Burgess, Rebecca. Speak Up! Rebecca Burgess, Illus. Harper/Quill Tree, 09/2022. 272pp. Graphic. GRADES 4 – 7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. $22.99. 978-0-06-308120-8. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Mia’s mom thinks her autism is preventing her from fitting in at school. [continue reading]
Bigfoot Takes the Field Review
Brumm, Michael. Bigfoot Takes the Field. Jeff Mack, Illus. The Cryptid Club Series; bk.1. HarperAlley,06/2022. 96pp. Graphic. GRADES 2 – 5. $16.99. 978-0-06-306079-1. ADDITIONAL. Fifth˗grader Lilly is looking for a big story for her school [continue reading]
Love, Violet Review
Wild, Charlotte Sullivan. Love, Violet. Charlene Chua, Illustrator. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 01/2022. [32]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool – 3. OUTSTANDING. $18.99. 978-0-3743-1372-2. Violet dreams of going on adventures with Mira, but always gets nervous [continue reading]
Lobster Cop Review
Smith, Brian. Lobster Cop. Chris Giarrusso, Illustrator. Officer Clawsome Series; bk. 1. Harper Alley. 01/2023. 236pp. Graphic. GRADES 3 – 5. ADDITIONAL. $12.99. 978-0-06-313636-6. Officer Clawsome, a red cartoon lobster, bumbles his way through solving [continue reading]
When the Angels Left the Old Country Review
Lamb, Sacha. When the Angels Left the Old Country. Levine Querido. 10/2022. 400pp. Fiction. GRADES 8 – Adult. OUTSTANDING. $19.99. 978-1-646-14176-0. An angel, Uriel, and a demon, Little Ash, set out from their tiny shtetl [continue reading]
Loophole, The Review
Kutub, Naz. Loophole, The. Bloomsbury. 06/2022. 326pp. Fiction. GRADES 7 – 11. ADDITIONAL. $17.99. 978-1-5476-0917-8. Seventeen-year-old Sayed, an Indian Muslim in Southern California, has been in a daze ever since his boyfriend, Farouk, left him. [continue reading]
Superteacher Project, The Review
Korman, Gordon. Superteacher Project, The. Balzer+Bray. 01/2023. 297pp. Fiction. GRADES 4 – 7. OUTSTANDING. Trade $17.99. 978-0-06-303279-8. Korman’s novel features a new twist on the problems kids experience in middle school. This time there is [continue reading]
Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl Review
Kagawa, Julie. Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl. Society of Explorers and Adventurers (S.E.A.) Series; bk. 1. Buena Vista Books/Disney-Hyperion. 04/2022. 309pp. Fiction. GRADES 4 – 7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. $16.99. 978-1-368-06819-2. Shinji Takahashi [continue reading]