The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Revised 2024)Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship Breaker.Bowman, Erin. Taken.Charbonneau, Joelle. The Testing.Condie, Allyson Braithwaite. Matched.Dashner, James. The Maze Runner.Foody, Amanda. All of Us Villains.Giles, Lamar. The Getaway.Hautman, Pete. Rash.Jackson, Kokoko. Survive [continue reading]
Book Club Ideas: The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko
Choldenko, Gennifer. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman. Knopf, 06/2024. 309p. $ 17.99. 978-1-5247-1893-0. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman is the latest tween novel by Bay Area author Gennifer Choldenko, recipient of a [continue reading]
Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman Review
Choldenko, Gennifer. Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman, The. Knopf, 06/2024. 309pp. Fiction. Trade $17.99. 978-1-5247-1892-3. GRADES 5–8. OUTSTANDING. Eleven-year-old Hank and his preschool-aged sister Boo are left alone by their mother for a week, so [continue reading]
Painter and the President Review
Albee, Sarah. Painter and the President, The: Gilbert Stuart’s Brush with George Washington. Stacy Innerst, Illus. Calkins Creek, 08/2024. [40]pp. Nonfiction. Trade $18.99. 978-1-6626-8000-7. GRADES 2–5. ADDITIONAL. Gilbert Stuart painted several portraits of George Washington, [continue reading]
Remembering Rosalind Franklin Review
Stone, Tanya Lee. Remembering Rosalind Franklin: Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA. Gretchen Ellen Powers, Illus. Christy Ottaviano, 02/2024. [40]pp. Biography. Trade $21.99. 978-0-316-35124-9. GRADES 3–6. HIGH ADDITIONAL. A true story, without a happy ending, reveals the life and personality of an [continue reading]
This Land Is a Lullaby Review
Simpson, Tonya. This Land Is a Lullaby: cistomawasowin oma askiy. Delree` Dumont, Illus. Translated into Cree by Dorothy Thunder. Orca, 09/2024. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $21.95. 978-1459836099. GRADES Baby/Toddler–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Using a text in English and Plains Cree, this original lullaby celebrates the relationship between children, ancestors, [continue reading]
Pax Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES Pax by Sara Pennypacker Appelt, Kathi. Maybe a Fox. Appelt, Kathi. Once Upon a Camel. Brown, Peter. The Wild Robot. Clement-Davies, David. Fire Bringer. Creech, Sharon. Saving Winslow. Dowell, Frances O’Roark. The Second Life [continue reading]
Wrong Way Home Review
O’Shaughnessy, Kate. Wrong Way Home, The. Knopf, 04/24. 336pp. Fiction. Trade $24.50. 978-0-593-65073-8. GRADES 5–8. OUTSTANDING. Fern is happy living on an isolated, environmentally sustainable ranch run by Dr. Ben, a cult leader who demands strict adherence to his worldview: “As long as you [continue reading]