Penny Peck

Graham, Bob. Maxine. Bob Graham, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 0/2022. [36]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362-1770-4. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-3. In this sequel to Max (2000), the superhero family has a new member: little sister Maxine! When she [continue reading]

Gladden, Yolanda and Tamara Pizzoli. When the Schools Shut Down: A Young Girl’s Story of Virginia’s “Lost Generation” and the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Decision. Keisha Morris, Illus. Non-fiction. HarperCollins, 01/2022. [40]pp. [continue reading]

Fleming, Candace. Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime. Non-fiction Anne Schwartz, 03/2022. 355pp. $19.99. 978-0-593-17742-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. The shocking kidnap and murder of a fourteen-year-old boy by [continue reading]

Elliott, L. M. Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves. Fiction. HarperCollins/K. Tegen, 03/2022. 284pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-305656-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Thirteen-year-old Louisa June describes the outbreak of WW II and how it impacts her [continue reading]

Delporte, Corinne. Little Prince Around the World, The. Non-fiction. Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Illus. Translated from the French by Robin Bright. CrackBoom! 10/2022. [28]pp. $14.95. 978-2-89802-353-8. LOW ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-3. Saint-Exupery’s Little Prince character (The Little [continue reading]

Bryant, Jen. Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight: Patsy Takemoto Mink and the Fight for Title IX. Toshiki Nakamura, Illus. Biography. HarperCollins/Quill Tree, 01/2022. [48]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-295722-1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 1-4. This picture book [continue reading]

Ziegler, Jennifer. Worser. Fiction. Holiday House/ M. Ferguson, 03/2022. 256pp. $17.99. 978-0-8234-4956-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-7. William Orser got his odious nickname, Worser, in second grade when a fellow student read the class roster—first initial, last name. [continue reading]