lilliam. Barely Floating. Kokila, 08/2023. 240pp. Fiction. Trade $17.99. 978-0-593-32312-0. GRADES 4–7. OUTSTANDING. Bold and brash twelve-year-old Natalia de la Cruz Rivera y Santiago finds a path toward fulfilling her swimming dreams. Vibrant and [continue reading]

Marrero, Letisha. Salsa Magic. Levine Querido, 09/2023. 273pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-1-64614-260-6. GRADES 4–9. ADDITIONAL. Thirteen-year-old Maya Beatriz Montenegro Calderon loves her close-knit Puerto Rican family, who all work at the family’s Brooklyn cafe, including [continue reading]

Love, Jessica. Bed of Stars, A. Jessica Love, Illus. Candlewick, 04/2023. 40pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-1-5362-1239-6. GRADES Kindergarten–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. When the child narrator of this story expresses that the sheer magnitude of the [continue reading]