Berry, Julie. Burglars and Bluestockings. Wishes and Wellingtons Series; bk. 3. Sourcebooks, 03/2023. 368pp. Fiction. GRADES 5 – 7 $16.99. 978-1-7282-3152-5. ADDITIONAL Maeve Merritt’s misadventures with magical objects take her and chums, Alice and Tommy, [continue reading]
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Pearl Hunter Review
Beck, Miya. Pearl Hunter, The. Balzer + Bray, 02/2023. 320pp. Fiction. GRADES 6-9. $17.99. 978-0-06-323819-0. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Kai and Kishi are identical twins and pearl divers in a time and culture where both are despised. [continue reading]
Hamra and the Jungle of Memories Review
Alkaf, Hanna. Hamra and the Jungle of Memories. Harper, 03/2023. 400pp. Fiction. GRADES 5 – 8. $19.99. 978-0-06-320795-0. OUTSTANDING. On the morning of her thirteenth birthday, Hamra doesn’t feel chosen—at least not in a good [continue reading]
Legend of Gravity Review
Palmer, Charly. Legend of Gravity, The: A Tall Basketball Tale. Charly Palmer, Illus. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 01/2022. 40pp. Picture Book. GRADES 1 – 3. $18.99. 978-0-374-31328-9. OUTSTANDING. A new kid with exceptional skills joins [continue reading]
Bathe the Cat Review
McGinty, Alice B. Bathe the Cat. David Roberts, Illus. Chronicle, 02/2022. 48pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool – 2. $17.99. 978-1-4521-4270-8. OUTSTANDING. Grandma’s coming to visit and she’s almost here! In a two-dad household a brown-skinned [continue reading]
Those Kids from Fawn Creek Review
Kelly, Erin Entrada. Those Kids from Fawn Creek. Greenwillow, 03/2022. 336pp. Fiction. GRADES 6 – 7. $17.99. 978-0-0629-7035-0. HIGH ADDITIONAL. The twelve, all white, seventh graders at Louisiana’s Fawn Creek Middle School have been stuck [continue reading]
Alias Anna Review
Hood, Susan, with Greg Dawson. Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis. HarperCollins, 03/2022. 352pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES 6 – 9. $16.99. 978-0-06-308389-9. OUTSTANDING. When an eighth grade girl writes her grandmother as part [continue reading]
Unraveller Review
Hardinge, Frances. Unraveller. Amulet, 01/2023. 432pp. Fiction. GRADES 7 – 12. $19.99. 978-1-4197-5931-4. OUTSTANDING. In a country with an uneasy truce between the magical and non-magical, there is one sinister crossover: the powerless, filled with [continue reading]